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Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS

 

OF

 

HOSPIRA, INC.

 

(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

 

Adopted by the Board of Directors
of Hospira, Inc.
April 4, 2004
as amended and restated, effective April 30, 2004
and amended and restated effective May 17, 2006

and amended and restated effective August 23, 2006

and amended and restated effective February 21, 2007

and amended and restated effective October 22, 2008

and amended and restated effective February 9, 2010

and amended and restated effective May 10, 2011
as amended and restated effective May 9, 2012

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

1

 

 

 

SECTION 1.

REGISTERED OFFICE

1

 

 

 

SECTION 2

OTHER OFFICES

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

CORPORATE SEAL

1

 

 

 

SECTION 3.

CORPORATE SEAL

1

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

1

 

 

 

SECTION 4.

PLACE OF MEETINGS

1

 

 

 

SECTION 5.

ANNUAL MEETING

1

 

 

 

SECTION 6.

SPECIAL MEETINGS

4

 

 

 

SECTION 7.

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

6

 

 

 

SECTION 8.

QUORUM AND VOTING

6

 

 

 

SECTION 9.

ADJOURNMENT AND NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS

7

 

 

 

SECTION 10.

VOTING RIGHTS

7

 

 

 

SECTION 11.

JOINT OWNERS OF STOCK

8

 

 

 

SECTION 12.

LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS

8

 

 

 

SECTION 13.

ACTION WITHOUT MEETING

8

 

 

 

SECTION 14.

ORGANIZATION

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

DIRECTORS

9

 

 

 

SECTION 15.

NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE

9

 

 

 

SECTION 16.

POWERS

9

 

 

 

SECTION 17.

CLASSES OF DIRECTORS

9

 

 

 

SECTION 18.

VACANCIES

10

 

 

 

SECTION 19.

RESIGNATION

10

 

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SECTION 20.

REMOVAL

10

 

 

 

SECTION 21.

MEETINGS

12

 

 

 

(a)

ANNUAL MEETINGS

12

 

 

 

(b)

REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETINGS

12

 

 

 

(c)

TELEPHONE MEETINGS

12

 

 

 

(d)

NOTICE OF MEETINGS

12

 

 

 

(e)

WAIVER OF NOTICE

12

 

 

 

SECTION 22.

QUORUM AND VOTING

12

 

 

 

SECTION 23.

ACTION WITHOUT MEETING

13

 

 

 

SECTION 24.

FEES AND COMPENSATION

13

 

 

 

SECTION 25.

COMMITTEES

13

 

 

 

(a)

AUDIT COMMITTEE

13

 

 

 

(b)

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

13

 

 

 

(c)

GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE

13

 

 

 

(d)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE

13

 

 

 

(e)

OTHER COMMITTEES

14

 

 

 

(f)

TERM

14

 

 

 

(g)

MEETINGS

14

 

 

 

SECTION 26.

ORGANIZATION

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

15

 

 

 

SECTION 27.

OFFICERS DESIGNATED

15

 

 

 

SECTION 28.

TENURE AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS

15

 

 

 

(a)

GENERAL

15

 

 

 

(b)

DUTIES OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

15

 

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(c)

DUTIES OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

16

 

 

 

(d)

DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

16

 

 

 

(e)

DUTIES OF GENERAL COUNSEL

16

 

 

 

(f)

DUTIES OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS

16

 

 

 

(g)

DUTIES OF CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENTS

16

 

 

 

(h)

DUTIES OF TREASURER

16

 

 

 

(i)

DUTIES OF CONTROLLER

17

 

 

 

(j)

DUTIES OF SECRETARY

17

 

 

 

SECTION 29.

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

17

 

 

 

SECTION 30.

RESIGNATIONS

17

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

18

 

 

 

SECTION 31.

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS

18

 

 

 

SECTION 32.

VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

18

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK

19

 

 

 

SECTION 33.

FORM AND EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES

19

 

 

 

SECTION 34.

LOST CERTIFICATES

19

 

 

 

SECTION 35.

