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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
ADS TACTICAL, INC.
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES
OFFICES
1. Registered Office. The registered office of ADS Tactical, Inc. (the
Corporation) shall be at The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
DE 19801.
2. Additional Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places
both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
1. Place of Meeting. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any date, time and
place, if any, within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board of Directors. In
the absence of any such designation, meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal
executive office of the Corporation.
2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a
date and at a time fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting of
stockholders, directors shall be elected and any other proper business may be transacted.
3. Quorum. A majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any
meeting of stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the Certificate of
Incorporation), or these Bylaws, but in no event shall less than one-third of the shares
entitled to vote constitute a quorum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a quorum, once established,
shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum and the votes
present may continue to transact business until adjournment. A majority in voting power of the
voting stock represented in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time despite
the absence of a quorum and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and
place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At such adjourned
meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted that
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more
than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote thereat.
4. Voting Requirement. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
holders of a majority in voting power of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is
one upon which by express provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, rules or
regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to
any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, a different vote is required, in
which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at all meetings of
stockholders for election of directors at which a quorum is present, a plurality of the votes
cast shall be sufficient to elect.
5. Proxies; Voting of Shares. At each meeting of the stockholders, each stockholder
having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another person or persons to act for
him by proxy, but no proxy shall be voted upon or acted upon after three years from its date,
unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All proxies must be filed with the Secretary
of the Corporation before or at the beginning of each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at
the meeting. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and
if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable
power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled
is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally. A proxy may be in
the form of a telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission which sets forth or is
submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other
means of electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Each stockholder shall have
one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in his name on the books of the
Corporation on the record date set by the Board of Directors as provided in Section 9 of Article II
hereof.
6. Special Meeting. Unless otherwise prescribed by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, shall be called
by the Board of Directors, and shall not be called by any other person or persons. Business
transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the matters related to the
purposes stated in the notice.
7. Notice of Meeting. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any
action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given, which notice shall state the
place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders
entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders
entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, the written notice of any meeting shall be given to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the
date of the meeting. If mailed, notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at his address as it appears on the
records of the Corporation.
8. Waiver of Notice by Stockholders. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be
given to any stockholder of the Corporation under the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws
or any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, a waiver thereof given in
writing or by electronic transmission at any time, whether before or after the time of meeting, by
the stockholder entitled to such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.
Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except
where the person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business.
Neither the business, nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of stockholders, directors
or members of a committee of directors need be specified in the waiver.
9. Fixing Record Date. 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, or to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or 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 by the Board of Directors, and which
record date: (1) in the case of determination of
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stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall,
unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before
the date of such meeting; (2) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to express
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, shall not be more than ten (10) days from
the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors; and
(3) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other
action. If no record date is fixed: (1) 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; (2) the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no
prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the first date on which a
signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
Corporation in accordance with applicable law, or, if prior action by the Board of Directors is
required by law, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors
adopts the resolution taking such prior action; and (3) the record date for determining
stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board
of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. 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.
10. Voting Records. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall prepare and make, at least ten (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, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, (1) on a
reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to
such list is provided with the notice of meeting, or (2) during ordinary business hours at the
principal place of business of the Corporation. The list of stockholders must also be open to
examination at the meeting as required by applicable law.
11. Stockholders Consent Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, is signed by the holder or holders of all of the Corporations
outstanding stock entitled to vote thereon and is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its
registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent
of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested.
12. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders.
(a) Other Corporations. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be
voted either in person or by proxy, by the president of such corporation or any other officer
appointed by such president. A proxy executed by any principal officer of such other corporation
or assistant thereto shall be conclusive evidence of the signers authority to act, in the absence
of express notice to the Corporation, given in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, of the
designation of some other person by the board of directors or the bylaws of such other corporation.
