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Exhibit 3.2
SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
BYLAWS
OF
LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS |
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Section 1.1 Annual Meeting |
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Section 1.2 Special Meetings |
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Section 1.3 Notice of Meetings |
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Section 1.4 Quorum |
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Section 1.5 Organization |
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Section 1.6 Voting Procedures and Inspector of Elections |
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Section 1.7 Stockholder Proposals at Annual Meetings |
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Section 1.8 Proxies and Voting |
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Section 1.9 Stock List |
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Section 1.10 No Stockholder Action by Written Consent |
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ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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Section 2.1 Number and Term of Office |
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Section 2.2 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships |
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Section 2.3 Removal |
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Section 2.4 Regular Meetings |
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Section 2.5 Special Meetings |
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Section 2.6 Quorum |
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Section 2.7 Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone |
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Section 2.8 Conduct of Business |
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Section 2.9 Powers |
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Section 2.10 Compensation of Director |
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Section 2.11 Nomination of Director Candidates |
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ARTICLE III COMMITTEES |
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Section 3.1 Committees of the Board of Directors |
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Section 3.2 Conduct of Business |
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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS |
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Section 4.1 Generally |
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Section 4.2 Chairman of the Board |
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Section 4.3 Chief Executive Officer |
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Section 4.4 President and Chief Operating Officer |
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Section 4.5 Chief Financial Officer |
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Section 4.6 Divisional or Functional Presidents, Executive Vice
Presidents, or Senior Vice Presidents |
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Section 4.7 Secretary |
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Section 4.8 Delegation of Authority |
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Section 4.9 Removal |
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Section 4.10 Action With Respect to Securities of Other Corporations |
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ARTICLE V STOCK |
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Section 5.1 Certificates of Stock |
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Section 5.2 Transfers of Stock |
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Section 5.3 Record Date |
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Section 5.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates |
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Section 5.5 Regulations |
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ARTICLE VI NOTICES |
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Section 6.1 Notices |
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Section 6.2 Waivers |
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.1 Facsimile Signatures |
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Section 7.2 Corporate Seal |
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Section 7.3 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records |
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Section 7.4 Fiscal Year |
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Section 7.5 Time Periods |
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Section 7.6 Forum Selection |
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ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification |
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Section 8.2 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit |
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Section 8.3 Indemnification of Employees and Agents |
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Section 8.4 Non Exclusivity of Rights |
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Section 8.5 Indemnification Contracts |
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Section 8.6 Insurance |
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Section 8.7 Advance Payment of Expenses |
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Section 8.8 Effect of Amendment |
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Section 8.9 Savings Clause |
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS |
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LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, A DELAWARE CORPORATION
SEVENTH AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1 Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders, for the election
of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time
as the Board of Directors shall each year fix, which date shall be within thirteen months after the
organization of the Corporation or after its last annual meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose
or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting, may be called by (1) the Board of Directors
pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors (whether
or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such
resolution is presented to the Board for adoption), or (2) the Chairman of the Board, and shall be
held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they shall fix. Business transacted at
special meetings shall be confined to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice.
Section 1.3 Notice of Meetings. Written notice of the place, date, and time of all
meetings of the stockholders, and specifying 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
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,
shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date on which the
meeting is to be held, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, as provided herein or
otherwise required by law (meaning, here and hereinafter, as required from time to time by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or the rules
and regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC)). Notice of the
time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, either before or
after such meeting, and, to the extent permitted by law, will be waived by any stockholder by his
attendance thereat, in person or by proxy. If the Board of Directors fixes a date for determining
the stockholders entitled to notice of a meeting of stockholders, 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.
When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given
of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time thereof, and the means of remote
communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person
and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken;
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 at the adjourned meeting;
provided, further, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than thirty (30) days after
the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date and time of the adjourned meeting shall be
given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might
have been transacted at the original meeting.
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to
stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate
of Incorporation, or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic
transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall
be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be
deemed revoked if (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two
consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent, and (ii) such
inability becomes known to the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Corporation or to the
transfer agent or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the
inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or
other action. Notice given pursuant to this section shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile
telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive
notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the
stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together
with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such
posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic
transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the secretary or an assistant
secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given
by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the
facts stated therein. For purposes of these Bylaws, electronic transmission 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.