TRANSFERS

20

 

 

 

SECTION 36.

FIXING RECORD DATES

20

 

 

 

SECTION 37.

REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

20

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

21

 

 

 

SECTION 38.

EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES

21

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

DIVIDENDS

21

 

 

 

SECTION 39.

DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS

21

 

 

 

SECTION 40.

DIVIDEND RESERVE

21

 

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ARTICLE X

FISCAL YEAR

22

 

 

 

SECTION 41.

FISCAL YEAR

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

INDEMNIFICATION

22

 

 

 

SECTION 42.

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS

22

 

 

 

(a)

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

22

 

 

 

(b)

EXPENSES

22

 

 

 

(c)

ENFORCEMENT

23

 

 

 

(d)

NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS

23

 

 

 

(e)

SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS

24

 

 

 

(f)

INSURANCE

24

 

 

 

(g)

AMENDMENTS

24

 

 

 

(h)

SAVING CLAUSE

24

 

 

 

(i)

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

NOTICES

25

 

 

 

SECTION 43.

NOTICES

25

 

 

 

(a)

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

25

 

 

 

(b)

NOTICE TO DIRECTORS

25

 

 

 

(c)

AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING

25

 

 

 

(d)

TIME NOTICES DEEMED GIVEN

26

 

 

 

(e)

METHODS OF NOTICE

26

 

 

 

(f)

FAILURE TO RECEIVE NOTICE

26

 

 

 

(g)

NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL

26

 

 

 

(h)

NOTICE TO PERSON WITH UNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS

26

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII

AMENDMENTS

27

 

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SECTION 44.

AMENDMENTS

27

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS

OF

 

HOSPIRA, INC.
(a Delaware Corporation)

 

ARTICLE I

 

OFFICES

 

SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

 

SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and 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

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

SECTION 3. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the name of the corporation and the inscription “Corporate Seal—Delaware.” Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE III

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

SECTION 4. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or, if not so designated, then at the office of the corporation required to be maintained pursuant to Section 2 hereof.

 

SECTION 5. ANNUAL MEETING.

 

(a)           The annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation, for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before it, shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

(b)           At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business (other than the nomination for election to the Board of Directors, which must comply with paragraph (c) below) must be: (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder of the corporation (i) who is a

 

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stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, on the date such stockholder provides timely notice to the corporation as provided herein and on the date of the annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than ninety (90) calendar days and not more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days prior to the anniversary date of the corporation’s preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within twenty-five (25) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or such public announcement in a press release or in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever occurs first. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below): (i) the name and record address of such person, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (iii) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned beneficially but not of record by such person, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or 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 mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such person with respect to any share of stock of the corporation, (v) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the proposal of business on the date of such stockholder’s notice, (vi) a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among such persons in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest in such business, (vii) a representation that the stockholder giving the notice intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting, (viii) notice whether such person intends to solicit proxies in connection with the proposed matter and (ix) any other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal. Any information required pursuant to this paragraph shall be supplemented to speak as of the record date for the meeting by the stockholder giving the notice not later than ten (10) days after such record date. In addition to the foregoing, in order to have information with respect to a stockholder proposal included in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a stockholder’s meeting, stockholders must also satisfy the notice and other requirements of the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act. No business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (b). The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph (b), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

(c)           Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as directors (except as may otherwise be provided

 

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in the Certificate of Incorporation regarding the right of holders of preferred stock of the corporation to nominate and elect directors in certain circumstances).  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting (i) who is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, on the date such stockholder provides timely notice to the corporation as provided herein and on the date of the annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the corporation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 5. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director and as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person: (A) the name, age, business address, residence address and record address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between or among such persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the stockholder and any relationship between or among the stockholder giving notice and any Stockholder Associated Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, on the other hand, (E) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares owned beneficially but not of record by such person, (F) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or 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 mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such person with respect to any share of stock of the Corporation, (G) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director on the date of such stockholder’s notice, (H) a representation that the stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (I) any other 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 1934 Act (including without limitation the nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected).  Any information required pursuant to this paragraph shall be supplemented to speak as of the record date for the meeting by the stockholder giving the notice not later than ten (10) days after such record date.  The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.  No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

(d)           For purposes of this Section 5:  “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person acting in concert, directly or indirectly, with such stockholder and (ii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person.

