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Exhibit 3.1
BYLAWS
OF
DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION
(Adopted June 8, 2011)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of Devon Energy
Corporation (the Corporation) shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of
Delaware.
Section 2. Principal Office. The principal place of business of Devon Energy
Corporation shall be in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Section 3. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other
places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to
time determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election
of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation or
at such other place, either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from
time to time by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion,
determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but instead may be held
solely by means of remote communications.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. The meeting of stockholders for the election of
directors shall be held annually on such date as shall be designated by the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors shall designate the place and time for the holding of the meeting, and at
least 10 days notice of the place and time of the meeting shall be given to the stockholders.
Section 3. Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the
certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time
(including any certificates of designation with respect to any Preferred Stock, the Certificate of
Incorporation), special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose
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or purposes, may be called only (i) pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the
then-authorized number of directors of the Corporation or (ii) by the Chairman of the Board or the
President of the Corporation, in either case with the concurrence of a majority of the
then-authorized number of directors.
Section 4. Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take
any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given by the Corporation which
shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if
any, by which stockholders or proxyholders may be deemed to be present and vote at such meeting
and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.
Unless otherwise required by law, the written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than 10
nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting.
Section 5. Participation by Remote Communications. For any meeting of
stockholders, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, allow stockholders and
proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders to participate by means of remote
communications at such meeting and to be deemed present in person and vote at the meeting of
stockholders whether the meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote
communications. For any meeting of stockholders for which the Board of Directors has authorized
participation by means of remote communication, the Corporation shall (i) implement reasonable
measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of
remote communications is a stockholder or proxyholder, (ii) implement reasonable measures to
provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting
and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the
proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings and (iii) maintain a
record of any vote or other action taken by a stockholder or proxyholder at such meeting by means
of remote communications.
Section 6. Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned
from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and, unless otherwise required by
law and subject to the provisions hereof, notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if
the time, place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders or proxyholders may be deemed to be present and vote at such adjourned meeting are
announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the
Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If
the adjournment is for more than 30 days or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for
the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 7. Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, the presence in person, by proxy or by means of remote communications if authorized
by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 5 of
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holders of a majority of the voting power of the then-outstanding shares of Voting Stock (as
defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) on the record date, shall constitute a quorum at all
meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. A quorum, once established, shall
not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such
quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders
entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn
the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 6, until a quorum shall be present
or represented.
Section 8. Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, any question brought before any meeting of stockholders, other than
the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total
number of votes of the capital stock represented at the meeting in person, by proxy, or by means of
remote communications if authorized by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 5 and entitled
to vote thereat, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation, and subject to Section 6 of Article V hereof, each stockholder represented at a
meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock
entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person, by proxy, or
by means of remote communications if authorized by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 5,
but no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy
provides for a longer period. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the
Corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in such officers discretion, may require that
any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 9. Director Nominations; Shareholder Proposals.
(A) Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation (except
as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation with respect to directors to be elected
by the holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock) and the proposal of business to be
considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) as
specified in the Corporations notice of meeting delivered pursuant to Article II, Section 4 of
these Bylaws given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to
vote at the meeting, who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in subparagraphs (2) and
(3) of this paragraph (A) of this Bylaw and who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice
is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and on the record date for the determination of
stockholders certified to vote at such meetings.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Bylaw, the stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing to the
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Secretary of the Corporation, and in the case of business other than nominations, such other
business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice
shall be delivered to, 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 in the event that the date of the annual
meeting is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to
be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 70th day prior to
such annual meeting or the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of
the date of such meeting is first made. Such stockholders notice shall set forth (a) as to each
person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, all
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies
for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), including such persons
written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if
elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting (which, if the proposal
is for any alteration, amendment, rescission or repeal of these Bylaws, shall include the text of
the resolution which will be proposed to implement the same) which business shall, in any case, be
a proper subject to be brought before such meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the
meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if
any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and
address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial
owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of
record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) whether and the extent to which any
hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of
such stockholder or such beneficial owner, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding
(including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options or borrowed or loaned
shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to manage the risk or benefit of share
price changes in the stock price of the Corporation for such stockholder or beneficial owner, to
mitigate loss with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, or to increase or decrease the
voting power of such stockholder or beneficial owner with respect to any share of the stock of the
Corporation; (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and
any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such
business by such stockholder, (v) 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 (vi) an
undertaking by the stockholder giving the notice to update the information required pursuant to
this paragraph as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the later of the record
date for the meeting or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed.