Section 1.4 Quorum. At any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of
all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy,
shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except to the extent that the presence of a
larger number may be required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of this
Corporation.
If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a
majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, may
adjourn the meeting to another place, date, or time.
If a notice of any adjourned special meeting of stockholders is sent to all stockholders
entitled to vote thereat, stating that it will be held with those present constituting a quorum,
then except as otherwise required by law, those present at such adjourned meeting shall constitute
a quorum, and all matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting.
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Section 1.5 Organization. Such person as the Board of Directors may have designated
or, in the absence of such a person, the Chairman, if there is such an officer, or if not, the
Presiding Director of the Corporation, or in the absence of all of the above, such person as may be
chosen by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by
proxy, shall call to order any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In
the absence of the Secretary of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person
as the chairman appoints.
Section 1.6 Voting Procedures and Inspector of Elections. The chairman of any meeting
of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including
such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him in order.
The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more
inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate
one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no
inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the
meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before
entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the
duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.
The inspectors shall (i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of
each, (ii) determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots,
(iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of
the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify
their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes
and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the
inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.
The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the
stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxies or
votes, nor any revocations thereof or changes thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after
the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery upon application by a stockholder shall
determine otherwise.
In counting and determining the validity of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be
limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with those proxies, any
information provided in accordance with Sections 211(e) or 212(c)(2) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, or any information provided pursuant to Section 211(a)(2)(B)(i) or (iii) thereof,
ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation, except that the inspectors may
consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots
submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more
votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the
stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other reliable information for the limited
purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make their certification pursuant to this
section shall specify the precise information considered by them including the person or persons
from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the
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means by which the
information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors belief that such information is accurate
and reliable.
Section 1.7 Stockholder Proposals at Annual Meetings. At an 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 a meeting, business must be specified in the notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors,
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or properly
brought before the meeting by a stockholder. In addition to any other applicable requirements for
business to be properly brought before the annual meeting by a stockholder, whether or not the
stockholder is seeking to have a proposal included in the Corporations proxy statement or
information statement under any applicable rule of the SEC, including, but not limited to,
Regulation 14A or Regulation 14C under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary
of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days or more than 150 days
prior to the first anniversary (the Anniversary) of the date on which the Corporation first
mailed its proxy materials (or, in the absence of proxy materials, its notice of meeting) for the
previous years annual meeting of stockholders. However, if the Corporation did not hold an annual
meeting the previous year, or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 days prior
to or delayed by more than 30 days after the Anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting,
then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered to the Secretary at the Corporations
principal executive offices not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the
90th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the 15th day following the day
on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall any
adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time
period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
Other than with respect to stockholder proposals relating to director nomination(s) which
requirements are set forth in Section 2.11 below, a stockholders notice to the Secretary shall set
forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:
(i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and
the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting;
(ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporations books, of the stockholder
proposing such business;
(iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the
stockholder;
(iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business;
(v) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined
below) or any member of such stockholders immediate family sharing the same household, whether and
the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered
into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or
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understanding (including, but not
limited to, any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made, the
effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss or increase profit to or manage the risk or benefit
of stock price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder, such
Stockholder Associated Person or family member with respect to any share of stock of the
Corporation (each, a Relevant Hedge Transaction); and
(vi) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person or any
member of such stockholders immediate family sharing the same household, to the extent not set
forth pursuant to the immediately preceding clause, (1) whether and the extent to which such
stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or family member has direct or indirect beneficial
ownership of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right
with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to
any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be
subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or
otherwise, or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived
from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation (a Derivative
Instrument), (2) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by
such stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or family member that are separated or separable
from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (3) any proportionate interest in shares of the
Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited
partnership in which such stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or family member is a general
partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (4) any
performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder, Stockholder
Associated Person or family member is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of
shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice (which
information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than
10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date).
In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof
commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
For purposes of this Section 1.7 and Section 2.11 hereof, Stockholder Associated Person of
any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling or controlled by, directly or indirectly, or
acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the
Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and (iii) any person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the persons identified in (i) or (ii).
Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the
annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.7 and 2.11
hereof, provided, however, that nothing in this Section 1.7 shall be deemed to preclude discussion
by any stockholder of any business properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with
said procedure.