(b) Legal Representatives and Fiduciaries. Shares held by any administrator,
executor, guardian, conservator, trustee in bankruptcy, receiver or assignee for creditors may be
voted by a duly executed proxy, without a transfer of such shares to his name. Shares standing in
the name of a fiduciary
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may be voted by him, either in person or by proxy. A proxy executed by a fiduciary shall be
conclusive evidence of the signers authority to act, in the absence of express notice to the
Corporation, given in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, that such manner of voting is
expressly prohibited or otherwise directed by the document creating the fiduciary relationship.
(c) Pledgees. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such
shares unless in the transfer of the shares on the books of the Corporation the pledgor has
expressly authorized the pledgee to vote the shares and thereafter the pledgee, or his proxy, shall
be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.
(d) Treasury Stock and Subsidiaries. Neither treasury shares, nor shares held by
another corporation if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the election of directors of
such other corporation is held by the Corporation, shall be voted at any meeting or counted in
determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to vote, but shares of its own issue
held by the Corporation in a fiduciary capacity, or held by such other corporation in a fiduciary
capacity, may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares
entitled to vote.
(e) Joint Holders. Shares of record in the names of two or more persons or shares to
which two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship, unless the Secretary of the
Corporation is given notice otherwise and furnished with a copy of the instrument creating the
relationship, may be voted as follows: (1) if voted by an individual, his vote binds all holders;
or (2) if voted by more than one holder, the majority vote binds all, unless the vote is evenly
split, in which case the shares may be voted proportionately or according to the ownership interest
as shown in the instrument filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.
13. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the
proposal of any other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual
meeting of stockholders only (i) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting or any supplement
thereto, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) by any stockholder of the
Corporation who was a stockholder of record of the Corporation (and, with respect to any beneficial
owner, if different, on whose behalf any nomination or proposal is made, only if such beneficial
holder was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time that the notice
provided for in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 13 is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting, and who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 13.
(2) For nominations by a stockholder of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation and the proposal of any other business to be considered by the stockholders to be
properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder, in each case pursuant
to clauses (i) or (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 13, the stockholder must have given
timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business
other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a
proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to
the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of
business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day and not later than the close of
business on the ninetieth (90th) day 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
more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such
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anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of
business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not
later than the close of business on the later of (x) the ninetieth (90th) day prior to
such annual meeting or (y) the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. For purposes of the
first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation held after the closing of an initial public
offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, covering the offer and sale of common stock of the Corporation to the public (the
IPO), the first anniversary of such annual meeting shall be deemed to be on the date so
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors during the following year. In no event shall the
public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time
period or extend any time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. For
purposes of this Section 13, the stockholder providing the notice of a proposed nomination or other
business proposed to be brought before a meeting, the beneficial owner, if different, on whose
behalf the proposed nomination or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting is made,
and any affiliate or associate of such beneficial owner (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)),
are referred to as the Proposing Person. Such stockholders notice shall set forth (i) as to
each person whom the Proposing Person proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) all
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies
for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant
to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act and (B) such persons written
consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected;
(ii) as to any business other than nominations for election of directors that the Proposing Person
proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions
proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the
Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting, and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person; and
(iii) as to each Proposing Person, (A) the name and address of the stockholder providing the
notice, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such other Proposing Person, (B) the
class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned of record or
beneficially by such Proposing Person, (C) a description in reasonable detail of any hedging,
derivative, swap or other transactions or series of transactions engaged in by such Proposing
Person, or any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position, or any
borrowing or lending of shares) to which such Proposing Person is a party, in each case, the effect
or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for,
or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person with respect to shares of
capital stock of the Corporation, or otherwise to reduce the economic risk or benefit of ownership
of shares of capital stock of the Corporation to such Proposing Person (including where the value
of any agreement, arrangement or understanding to which such Proposing Person is a party is
determined by reference to the price or value of shares of the Corporation), (D) a representation
that the Proposing Person is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at
such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or
nomination, and (E) a representation as to whether the Proposing Person intends or is part of a
group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least
the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital stock required to elect the nominee and/or
approve or adopt the proposal or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of
such nomination or proposal. As promptly as practical (and, in any event, no later than two
business days after the stockholder becomes aware thereof), the stockholder providing notice under
this Section 13(a)(2) shall notify the Corporation in writing of any change in the information
provided or required to be provided under this Section 13(a)(2) as to each Proposing Person. The
foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has
notified the Corporation of the stockholders intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting
in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act and
such stockholders proposal has been
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included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for
such annual meeting. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other
information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to
serve as a director of the Corporation.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 13 to