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(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Bylaw to the
contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for
director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at
least 80 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a
stockholders notice required by this Bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect
to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to, and
received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the
close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is
first made by the Corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special
meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporations
notice of meeting pursuant to Article II, Section 4 of these Bylaws given by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made
at a special meeting of stockholders at which the Corporations notice of meeting specifies that
directors are to be elected (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any
stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this Bylaw and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is
delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and on the record date for the determination of
stockholders entitled to vote at such meetings. Nominations of stockholders of persons for
election to the Board of Directors at such a special meeting of stockholders may be made only if
the stockholders notice, as required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Bylaw, shall be delivered to, and
received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the
close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is
first made of the date of the special meeting.
(C) General.
(1) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw
shall be eligible to serve as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Bylaw and shall otherwise constitute a proper subject to be brought before the
meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
the presiding officer of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a
nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Bylaw and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in
compliance with this Bylaw, to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded or that
such proposed business shall not be transacted.
(2) For purposes of this Bylaw, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news
service or in a document publicly filed by the
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Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
(3) For purposes of this Bylaw, no adjournment nor notice of adjournment of any meeting shall
be deemed to constitute a new notice of such meeting for purposes of this Section 9, and in order
for any notification required to be delivered by a stockholder pursuant to this Section 9 to be
timely, such notification must be delivered within the periods set forth above with respect to the
originally scheduled meeting.
(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to the matters set forth in this Bylaw. Nothing in this Bylaw 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 or to require inclusion of nominations or proposals
of stockholders which the Corporation is not otherwise required to include in its proxy statement.
Section 10. List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the
Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least
10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote
at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the
number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business
hours, for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting either at a place within the city
where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or,
if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced
and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by
any stockholder of the Corporation who is present.
Section 11. Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the
only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list
required by Section 10 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or
by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 12. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation
may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the
stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and
regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the presiding officer of any meeting of the
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 presiding officer, 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 presiding officer of the meeting, may include, without
limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting;
(ii)
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the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on
at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of
those present; (iv) 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
the presiding officer of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting
after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to
questions or comments by participants.
Section 13. Inspectors of Election. The Corporation shall, in advance of any
meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the
Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof.
The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector
who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated 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 or her duties,
shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality
and according to the best of his or her ability.
The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of
shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share,
(ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the
validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots including ballots cast by
electronic transmission if participation at the meeting by means of remote communications is
authorized by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 5, (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 of capital stock of the
Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors count of all votes and ballots. Such
certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In
determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of
the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law.
No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such
election.
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ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number and Election of Directors. Subject to the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three nor more than 20
members, the exact number of which shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation and except as provided in Section 2 of this Article
III, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at the annual meetings of
stockholders. The directors shall be elected in the manner set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation, and as provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Any nominee for director
in an uncontested election who receives a greater number of votes withheld from his or her
election than votes for such election shall submit his or her offer of resignation for
consideration by the Governance Committee of the Board of Directors within 90 days from the date of
the election. The Governance Committee of the Board of Directors shall consider all of the
relevant facts and circumstances and recommend to the Board of Directors the action to be taken
with respect to such offer of resignation. For purposes of this Section, an uncontested election
shall mean an election in which the number of nominees as of the record date for the meeting at
which directors are to be elected does not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such
meeting.
Each director shall serve for a term ending at the next following annual meeting of
stockholders, and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to such
directors earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any
time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 2. Vacancies. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, vacancies arising through death, resignation, disqualification, removal, an increase
in the number of directors or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors
then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The director so chosen
shall hold office for a term ending at the next following annual meeting of stockholders, and until
the directors successor is duly elected and qualified, subject to the directors earlier death,
disqualification, resignation or removal.
Section 3. Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such
powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the
stockholders.