The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the
meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 1.7, and if he should so determine he shall so declare to the meeting, and any such
business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.7, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to matters set forth in this Section 1.7. Nothing in this Section 1.7 shall be deemed to
affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
Section 1.8 Proxies and Voting. At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder
entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing filed in
accordance with the procedure established for the meeting.
Each stockholder shall have one vote for every share of stock entitled to vote which is
registered in his name on the record date for the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or
required by law.
Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to
act for him as proxy as described above, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a
stockholder may grant such authority:
(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for him
as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or his authorized officer, director,
employee or agent signing such writing or causing his or her signature to be affixed to such
writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him as proxy by
transmitting or authorizing the transmission, by means of electronic transmission or otherwise, as
permitted by law, to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation
firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be
the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such transmission must
either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the
transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Such authorization can be established by the
signature of the stockholder on the proxy, either in writing or by a signature stamp or facsimile
signature, or by a number or symbol from which the identity of the stockholder can be determined,
or by any other procedure deemed appropriate by the inspectors or other persons making the
determination as to due authorization. If it is determined that such transmissions are valid, the
inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall
specify the information upon which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or
transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original
writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission
could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be
a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law or by the Certificate of this Corporation or
these Bylaws, at any meeting of stockholders for the election of one or more directors at which a
quorum is present, each director shall be elected by the vote of a majority of the votes
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cast with
respect to the director, provided that if, as of a date that is ten (10) days in advance of the
date on which the Corporation files its definitive proxy statement with the SEC (regardless of
whether thereafter revised or supplemented), the number of nominees for director exceeds the number
of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes
cast by the stockholders entitled to vote at
the election. For purposes of this Section 1.8, a majority of the votes cast means that the
number of shares voted for a director exceeds the number of votes cast against that director.
The following shall not be votes cast: (a) a share otherwise present at the meeting but for which
there is an abstention; and (b) a share otherwise present at the meeting as to which a stockholder
gives no authority or direction. If a director then serving on the Board of Directors does not
receive the required majority, the director shall tender his or her resignation to the Board.
Within ninety (90) days after the date of the certification of the election results, the Governance
and Nominating Committee or other committee that may be designated by the Board will make a
recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action
should be taken, and the Board will act on such committees recommendation and publicly disclose
its decision and the rationale behind it. In addition, and except as otherwise required by law,
rule or regulation, including any stock exchange rule or regulation applicable to the Corporation,
or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all other matters shall be determined by a
majority of the votes cast.
Section 1.9 Stock List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
Corporation shall prepare and make available, at least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting (or, 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 on the tenth day before the
meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and the number of shares
registered in the name of each stockholder. The Corporation need not include electronic mail
addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. 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: (i) 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
(ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If 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 the list shall be produced and kept at
the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any
stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication,
then the 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.
Section 1.10 No Stockholder Action by Written Consent. The stockholders of the
Corporation may not act by written consent and may act only at an annual or special meeting of the
stockholders.
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ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.1 Number and Term of Office. The number of directors shall be fixed from
time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority
of the total number of authorized directors (whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously
authorized directorships at the time any such resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).
The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, who shall vote for such
directors as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Commencing with the 2012 annual meeting
of stockholders of the Corporation, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting and all
subsequent annual meetings of the Corporations stockholders shall be elected annually for terms
expiring at the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, as provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation. All directors shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected
and until their respective successors are elected, except in the case of the death, resignation or
removal of any director. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2.2 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Subject to the rights of the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors
resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or
other cause (other then removal from office by a vote of the stockholders) may be filled only
by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum. Directors so chosen
shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their
respective successors are elected; provided, however, that any director who is replacing a director
who was in the course of serving a three-year term shall serve for the remainder of the
predecessors term. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors
shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Section 2.3 Removal. Any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed
from office at any time, with or without cause, but only by the affirmative vote of the holders of
at least a majority of the voting power of its then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from such removal may be filled by (i) a majority of
the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or (ii) the stockholders at a special
meeting of the stockholders properly called for that purpose, by the vote of the holders of a
majority of the shares entitled to vote at such special meeting. Directors so chosen shall hold
office until the next annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that any director who is
replacing a director who was in the course of serving a three-year term shall serve for the
remainder of the predecessors term.