 

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SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS.

 

Unless otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of stockholders, for any proper purpose or purposes, may be called by (i) the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (ii) the Chief Executive Officer, or (iii) the Board of Directors.  Special meetings of the stockholders, for any proper purpose or purposes specified by the record holder or holders of the requisite percentage, shall be called by the Chairman or the Board of Directors at the request in writing (a “Special Meeting Request”) of one or more record holders holding, in the aggregate, not less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total voting power of shares of stock of the corporation then outstanding and entitled to vote on the matter or matters to be brought before the proposed special meeting which shares of are determined to be “Net Long Shares” in accordance with this Section 6 (provided that requests from multiple holders will not be aggregated if the requests relate to different items of business) (the “Requisite Percentage”).  The Board of Directors shall cause notice to be given to the stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of these Bylaws.  Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

 

For purposes of this Section 6, Net Long Shares shall be limited to the number of shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any stockholder or beneficial owner that constitute such person’s net long position as defined in Rule 14e-4 under the 1934 Act, provided that for purposes of such definition the date the tender offer is first announced shall instead be the date for determining and/or documenting a stockholder’s or beneficial owner’s Net Long Shares and the reference to the highest tender price shall refer to the market price on such date and, to the extent not covered by such definition, reduced by any shares as to which such person does not, at the time the Special Meeting Request is delivered to the corporation, have the right to vote or direct the vote at the special meeting or as to which such person has entered into a derivative or other agreement, arrangement or understanding that hedges or transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such shares.  In addition, to the extent any affiliates of a Requesting Stockholder (as defined below) are acting in concert with the Requesting Stockholder with respect to the calling of a special meeting, the determination of Net Long Shares may include the effect of aggregating the Net Long Shares (including any negative number) of such affiliate or affiliates.  Whether shares constitute “Net Long Shares” shall be decided by the Board of Directors in its reasonable determination.

 

For stockholder-requested special meetings, the Board of Directors shall determine whether all requirements set forth in this Section 6 have been satisfied and such determination shall be binding on the corporation and its stockholders.  If a Special Meeting Request is made that complies with this Section 6 and all other applicable sections of these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may (in lieu of calling the special meeting requested in such Special Meeting Request) present an identical or substantially similar item (a “Similar Item”) for stockholder approval at any other meeting of stockholders that is held within 120 days after the corporation receives such Special Meeting Request.

 

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A Special Meeting Request must be delivered by hand or by registered U.S. mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or courier service, postage prepaid, to the attention of the Secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation.  A Special Meeting Request shall only be valid if it is signed and dated by each stockholder of record submitting the Special Meeting Request and, without duplication as to shares, by each of the beneficial owners, if any, on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request is being made (each such record owner and beneficial owner, a “Requesting Stockholder”) or their duly authorized agents and includes: (i) a brief description of the business proposed to be brought before the special meeting and of the reasons for bringing such business before the meeting and, if such business includes a proposal to amend either the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the text of the proposed amendment, (ii) the name and address of each Requesting Stockholder, (iii) the number of shares of each class of stock of the corporation that are owned by each Requesting Stockholder beneficially or of record, (iv) any material interest of each Requesting Stockholder in the business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting, (v) information required by the Section 5(b) and Section 5(c) of these Bylaws, as applicable, including with respect to each Requesting Stockholder, (vi) a representation that each Requesting Stockholder, or one or more representatives of each such stockholder, intends to appear in person or by proxy at the special meeting to present the proposal(s) or business to be brought before the special meeting, (vii) an agreement by the Requesting Stockholders to notify the corporation promptly in the event of any decrease in the number of Net Long Shares held by the Requesting Stockholders following the delivery of such Special Meeting Request and prior to the special meeting and an acknowledgement that any such decrease shall be deemed to be a revocation of such Special Meeting Request to the extent of such reduction, (viii) documentary evidence that the Requesting Stockholders own the Requisite Percentage as of the date on which the Special Meeting Request is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation; provided, however, that if the stockholder(s) of record submitting the Special Meeting Request are not the beneficial owners of the shares representing the Requisite Percentage, then to be valid, the Special Meeting Request must also include documentary evidence (or, if not simultaneously provided with the Special Meeting Request, such documentary evidence must be delivered to the Secretary of the corporation within ten (10) days after the date on which the Special Meeting Request is delivered to the Secretary) that the beneficial owners on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request is made beneficially own the Requisite Percentage as of the date on which such Special Meeting Request is delivered to the Secretary, and (ix) if any Requesting Stockholder intends to solicit proxies with respect to the proposal(s) or business to be presented at the special meeting, a representation to that effect and such other information relating to the proposal or business that is required to be disclosed in solicitations pursuant to the 1934 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or other applicable law.  In addition, each Requesting Stockholder shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the corporation.