Section 4. Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular
and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
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Executive Officer or by the President and shall be called upon the written request of a
majority of the directors. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be
given to each director either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the
meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four (24) hours notice or on such shorter notice as the
person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 5. Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of
Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of
the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of
Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be
present.
Section 6. Actions by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if
all the members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or
transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
Section 7. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation,
or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee
by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant
to this Section 7 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 8. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the entire Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each committee to
consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. 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 any such committee. Any committee, to the extent permitted
by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all
the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of
the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when
required. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings
of committees of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire committee shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members of the committee
present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee. If a quorum
shall not be present at any meeting of a committee of the Board of
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Directors, the members of the committee present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned
meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 9. Compensation. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at
each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director, payable in cash or
securities. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other
capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be
allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Section 10. Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the
Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other
corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors
or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable
solely for this reason, solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the
meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction
or solely because the director or officers vote is counted for such purpose if (i) the material
facts as to the director or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of
Directors or committee, in good faith, authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative
votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less
than a quorum; (ii) the material facts as to the director or officers relationship or interest and
as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote
thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the
stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it
is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the
stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a
quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or
transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the
Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman of the Board (who must be a director), one or more Vice
Chairmen (who must be directors), a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose one or more Vice Presidents,
Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held
by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law or the Certificate of Incorporation. The
officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of
the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Vice Chairmen, need such officers be directors of the
Corporation.
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Section 2. Election. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting held after
each annual meeting of stockholders, shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold
their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall
hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified or until their earlier death,
resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time
by the affirmative vote of directors constituting two-thirds or more of the Board of Directors.
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney,
proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned
by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman
of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President or any other officer
authorized to do so by the Board of Directors, and any such officer may, in the name of and on
behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in
person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation
may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and
power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation
might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from
time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 4. Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of
Directors shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and at all meetings of the
stockholders. The Chairman of the Board shall be the Chairman of the Executive Committee if
established pursuant to Article IX of the Certificate of Incorporation and shall preside at all
meetings thereof. The Chairman of the Board shall have such other powers and duties as shall be
assigned to him by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. If at any time the Board of
Directors has designated an Executive Chairman, such person shall also serve as the Chairman of the
Board with all of the powers and duties as are assigned to the Chairman of the Board by these
Bylaws and all such other powers and duties as are assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors. Vice Chairmen of the
Board of Directors shall have such powers and duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of
Directors.
Section 6. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have
general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the Board of Directors and of the committees thereof are carried into effect. The
Chief Executive Officer shall have authority, which he may delegate, to execute certificates of
stock, bonds, deeds, powers of attorney, mortgages and other contracts, under the seal of the
Corporation, unless required by law to be otherwise signed and executed and unless the signing and
execution thereof
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shall be expressly and exclusively delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer
or agent of the Corporation.
Section 7. President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board
of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, have general supervision of the business of the
Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried
into effect. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of
the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or
permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the
Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these Bylaws, the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President. In the absence or disability of the
Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall preside at meetings of
stockholders or of the Board of Directors. The President shall also perform such other duties and
may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these Bylaws
or by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 8. Vice Presidents. At the request of the President or in the
Presidents absence or in the event of the Presidents inability or refusal to act, the Vice
President, or the Vice Presidents if there is more than one (in the order designated by the Board
of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer) shall perform the duties of the President and, when so
acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.
Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of
Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Vice President, the Board of Directors
shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event
of the inability or refusal of the President to act, shall perform the duties of the President and,
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President.
Section 9. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
Directors and all meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or
books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of
the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer or the President. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to
be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors,
then either the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the
President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have
custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be
one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it
may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant
Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officers signature. The
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Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and
records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate
funds and cash equivalents and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements
in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in
the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the
Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by
the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the
Chief Executive Officer, President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the
Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial
condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the Treasurer and
for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurers death, resignation, retirement
or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind
in the Treasurers possession or under the Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 11. Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any,
shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice
President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event
of the Secretarys disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary and,
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
Secretary.