the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of
the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the
Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days
prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice
required by paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 13 shall also be considered timely, but only with
respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at
the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the
tenth (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. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of
the Corporation may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be
elected pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be
elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record (and,
with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf any nomination or proposal is
made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at
the time that the notice provided for in this Section 13 is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and upon such
election, and who complies with the notice procedure set forth in Section 13(a)(2) with respect to
nominations for election of directors at a regular meeting of stockholders. In the event that the
Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more
directors to the Board of Directors, any stockholder otherwise permitted by this Section 13 to
nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in
the Corporations notice of meeting may nominate such person(s) for election to such position(s) if
the stockholders notice required by paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 13 shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of
business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not
later than the close of business on the later of (x) the ninetieth (90th) day prior to
such special meeting or (y) the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public
announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the
Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period or extend any time
period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) General.
(1) Only such persons who are nominated for election to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 13 shall be eligible to be
elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors,
and only such other business as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 13 shall be conducted at a regular meeting of stockholders.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (i)
to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting
was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 13, including whether the Proposing Person failed to notify the Corporation of any change
in the information previously provided as
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required by clause (a)(2) of this Section 13 or solicited (or is part of a group which
solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholders
nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause
(a)(2)(iii)(E) of this Section 13 and (ii) if any nomination or proposed business was not made or
proposed in compliance with this Section 13, to declare that such nomination or proposal shall be
disregarded and declared to be out of order. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 13, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of
the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation to make a nomination or present a proposal of other business, such nomination shall be
disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in
respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 13,
to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a
writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to
act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such
writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic
transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For purposes of this Section 13, public announcement shall include 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 Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 13, 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 Section 13. This Section 13 is expressly
intended to apply to any business proposed to be considered by the stockholders at a meeting,
regardless of whether or not such proposal is made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
In the case of proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, this Section 13 shall
not be deemed to affect any rights of (i) stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
Corporations proxy statement pursuant to such Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) the
holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions
of the Certificate of Incorporation. In the event of any conflict between this Section 13 and the
provisions of Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act in the circumstances of a stockholder proposal made
pursuant to such Rule 14a-8, the provisions of such Rule 14a-8 shall control.
14. Postponement or Cancellation of Meeting. Any previously scheduled annual or
special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be postponed, and any previously
scheduled annual or special meeting of the stockholders called by the Board of Directors may be
canceled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time
previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
15. Inspectors of Election; Conduct of Meeting.
(a) The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, 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 number
of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). 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 the inspectors duties, shall take and sign an
oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the
best of the inspectors ability. If there are three (3) inspectors of
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election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the
decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election
is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(b) The inspectors of election shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of stock outstanding
and the voting power of each; (ii) determine the number of shares of stock present in person or
represented by proxy at such meeting, the validity of proxies and ballots and the existence of a
quorum; (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; (v)
certify their determination of the number of such shares present in person or represented by proxy
at such meeting and their count of all votes and ballots and (vi) do any other acts that may be
proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. 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. The inspectors may
appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist them in the performance of their duties. No
person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
(c) 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 by the person presiding
over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for
the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent
inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person
presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and
adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures, and to do all such acts
as, in the judgment of such presiding person, 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 person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following:
(i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures
for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) 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 person of the
meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the
commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other
determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the
meeting, and if such presiding officer should so determine, such person shall so declare to the
meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the
person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in
accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE III.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authorities expressly
conferred upon them by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the
Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
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2. Number of Directors. The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors
shall be set in the manner provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation.