 

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6, a special meeting held

 

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following a Special Meeting Request shall be held at such date, time and place, as may be fixed by the Board.  In addition, a Special Meeting Request shall not be valid if (i) the Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law; (ii) the Special Meeting Request is received by the corporation during the period commencing 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting and ending on the date of the next annual meeting; (iii) a Similar Item (other than the election or removal of director(s)) was presented at any meeting of stockholders held within twelve (12) months prior to receipt by the corporation of such Special Meeting Request (and, for purposes of this clause (iii) and clause (iv), the election of directors shall be deemed a “Similar Item” with respect to all items of business involving the election or removal of directors); (iv) the Special Meeting Request relates to the election or removal of director(s) and the election or removal of director(s) was presented at an annual or special meeting of stockholders held not more than ninety (90) days before the Special Meeting Request is delivered; (v) a Similar Item is included in the corporation’s notice as an item of business to be brought before a stockholder meeting that has been called but not yet held; or (vi) such Special Meeting Request was made in a manner that involved a violation of Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act or other applicable law.

 

Stockholders may revoke a Special Meeting Request by written revocation delivered to the corporation at any time prior to the special meeting.  If, following such revocation, there are un-revoked requests from stockholders holding in the aggregate less than the requisite number of shares entitling the stockholders to request the calling of a special meeting, the Board of Directors in its discretion may cancel the special meeting.

 

If none of the Requesting Stockholders appears or sends a duly authorized agent to present the business to be presented for consideration specified in the Special Meeting Request, the corporation need not present such business for a vote at the special meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been received by the corporation.

 

Business transacted at a special meeting requested by stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the Special Meeting Request; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Board of Directors from submitting additional matters to the stockholders at any such special meeting.

 

SECTION 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, such notice to specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting.

 

SECTION 8. QUORUM AND VOTING.

 

(a)           At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, either by the chairman of the meeting or by

 

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vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting until the meeting is duly reconvened and a quorum is present. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the holders of a majority of the vote cast, excluding abstentions, at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the corporation.

 

(b)           Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter and, except where otherwise provided by the statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast, excluding abstentions, by the holders of shares of such class or classes or series shall be the act of such class or classes or series.

 

(c)           Except as provided in Section 18 and Section 19 of these Bylaws, each director (including where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required) shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if as of a date that is fourteen (14) days in advance of the date the corporation files its definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether or not thereafter revised or supplemented) with the Securities and Exchange Commission the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors (including where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required) shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present.

 

(d)           For purposes of this Section 8, a majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of votes cast against that director.  Any nominee for director who fails to receive the required number of votes for reelection in accordance with these Bylaws must, promptly following certification of the shareholder vote, tender his or her resignation to the Board of Directors.  The independent directors (excluding the director(s) who tendered the resignation) will evaluate any such resignation in light of the best interests of the Corporation and its shareholders in determining whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken.  The Board of Directors will act on the tendered resignation, and publicly disclose its decision, within 90 days following certification of the shareholder vote.