Section 12. Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any,
shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, if there be
one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers
disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer and, when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by
the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and
with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful
performance of the duties of the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the
Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant
Treasurers possession or under the Assistant Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 13. Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may
choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them
by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate
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to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to
prescribe their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Form of Certificates. The shares of stock 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. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate
until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a
resolution by the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates and, upon
request, every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed, in
the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President
and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.
Section 2. Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a
facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent
or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation
with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date
of issue.
Section 3. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged
to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of
a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to
the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or the
owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall
require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any
claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section 4. Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the
manner prescribed by law and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock represented by a certificate
shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by
such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate
therefor, which shall be canceled before a new certificate may be issued. No transfer of stock
shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the
stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.
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Section 5. Record Date.
(A) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a
record date, which record date shall not 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 no record date is fixed by the Board of
Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on
which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding
the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice
of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided,
however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
(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.
Section 6. Record Owners. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the
exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, to
vote as such owner and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as
the owner of shares, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other
claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it
shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 1. Notices. Whenever written notice is required, by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or
stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or
stockholder, at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage
thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be
deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram,
telex, cable, or courier service (with proof of delivery).
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Section 2. Notice by Electronic Transmission. Any notice to stockholders
given by the Corporation shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented
to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given.
Section 3. Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required, by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or
stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice,
or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether
before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a
person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except where the person attends the 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
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or
special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in
accordance with Section 6 of Article III hereof) and may be paid in cash, in property or in shares
of the Corporations capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of
any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors
from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such
reserve.
Section 2. Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the
Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 3. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon
the name of the Corporation and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by
causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by
or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation
shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or
was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons
conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself,
create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such persons
conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right
of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor
by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or
was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust
employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or
suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other
court shall deem proper.
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Section 3. Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this
Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the
circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1
or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with
respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a
majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though
less than a quorum, (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such
directors, even though less than a quorum, (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders.
Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or
persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent,
however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the
merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described above, or in defense of
any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without
the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
Section 4. Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under
Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause
to believe such persons conduct was unlawful, if such persons action is based on the records or
books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such
person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or
on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or
records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified
public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the
Corporation or another enterprise. The term another enterprise as used in this Section 4 shall
mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive
or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.
Section 5. Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary
determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII and notwithstanding the
absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery
in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Sections 1
and 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination
by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances
because such person has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2 of this
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Article VIII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under
Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense
to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification
has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification
pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such
application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification
shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.
Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses incurred by a director or
officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII.
Section 7. Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VIII
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, any Bylaw,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such
persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being
the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Sections 1 and 2 of
this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this
Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified
in Section 1 or 2 of this Article VIII, but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to
indemnify under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or
otherwise.
Section 8. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by
such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not
the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such
liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.
Section 9. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references
to the Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger
which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its
directors or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent
corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation serving at the
request of such constituent
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corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as
such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to fines shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the
request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with
respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in
good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the
participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as referred to in this Article VIII.
Section 10. Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII
shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
Section 11. Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification
(which shall be governed by Section 5 hereof), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify
any director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person
unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation.
Section 12. Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to
the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to
indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation
similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.
Section 13. Contractual Rights. Without the necessity of entering into an
express contract, the rights conferred upon directors and officers under this Article VIII with
respect to indemnification and the advancement of expenses shall be deemed to be contractual rights
upon which the directors and officers are presumed to have relied in determining to serve or to
continue to serve in their capacity with the Corporation. The rights provided in this Article VIII
shall be effective and legally enforceable to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract
between the Corporation and each director or officer. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article
VIII shall not adversely affect the rights of indemnification provided in this Article VIII with
respect to any acts or omissions of a director or officer occurring prior to such amendment or
repeal.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in
whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be
contained in the notice of such meeting of stockholders or Board of Directors as the case may be.
Changes to the Bylaws or the adoption of new Bylaws must be approved by either the affirmative vote
of the holders of at least a majority of the combined voting power of the then-outstanding shares
of Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, or by the affirmative vote of at least a
majority of the then-authorized number of directors.
Section 2. Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these
Bylaws generally, the term entire Board of Directors means the total number of directors which
the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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