3. Classes of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes,
as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. In the event of
any increase or decrease in the number of directors from time to time, the number of directors in
each class shall be apportioned as nearly equally as possible. No decrease in the number of
directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
4. Terms of Office. Each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the
third annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting at which such director was
elected. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Qualifying Record Date), the term of office of the
Class I directors shall expire and Class I directors shall be elected for a full term of three
years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Qualifying Record Date, the term
of office of the Class II directors shall expire and Class II directors shall be elected for a full
term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Qualifying Record
Date, the term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be
elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders,
directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of the class
whose terms expire at such annual meeting. The term of each director shall continue until the
election and qualification of a successor and be subject to such directors earlier death,
resignation or removal.
5. Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock
to elect additional directors under specific circumstances, vacancies on the Board of Directors by
reason of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or otherwise, and
newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors
shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly
created directorships shall be filled by the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, be
filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director, and shall not be filled by the stockholders. A director elected to fill a
vacancy or a newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for
which such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a
successor and to such directors earlier death, resignation or removal.
6. Place of Meeting. The directors may hold their meetings, either regular or
special, and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the Corporation, either within or
outside of the State of Delaware.
7. Regular Meetings Without Notice. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be
held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of
Directors.
8. Special Meeting; Notice; Waiver. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be
called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on twenty-four (24) hours prior notice to each
director, either personally or by telephone, telecopier or other means of electronic transmission,
or not less than three (3) days prior to a meeting by delivering or mailing notice to the business
address or such other address as a director shall have designated in writing and filed with the
Secretary. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United
States mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Whenever any notice is required to be
given to any director of the Corporation under the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or
any provision of law, a waiver thereof in writing signed at any time before or after the meeting by
the director entitled to such notice shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. The
attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
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such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting and objects thereat to the transaction
of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be
specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary in like
manner and on like notice upon the written request of two directors, unless the Board of Directors
consists of only one director, in which case special meetings shall be called by the President or
the Secretary in like manner and on like notice upon the written request of the sole director.
9. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number
of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors
present at the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
10. Manner of Acting. Every decision made and action taken by a majority of the
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of
Directors, unless the act of a greater number of directors is required by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
11. Unanimous Consent Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by 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 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 transmissions are filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.
12. Telephonic Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by
the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee,
by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
13. Presumption of Assent. A director of the Corporation who is present at a meeting
of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof of which the director is a member at which action
on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken, unless the
directors dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless the director shall file
a written dissent to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the
adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the Secretary of the
Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not
apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.
14. Committees; Powers. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, each such committee to
consist of one or more 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 the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of
the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may
authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such
committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of
Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders
the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporations property and assets,
recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a
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revocation of a dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless either
such resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provides, no such committee shall
have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock. Each
committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors
when required.
15. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of the
directors. 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. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving
the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of standing or
special committees may be allowed like compensation for their service on such committees.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
1. Offices. The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a Secretary and
such other officers as the Board of Directors may elect, including, without limitation, a Chairman
of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one
or more Vice Presidents (with each Vice President to have such descriptive title, if any, as the
Board of Directors shall determine), one or more Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer, and one or
more Assistant Treasurers. At the time of the election of officers, the directors may by
resolution determine the order of their rank. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws provide otherwise.
2. Election; Term of Office; Removal; Vacancy. Each officer of the Corporation shall
be elected by the Board of Directors and shall hold office until such officers successor is
elected and qualified or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer
elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority
of the Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy
shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
3. Compensation. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors or by a duly authorized committee thereof. No officer shall be prevented
from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that such officer also is a director of the
Corporation, but any such officer who shall also be a director shall not have any role in the
determination of such officers compensation.
4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of
the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to
time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by these Bylaws. If there is no
Chief Executive Officer or President, the Chairman of the Board shall in addition be the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5
of this Article IV.
5. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the control
of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction and control of the business and
officers of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform all duties incident to the
office of Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, at all meetings of the Board of
Directors.