Section 2.4 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be
held at such place or places, on such date or dates, and at such time or times as shall have been
established by the Board of Directors and publicized among all directors. A notice of each regular
meeting shall not be required.
Section 2.5 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called by one third of the directors then in office (rounded up to the nearest whole number), by
the chairman of the Board or by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or by the Presiding
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Director
and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they or he shall fix. Notice of
the place, date, and time of each such special meeting shall be given each director by whom it is
not waived:
(i) by mailing written notice not less than five (5) days before the meeting;
(ii) delivering written notice by overnight courier not less than one (1) day before the
meeting
(iii) delivering written notice by overseas courier service not less than two (2) days before
the meeting; or
(iv) providing notice thereof by telephone, any form of electronic transmission, or personal
delivery, not less than twelve (12) hours before the meeting.
Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a
special meeting.
Section 2.6 Quorum. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total
number of authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. If a quorum shall fail
to attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to another place, date,
or time, without further notice or waiver thereof.
Section 2.7 Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members of the Board
of Directors, or of any committee of the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of such
Board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.8 Conduct of Business. At any meeting of the Board of Directors, business
shall be transacted in such order and manner as the Board may from time to time determine, and all
matters shall be determined by the vote
of a majority of the directors present, except as otherwise provided herein or required by
law. Action may be taken by the Board of Directors without a meeting if all members thereof
consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic
transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.9 Powers. The Board of Directors may, except as otherwise required by law,
exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the
Corporation, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the unqualified power:
(i) To declare dividends from time to time in accordance with law;
(ii) To purchase or otherwise acquire any property, rights or privileges on such terms as it
shall determine;
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(iii) To authorize the creation, making and issuance, in such form as it may determine, of
written obligations of every kind, negotiable or non negotiable, secured or unsecured, and
(iv) To remove any officer of the Corporation with or without cause, and from time to time to
pass on the powers and duties of any officer upon any other person for the time being;
(v) To confer upon any officer of the Corporation the power to appoint, remove and suspend
subordinate officers, employees and agents;
(vi) To adopt from time to time such stock option, stock purchase, bonus or other compensation
plans for directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as it
may determine;
(vii) To adopt from time to time such insurance, retirement, and other benefit plans for
directors, officers, employees and agents of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as it may
determine;
(viii) To adopt from time to time regulations, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, for the
management of the Corporations business and affairs; and
Section 2.10 Compensation of Director. Directors, as such, may receive, pursuant to
resolution of the Board of Directors, fixed fees and other compensation for their services as
directors, including, without limitation, their services as members of committees of the Board of
Directors.
Section 2.11 Nomination of Director Candidates. In addition to any other applicable
requirements, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be
eligible for election as directors. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the
Board of Directors or a proxy committee appointed by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder
entitled to vote in the election of directors generally who complies with the procedures set forth
in this Section 2.11 and who is a stockholder of record at the time notice is delivered to the
Secretary of the Corporation. Any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors may
nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a meeting only if timely notice of such
stockholders intent to make such nomination or nominations has been given in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation in accordance with this Section 2.11, which shall be the exclusive
means for a stockholder to make nominations whether or not the stockholder is seeking to have a
proposal included in the Corporations proxy statement or information statement under an applicable
rule of the SEC, including, but not limited to, Regulation 14A or Regulation 14C under the Exchange
Act. To be timely, in the case of a stockholder seeking to have a nomination included in the
Corporations proxy statement or information statement, a stockholders notice must be delivered to
or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, not less than 120
days or more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the
Corporation first mailed its proxy materials (or, in the absence of proxy materials, its
notice of meeting) for the previous years annual meeting of stockholders. However, if the
Corporation did not hold an annual meeting the previous year, or
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if the date of the annual meeting
is advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the Anniversary of the
preceding years annual meeting, then notice by the stockholder to be timely must be delivered to
the Secretary at the Corporations principal executive offices not later than the close of business
on the later of (i) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the
15th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the
announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as
described above.