 

SECTION 9. ADJOURNMENT AND NOTICE OF ADJOURNED MEETINGS. Any meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, may be adjourned from time to time either by the chairman of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares casting votes, excluding abstentions. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof 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 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 at the meeting.

 

SECTION 10. VOTING RIGHTS. For the purpose of determining those stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares stand on the stock records of the corporation on the record date, as

 

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provided in Section 12 of these Bylaws, shall be entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders. Every person entitled to vote shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a proxy granted in accordance with Delaware law, provided, however, that no stockholder may name more than two persons as proxies to attend and vote such stockholder’s shares at any meeting of stockholders. An agent so appointed need not be a stockholder.

 

SECTION 11. JOINT OWNERS OF STOCK. If shares or other securities having voting power stand of record in the names of two or more persons, whether fiduciaries, members of a partnership, joint tenants, tenants in common, tenants by the entirety, or otherwise, or if two or more persons have the same fiduciary relationship respecting the same shares, unless the Secretary is given written notice to the contrary and is furnished with a copy of the instrument or order appointing them or creating the relationship wherein it is so provided, their acts with respect to voting shall have the following effect: (a) if only one votes, such person’s act binds all; (b) if more than one votes, the act of the majority so voting binds all; (c) if more than one votes, but the vote is evenly split on any particular matter, each faction may vote the securities in question proportionally, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court as may have jurisdiction for relief as provided in the General Corporation Law of Delaware, Section 217(b). If the instrument filed with the Secretary shows that any such tenancy is held in unequal interests, a majority or even-split for the purpose of subsection (c) shall be a majority or even-split in interest.

 

SECTION 12. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, 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 ten (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 specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

 

SECTION 13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. No action shall be taken by the stockholders except at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called in accordance with these Bylaws, and no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent.

 

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SECTION 14. ORGANIZATION.

 

(a)           At every meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall act as chairman. The Secretary, or, in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 15. NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE. The authorized number of directors of the corporation shall be fixed in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 16. POWERS. The powers of the corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 17. CLASSES OF DIRECTORS. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, the directors shall be divided into three classes designated as Class I, Class II and Class III, respectively. Directors shall be assigned to each class in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. To the extent possible, the Board of Directors shall assign an equal number of directors to Class I, Class II and Class III. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the adoption and filing of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, 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 adoption and filing of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, 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 adoption and filing of the corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, the term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be elected for

 

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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.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) at the 2012 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders; (b) at the 2013 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders; (c) at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, the directors whose terms expire at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a one-year term expiring at the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders; and (d) at the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and each annual meeting of stockholders thereafter, all directors shall be elected for a one-year term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders. Pursuant to such procedures, effective as of the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors will no longer be classified under Section 141(d) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and qualified or until his death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

SECTION 18. VACANCIES. Any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, shall, unless the Board of Directors determines by resolution that any such vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled by stockholders, be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the director for which the vacancy was created or occurred and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this Bylaw in the case of the death, removal or resignation of any director.

 

SECTION 19. RESIGNATION. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one or more directors shall resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each Director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the Director whose place shall be vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

 

SECTION 20. REMOVAL. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, (i) until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and in accordance with Section 141(k)(1) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, no director shall be removed without cause and (ii) from and after the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders, any director, or the entire Board

 

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of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, in each case, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally at an election of directors (the “Voting Stock”).

 

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SECTION 21. MEETINGS.

 

(a)           ANNUAL MEETINGS. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately before or after the annual meeting of stockholders and at the place where such meeting of stockholders is held. No notice of an annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary and such meeting shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it.

 

(b)           REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any two of the directors.