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6. President. The President shall have the general powers and duties of management
usually vested in the office of the president of corporations and shall have such other powers and
duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.
7. Chief Operating Officer. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors,
the Chief Operating Officer, if any, shall have general charge of such day-to-day operations of the
business as shall be assigned to him by the Chief Executive Officer.
8. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any, shall have the
custody of the corporate funds and other valuable effects, including securities, 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 depositaries as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors.
The Chief Financial Officer 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, the Chief Operating Officer and the Board of Directors, at meetings of the Board
of Directors, or whenever the Board of Directors may require it, an account of all his or her
transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
9. Vice Presidents. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice
Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice
President designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and
when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other duties and powers as from time to time may be
prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors.
10. Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and
all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book
to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when
required by the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. The Secretary shall keep in safe
custody the seal of the Corporation, and when authorized by the Board of Directors, affix the same
to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by the signature of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by such officers
signature.
11. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the
Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such
determination, the Assistant Secretary designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence
or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time
to time prescribe.
12. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be responsible for and have charge and custody of
the funds and securities of the Corporation, deposit all such funds and securities in the name and
to the credit of the Corporation in the depositaries selected in accordance with the provisions of
Section 4 of Article VII hereof, and keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements
in books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation
as may be ordered by the Board of Directors or the President, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to 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
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shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of
such office, and in case of the death, resignation, retirement or removal from office of the
Treasurer, for the restoration to the Corporation of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other
property of whatever kind belonging to the Corporation that are in the possession or under the
control of the Treasurer.
13. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one,
the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such
determination, the Assistant Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence
or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and
shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time
to time prescribe.
ARTICLE V.
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
1. Certificates for Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates or shall be uncertificated. Every holder of stock of the Corporation represented by
certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by
the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary, an Assistant
Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, certifying the number of shares represented by
the certificate owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.
2. Facsimile Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on the 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, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same
effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
3. Statement of Powers, Designations, Rights of Class of Stock. If the Corporation
shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the
powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of
each class of stock or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the
certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided,
however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or
back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of
stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so
requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it,
alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the
lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such
new certificate or uncertificated shares.
5. Transfers of Stock. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the
Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue
a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate, and record the
transaction upon its books.
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6. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of
record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be
bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other
person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as expressly provided
by the laws of the State of Delaware.
7. Restrictions on Transfer. The face or reverse side of each certificate
representing shares shall bear a conspicuous notation of any restriction imposed by the Corporation
upon the transfer of such shares; otherwise, the restriction is invalid except against those with
actual knowledge of the restrictions.
ARTICLE VI.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Construction; Definitions; Time Periods. Unless the context requires otherwise, the
general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality
of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the
singular, and the term person includes both a corporation and a natural person. In applying any
provision of these bylaws which requires 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.
2. Declaration of Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation,
subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, and the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special
meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, property or shares of the capital stock
of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.
3. Reserve Fund Before Payment of Dividend. 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
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet
contingencies, for equalizing dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the
Corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of
the Corporation. The directors may reduce or abolish any such reserve at any time.
4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of
the Board of Directors.
5. Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation,
the year of its organization, and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. Said seal may be used by
causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed, reproduced or otherwise.
6. Notice. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by law, notice to
directors and stockholders shall be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or
stockholder, at his 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. Notice to directors may also be given by telecopier, telephone or other
means of electronic transmission. Notice to stockholders given by a form of electronic
transmission shall be effective if 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 (a) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic
transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and
(b) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant
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Secretary or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice;
provided, however, that the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not
invalidate any meeting or other action.
7. Annual Statement. The Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting of
stockholders, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the
stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VII.
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND
DEPOSITS, AND SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND
DEPOSITS, AND SPECIAL CORPORATE ACTS
1. Contracts. The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent
or agents, to enter into any contract or execute or deliver any instrument in the name of and on
behalf of the Corporation, and such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.