The stockholders notice relating to director nomination(s) shall set forth (a) as to each
person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the
name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or
employment of the person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are
beneficially owned by the person, and (iv) any other information relating to the person that is
required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act; (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice, (i) the name
and record address of the stockholder, and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation
which are beneficially owned by the stockholder; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and
any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined in Section 1.7), to the extent not set forth pursuant
to the immediately preceding clause, whether and the extent to which any Relevant Hedge Transaction
(as defined in Section 1.7) has been entered into, and (d) as to the stockholder giving the notice
and any Stockholder Associated Person, (i) whether and the extent to which any Derivative
Instrument (as defined in Section 1.7) is directly or indirectly beneficially owned, (ii) any
rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that
are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (iii) any proportionate
interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a
general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or
indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (iv) any performance-related
fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or
decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the
date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such
stockholders immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented
by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than 10 days after the record date for
the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date). The Corporation may require any
proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation
to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.
The stockholder giving such notice shall indemnify the Corporation in respect of any loss arising
as a result of any false or misleading information or statement submitted by the nominating
stockholder in connection with the nomination, as provided by Section 112(5) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a
person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice as
described above) to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of a such
person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being
made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written
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representation and agreement (in the form provide by the Secretary upon written request) that such
person (a) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding
with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person,
if elected director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a Voting
Commitment) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that
could limit or interfere with such persons ability to comply, if elected as a director of the
Corporation, with such persons fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and will not
become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than
the Corporation with respect to any
direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service
or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (c) in such persons individual
capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would
be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with, applicable law
and all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, code of conduct, conflict of interest,
confidentiality, stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.
In the event that a person is validly designated as a nominee in accordance with this Section
2.11 and shall thereafter become unable or unwilling to stand for election to the Board of
Directors, the Board of Directors or the stockholder who proposed such nominee, as the case may be,
may designate a substitute nominee upon delivery, not fewer than five days prior to the date of the
meeting for the election of such nominee, of a written notice to the Secretary setting forth such
information regarding such substitute nominee as would have been required to be delivered to the
Secretary pursuant to this Section 2.11 had such substitute nominee been initially proposed as a
nominee. Such notice shall include a signed consent to serve as a director of the Corporation, if
elected, of each such substitute nominee.
No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.11. If the chairman of the meeting for
the election of directors determines that a nomination of any candidate for election as director at
such meeting was not made in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Section 2.11, such
nomination shall be void, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the
defective nomination shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEES
Section 3.1 Committees of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, by a vote
of a majority of the whole Board, may from time to time designate committees of the Board, with
such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the
Board and shall, for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or
directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as
alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the
committee. Any committee so designated may exercise the power and authority of the Board of
Directors to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt an agreement of
merger or consolidation if the resolution which designates the committee or a supplemental
resolution of the Board of Directors shall so provide. In the absence or disqualification of any
member of any committee and any alternate member in his place, the member or members of the
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committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they
constitute a quorum, may by unanimous vote appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act
at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.
Section 3.2 Conduct of Business. Each committee may determine the procedural rules
for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise
provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all
meetings. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn
the meeting to another place, date, or time, without further notice or waiver thereof. All matters
shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present. Action may be taken by any
committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such committee.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
Section 4.1 Generally. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a CEO, a
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and a Secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion
of the Board of Directors, a Chairman of
the Board, a President and COO, one or more division or functional Presidents, one or more
Executive or Senior Vice Presidents, and such other officers as may from time to time be appointed
by the Board of Directors. Officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors, which shall
consider that subject at its first meeting after every annual meeting of stockholders. Each
officer shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier
resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 4.2 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if there shall be such
an officer, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and exercise and
perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of
Directors or as provided by these Bylaws.
Section 4.3 Chief Executive Officer. Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as
may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, if there be such an officer,
the CEO shall be the general manager of the Corporation and shall, subject to the control of the
Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and officers
of the Corporation. He shall be ex officio a member of all the standing committees, including the
executive committee, if any, and shall have the general powers and duties of management usually
vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a corporation, and shall have such other
powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws. If the CEO is
disabled or absent for an extended period (as determined in the discretion of the independent
directors), the Board may appoint a director or officer to perform the duties of the CEO on an
interim basis or otherwise, and when so acting such individual shall have all the powers of, and be
subject to all the restrictions upon, the CEO.
Section 4.4 President and Chief Operating Officer. The President and COO, if any,
shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the CEO or these Bylaws.