 

(c)           TELEPHONE MEETINGS. Any member of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting by means of 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 by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

(d)           NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Board of Directors shall be orally or in writing, by telephone, facsimile, e-mail, telegraph or telex, during normal business hours, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the date and time of the meeting, or sent in writing to each director (i) by overnight delivery, charges prepaid, at least two (2) days before the date of the meeting or (ii) by first class mail, charges prepaid, at least three (3) days before the date of the meeting. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director 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.

 

(e)           WAIVER OF NOTICE. The transaction of all business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, however called or noticed, or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present shall sign a written waiver of notice. All such waivers shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.

 

SECTION 22. QUORUM AND VOTING.

 

(a)           Unless the Certificate of Incorporation requires a greater number and except with respect to indemnification questions arising under Section 42 hereof, for which a quorum shall be one-third of the exact number of directors fixed from time to

 

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time in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum of the Board of Directors shall consist of a majority of the exact number of directors fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to time until the time fixed for the next regular meeting of the Board of Directors, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting.

 

(b)           At each meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, all questions and business shall be determined by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

SECTION 23. ACTION 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, and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

 

SECTION 24. FEES AND COMPENSATION. Directors shall be entitled to such compensation for their services as may be approved by the Board of Directors, including, if so approved, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors and at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise and receiving compensation therefore.

 

SECTION 25. COMMITTEES.

 

(a)           AUDIT COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint an Audit Committee. The composition of the members and the duties of such committee shall be as set forth in the Audit Committee Charter, which shall be established by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

(b)           COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint a Compensation Committee. The composition of the members and the duties of such committee shall be as set forth in the Compensation Committee Charter, which shall be established by resolution of the Board of Directors

 

(c)           GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE.  The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint a Governance and Public Policy Committee.  The composition of the members and the duties of such committee shall be as set forth in the Governance and Public Policy Committee Charter, which shall be established by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

(d)           SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE.  The Board of Directors may by resolution appoint a Science and Technology Committee.  The composition of the members and the duties of such committee shall be as set forth in the Science and Technology Committee Charter, which shall be established by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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(e)          OTHER COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors shall consist of one (1) or more members of the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the resolution or resolutions creating such committees.

 

(f)            TERM. Each member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall serve a term on the committee coexistent with such member’s term on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of subsections (a) or (b) of this Bylaw, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee and each committee may consist of one or more members. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation from the committee or from the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board of Directors may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. 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, and, in addition, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(g)           MEETINGS. Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, regular meetings of any committee appointed pursuant to this Section 25 shall be held at such times and places as are determined by the Board of Directors, or by any such committee, and when notice thereof has been given to each member of such committee, no further notice of such regular meetings need be given thereafter. Special meetings of any such committee may be held at any place which has been determined from time to time by such committee, and may be called by any director who is a member of such committee, upon written notice to the members of such committee of the time and place of such special meeting given in the manner provided for the giving of written notice to members of the Board of Directors of the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of any committee may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat, except when the director attends such special 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. A majority of the authorized number of members of any such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of those present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee.

 

SECTION 26. ORGANIZATION. At every meeting of the directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, if a Chairman has not been appointed or is absent, the Chief Executive Officer, or, if the Chief Executive Officer is absent, a chairman of the meeting chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside over the meeting. The Secretary, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary directed to do so by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

OFFICERS

 

SECTION 27. OFFICERS DESIGNATED.

 

(a)           The officers of the corporation shall be the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, one or more Senior Vice Presidents, one or more Corporate Vice Presidents, the General Counsel, the Secretary, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller and such Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries as the Board of Directors may elect or the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, acting together, may appoint. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors shall elect the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and any Senior Vice President, and may elect any other officer. The Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, acting together, may appoint any officer other than the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer and any Senior Vice President. Each year, the Board of Directors shall elect officers at the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after the annual meeting of stockholders. If the Board of Directors does not elect officers at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. Each year, immediately following the election of officers by the Board of Directors, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, acting together, shall appoint such additional officers within the scope of their authority as they may deem necessary or appropriate. The salaries and other compensation of the officers of the corporation shall be fixed by or in the manner designated by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 28. TENURE AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

 

(a)           GENERAL. All officers shall hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified, unless sooner removed. Any officer may be removed at any time with or without cause by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby. Any officer appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, acting together, may be removed at any time with or without cause by such persons acting together whenever in their judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term. A vacancy in any office within the scope of the authority of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer, acting together, may be filled by such persons acting together.