In the absence of other designation, all deeds, mortgages and instruments of assignment or pledge
made by the Corporation shall be executed in the name of the Corporation by the President or a Vice
President and by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer;
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, when necessary or required, shall affix the corporate seal
thereto; and when so executed, no other party to such instrument or any third party shall be
required to make any inquiry into the authority of the signing officer or officers.
2. Loans. No indebtedness for borrowed money shall be contracted on behalf of the
Corporation and no evidences of such indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by
or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authorization may be
general or confined to specific instances.
3. Checks, Drafts, etc. All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money
and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be
signed by such officer or officers, or agent or agents, of the Corporation and in such manner as
shall from time to time be determined by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of
Directors.
4. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited
from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other
depositories as may be selected by or under the authority of a resolution of the Board of
Directors.
5. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. Subject always to the specific
directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any shares or other securities issued by any other
corporation or other entity and owned or controlled by the Corporation may be voted at any meeting
of security holders of such other corporation or entity by the President of the Corporation, or in
the absence of the President, by a Vice President of the Corporation who may be present, and (b)
whenever, in the judgment of the President, or in the absence of the President, of a Vice
President, it is desirable for the Corporation to execute a proxy or written consent in respect to
any shares or other securities issued by any other corporation or other entity and owned or
controlled by the Corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of the
Corporation by the President or one of the Vice Presidents of the Corporation, without the
necessity of any authorization by the Board of Directors, affixation of corporate seal, or
countersignature or attestation by another officer. Any person or persons designated in the manner
above stated as the proxy or proxies of the Corporation shall have full right, power and authority
to vote the shares or other securities issued by such other corporation or entity and owned by the
Corporation the same as such shares or other securities might be voted by the Corporation.
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ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
1. By Stockholders. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be
adopted, by the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon at an annual meeting of
stockholders without prior notice, or at any other meeting of stockholders provided that the
amendment under consideration has been set forth in the notice of meeting, by affirmative vote of
not less than two-thirds of voting power of the shares present or represented at any meeting at
which a quorum is in attendance.
2. By Directors. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be
adopted, by the Board of Directors as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the number of directors present at any meeting at which a quorum
is in attendance; provided, however, that no Bylaw adopted by the stockholders shall be amended or
repealed by the Board of Directors if the Bylaw so provides.
3. Implied Amendments. Any action taken or authorized by the Board of Directors,
which would be inconsistent with the Bylaws then in effect but is taken or authorized by the
affirmative vote of not less than the number of directors required to amend the Bylaws so that the
Bylaws would be consistent with such action, shall be given the same effect as though the Bylaws
had been temporarily amended or suspended so far, but only so far, as is necessary to permit the
specific action so taken or authorized.
ARTICLE IX.
INDEMNIFICATION
INDEMNIFICATION
1. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended,
any person (a Covered Person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party
or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a proceeding), by reason of the
fact that the person, or a person for whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation, or,
while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint
venture, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all expenses (including
attorneys fees), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and other liabilities and losses
actually and reasonably incurred by such Covered Person in connection with such proceeding.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Article
IX, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding
(or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or
part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors
of the Corporation.
2. Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not
prohibited by applicable law, pay the expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a Covered
Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that to
the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person
to repay all amounts advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the Covered Person is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation under this Article IX.
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3. Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such
proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within thirty (30)
days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the
Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole
or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such
action, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to
the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
4. Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this
Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
5. Other Sources. The Corporations obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance
expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer,
employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, limited partnership,
limited liability company, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount
that such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust,
enterprise or nonprofit entity.
6. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity against any
liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising
out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify
him or her against such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
7. Amendment or Repeal. Any amendment or repeal of the foregoing provisions of this
Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment or repeal.
8. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses. This Article IX shall not limit
the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to
advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate
corporate action.
ARTICLE X.
EFFECTIVENESS
EFFECTIVENESS
1. Effectiveness of Bylaws. These Bylaws shall become effective upon the filing of
the Certificate of Incorporation with the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
and the closing of the IPO.
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