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Section 4.5 Chief Financial Officer. The CFO shall keep and maintain or cause to be
kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of account in written form or any other
form capable of being converted into written form. The CFO shall deposit all monies and other
valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositaries as may be
designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse all funds of the Corporation as may be
ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the CEO and directors, whenever they request it,
an account of all of his transactions as CFO and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the CEO or these
Bylaws.
Section 4.6 Divisional or Functional Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents, or Senior Vice
Presidents. The Divisional or Functional Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents or Senior Vice
Presidents shall have such powers and perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed
for them respectively by the CEO or these Bylaws.
Section 4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, a book of
minutes in written form of the proceedings of the Board of Directors, committees of the Board, and
stockholders. Such minutes shall include all waivers of notice, consents to the holding of
meetings, or approvals of the minutes of meetings executed pursuant to these Bylaws or the General
Delaware Corporation Law. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept at the principal executive
office or at the office of the Corporations transfer agent or registrar, a record of its
stockholders, giving the names and addresses of all stockholders and the number and class of shares
held by each.
The Secretary shall give or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and
of the Board of Directors required by these Bylaws or by law to be given, and shall keep the seal
of the Corporation in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the CEO or these Bylaws.
Section 4.8 Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time
delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any
provision hereof.
Section 4.9 Removal. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with
or without cause, by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.10 Action With Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. Unless
otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the CEO or any officer of the Corporation authorized
by the CEO shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by
proxy, at any meeting of stockholders of or with respect to any action of stockholders of any other
corporation in which this Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all
rights and powers which this Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in
such other corporation.
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ARTICLE V
STOCK
STOCK
Section 5.1 Certificates of Stock. The shares of the Corporation may be represented
by certificates or by uncertificated shares. Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate
signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the CEO and by the Secretary, an Assistant
Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her.
Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile.
Section 5.2 Transfers of Stock. Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the
transfer books of the Corporation kept at an office of the Corporation or by transfer agents
designated to transfer shares of the stock of the Corporation. Except where a certificate is
issued in accordance with Section 5.4 of these Bylaws, an outstanding certificate for the number of
shares involved shall be surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefor.
Section 5.3 Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall
not be more than sixty (60) nor fewer than ten (10) days before the date of any meeting of
stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the time for the other action hereinafter
described, as of which there shall be determined the stockholders who are entitled: to notice of or
to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof; to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights; or to exercise any rights with respect
to any change, conversion or exchange of stock or with respect to any other lawful action.
Section 5.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event of the loss, theft
or destruction of any certificate of stock, another may be issued in its place pursuant to such
regulations as the Board of Directors may establish concerning proof of such loss, theft or
destruction and concerning the giving of a satisfactory bond or bonds of indemnity.
Section 5.5 Regulations. The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of
certificates of stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may
establish.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
NOTICES
Section 6.1 Notices. Notice of Special Meetings of the Board shall be provided in
accordance with Section 2.5 above. Except for such notices of Special Meetings and except as
otherwise specifically provided herein or as required by law, all notices required to be given to
any stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance
be effectively given (i) by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, (ii) by depositing such notice
in the mails, postage prepaid, (iii) by sending such notice by prepaid commercial courier service,
or (iv) by any form of electronic transmission. Any such notice shall be addressed to such
stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent at his last known address as the same appears on
the books of the Corporation.
Notice given pursuant to this section shall be deemed to have been given to such stockholder,
director, officer, employee or agent, or person accepting such notice on behalf of such person,
upon actual receipt of the notice, or, if the time of actual receipt is in dispute, no later than
(i) at the time delivered by hand, (ii) five days after the notice is deposited prepaid in
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mails, (iii) one day after deposit (prepaid) with a domestic overnight courier service or two days
after deposit (prepaid) with an overseas courier service, or (iv) when sent by any form of
electronic transmission.
Section 6.2 Waivers. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder,
director, officer, employee or agent, whether before or after the time of the event for which
notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such
stockholder, director, officer, employee or agent. Neither the business nor the purpose of any
meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice for 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.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile
signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer
or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or
a committee thereof.
Section 7.2 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal,
containing the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and
when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be
kept and used by the Chief Financial Officer or by an Assistant Secretary or other officer
designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 7.3 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each member of
any committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in
the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of
account or other records of the Corporation, including reports made to the Corporation by any of
its officers, by an independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser.
Section 7.4 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as fixed by the
Board of Directors.