 

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supervision, direction and control of the business and officers of the corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

(c)           DUTIES OF CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. The Chief Operating Officer shall perform the duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

(d)           DUTIES OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer shall keep or cause to be kept the books of account of the corporation in a thorough and proper manner and shall render statements of the financial affairs of the corporation in such form and as often as required by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the custody of all funds and securities of the corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may direct the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or the Controller or any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and each Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer and each Controller and Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

(e)           DUTIES OF GENERAL COUNSEL. The General Counsel shall supervise all of the corporation’s legal matters shall be the chief consultant of the corporation on such matters. The General Counsel shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

(f)            DUTIES OF SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS. The Senior Vice Presidents shall perform such duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Operating Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

(g)           DUTIES OF CORPORATE VICE PRESIDENTS. The Corporate Vice Presidents shall perform such duties commonly incident to their office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer or a Senior Vice President shall designate from time to time.

 

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shall perform all other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer may direct any Assistant Treasurer to assume and perform the duties of the Treasurer in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, and each Assistant Treasurer shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

(i)            DUTIES OF CONTROLLER. The Controller shall conduct the accounting activities of the corporation, including the maintenance of the corporation’s general and supporting ledgers, books of account and operating budgets and the preparation and consolidation of the corporation’s financial statements. The Controller shall perform all other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer may direct any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Controller in the absence or disability of the Controller, and each Assistant Controller shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer shall designate from time to time.

 

(j)            DUTIES OF SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors and shall record all acts and proceedings thereof in the minute book of the corporation. The Secretary shall give notice in conformity with these Bylaws of all meetings of the stockholders and of all meetings of the Board of Directors and any committee thereof requiring notice. The Secretary shall perform all other duties given him in these Bylaws and other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform other duties commonly incident to his office and shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive shall designate from time to time.

 

SECTION 29. DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

SECTION 30. RESIGNATIONS. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chief Executive Officer or to the Secretary. Any such resignation shall be effective when received by the person or persons to whom such notice is given, unless a later time is specified therein, in which event the resignation shall become effective at such later time. Unless otherwise specified in such

 

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notice, the acceptance of any such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation shall be without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract with the resigning officer.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

 

SECTION 31. EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS. The Board of Directors may, in its discretion, determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers, or other person or persons, to execute on behalf of the corporation any corporate instrument or document, or to sign on behalf of the corporation the corporate name without limitation, or to enter into contracts on behalf of the corporation, except where otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.

 

Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Directors or otherwise required by law, promissory notes, deeds of trust, mortgages and other evidences of indebtedness of the corporation, and other corporate instruments or documents requiring the corporate seal, and certificates of shares of stock owned by the corporation, shall be executed, signed or endorsed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, any Senior Vice President or any Corporate Vice President, and by the Secretary or Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer. All other instruments and documents requiring the corporate signature, but not requiring the corporate seal, may be executed as aforesaid or in such other manner as may be directed by the Board of Directors.

 

All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation or in special accounts of the corporation shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize so to do.

 

Unless authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

 

SECTION 32. VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION. All stock and other securities of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Senior Vice President or any Corporate Vice President.

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

SHARES OF STOCK

 

SECTION 33. FORM AND EXECUTION OF CERTIFICATES. Certificates for the shares of stock of the corporation shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, any Senior Vice President or any Corporate Vice President and by the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimiles. 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 with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Each certificate shall state upon the face or back thereof, in full or in summary, all of the powers, designations, preferences, and rights, and the limitations or restrictions of the shares authorized to be issued or shall, except as otherwise required by law, set forth on the face or back 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. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this section or otherwise required by law or with respect to this section 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. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

SECTION 34. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate or certificates shall be issued in place of any certificate or certificates 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. The corporation may require, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the corporation a surety bond in such form and amount 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.