Section 7.5 Time Periods. In applying any provision of these Bylaws which require
that an act be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done
during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the
day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.
Section 7.6 Forum Selection. Except for (1) actions in which the Court of Chancery in
the State of Delaware concludes that an indispensable party is not subject to the jurisdiction of
the Delaware courts, and (2) actions in which a Federal court has assumed exclusive jurisdiction of
a proceeding, any derivative action brought by or on behalf of the corporation, and any direct
action brought by a stockholder against the Corporation or any of its directors or officers,
alleging a violation of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation or bylaws or breach of fiduciary duties or other violation of Delaware decisional
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law
relating to the internal affairs of the Corporation, shall be brought in the Court of Chancery in
the State of Delaware, which shall be the sole and exclusive forum for such proceedings; provided,
however, that the Corporation may consent to an alternative forum for any such proceedings upon the
approval of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is
threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, or appellate (Proceeding), by reason of the fact that
he or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of
such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent
or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, (but, in the case of any
such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment)
against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgment, fines, ERISA excise
taxes or penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement and amounts expended in seeking
indemnification granted to such person under applicable law, this Bylaw or any agreement with the
Corporation) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such
indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of his heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however,
that, except as provided in Section 8.2, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking
indemnity in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such
person only if such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law then
so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Corporation in
his capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is
rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an
employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, shall be made only
upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to
repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately that such director or officer
is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise.
Section 8.2 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 8.1 is not
paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by
the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the
applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit
against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in
part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of
expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also
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the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to
enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to
enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit by
the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the
Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the
indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct set forth under the General Corporation
Law of Delaware. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its board of directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such action that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances
because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation
Law of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable
standard of conduct or, in the case of a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such a
suit. In a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an
advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled
to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article or otherwise shall be on
the Corporation.
Section 8.3 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the
extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and
to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of
the provisions of this Article with respect to the indemnification of and advancement of expenses
to directors and officers of the Corporation.
Section 8.4 Non Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person by Sections
8.1 and 8.2 shall not be exclusive of any other right which such persons may have or hereafter
acquired under any statute, provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, by law, agreement, vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 8.5 Indemnification Contracts. The Board of Directors is authorized to enter
into a contract with any director or his affiliates, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation,
or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including employee
benefit plans, providing for indemnification rights equivalent to those provided for in this
Article VIII.
Section 8.6 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to
protect itself and any such director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person
against such expenses, liability or loss under Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 8.7 Advance Payment of Expenses. Unless otherwise determined by (i) the Board
of Directors, (ii) if more than half of the directors are involved in a Proceeding by a majority
vote of a committee of one or more distinguished director(s) or (iii) if directed by the Board of
Directors, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, any indemnification
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extended to an
officer or key employee pursuant to this Article VIII shall include payment by the Corporation or a
subsidiary of the Corporation of expenses as the same are incurred in defending a Proceeding in
advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by such officer
or key employee seeking indemnification to repay such payment if such officer or key employee shall
be adjudicated or determined not to be entitled to indemnification under this Article VIII.
Section 8.8 Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, repeal or modification of any
provision of this Article VIII by the stockholders or the directors of the Corporation shall not
adversely affect any right or protection of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at
the time of such amendment, repeal or modification.
Section 8.9 Savings Clause. If this Article or any portion hereof shall be
invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall
nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee and agent of the Corporation as to costs,
charges and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent
permitted by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have been invalidated and to the
full extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be adopted, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the outstanding voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting
together as a single class, or by vote of at least a majority of the number of directors of the
Corporation then authorized, in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Secretarys Certificate of Seventh Amended and Restated
Bylaws of Life Technologies Corporation
Bylaws of Life Technologies Corporation
I hereby certify:
That I am the duly elected Secretary of Life Technologies Corporation, a Delaware corporation;
That the foregoing Bylaws comprising nineteen (19) pages, constitute the amended and restated
Bylaws of said corporation as duly adopted by the Corporation on May 22, 1997 and as amended July
31, 1998, November 20, 1998, January 15, 1999, July 19, 2001 and as amended and restated on July
22, 2004, October 29, 2008, February 27, 2009, July 22, 2009, April 29, 2010, October 15, 2010 and
April 28, 2011.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunder subscribed my name this 28th day of April, 2011.
/s/ John A. Cottingham
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