 

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SECTION 35. TRANSFERS.

 

(a)           Transfers of record of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a properly endorsed certificate or certificates for a like number of shares.

 

(b)           The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.

 

SECTION 36. FIXING RECORD DATES.

 

(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, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (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, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (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 37. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. 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, and to vote as such owner, and 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 provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION

 

SECTION 38. EXECUTION OF OTHER SECURITIES. All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the corporation, other than stock certificates (which are addressed in Section 33), may be signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, any Senior Vice President or any Corporate Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by the manual signature, or where permissible facsimile signature, of a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any officer who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be such officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the corporation.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

DIVIDENDS

 

SECTION 39. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors pursuant to law at any regular or special meeting. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 40. DIVIDEND RESERVE. 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 their absolute discretion, think 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 such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in its sole discretion.

 

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ARTICLE X

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

SECTION 41. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each year and end on the last day of December in each year.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 42. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, OTHER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER AGENTS.

 

(a)           DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. The corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law; provided, however, that the corporation may modify the manner of such indemnification by individual contracts with its directors and officers; and, provided, further, that the corporation shall not be required to indemnify any director or officer in connection with any proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless (i) such indemnification is expressly required to be made by law, (ii) the proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation, (iii) such indemnification is provided by the corporation, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the corporation under the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) such indemnification is required under a contract not inconsistent with subsection (d).

 

(b)           EXPENSES. The corporation shall advance to 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, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer, of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or executive officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, prior to the final disposition of the proceeding, promptly following request therefore, all expenses incurred by any director or officer in connection with such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay said amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Bylaw or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Bylaw, no advance shall be made by the corporation to an officer of the corporation (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the corporation in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the proceeding, or (ii) if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that the facts known to the

 

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decision-making party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

 

(c)           ENFORCEMENT. Without the necessity of entering into an express contract, all rights to indemnification and advances to directors and officers under this Bylaw shall be deemed to be contractual rights and be effective to the same extent and as if provided for in a contract between the corporation and the director or officer. Any right to indemnification or advances granted by this Bylaw to a director or officer shall be enforceable by or on behalf of the person holding such right in any court of competent jurisdiction if (i) the claim for indemnification or advances is denied, in whole or in part, or (ii) no disposition of such claim is made within ninety (90) days of request therefore. The claimant in such enforcement action, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting his claim. In connection with any claim for indemnification, the corporation shall be entitled to raise as a defense to any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. In connection with any claim by an officer of the corporation (except in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such executive officer is or was a director of the corporation) for advances, the corporation shall be entitled to raise a defense as to any such action clear and convincing evidence that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any criminal action or proceeding that such person acted without reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was lawful. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In any suit brought by a director or officer to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, the burden of proving that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article XI or otherwise shall be on the corporation.

 

(d)           NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall not be exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office. The corporation is specifically authorized to indemnify and provide advances to any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents to the fullest extent not prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The terms and conditions of such indemnification

 

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or advances may, in each case, but need not be, set forth in a contract between the corporation and the indemnified party.

 

(e)           SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS. The rights conferred on any person by this Bylaw shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or other agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

(f)            INSURANCE. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the corporation, upon approval by the Board of Directors, may purchase insurance on behalf of any person required or permitted to be indemnified pursuant to this Bylaw.

 

(g)           AMENDMENTS. Any repeal or modification of this Bylaw shall only be prospective and shall not affect the rights under this Bylaw in effect at the time of the alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that is the cause of any proceeding against any agent of the corporation.

 

(h)           SAVING CLAUSE. If this Bylaw or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director and executive officer to the full extent not prohibited by any applicable portion of this Bylaw that shall not have been invalidated, or by any other applicable law.

 

(i)            CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of this Bylaw, the following definitions shall apply:

 

(i)            The term “proceeding” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, the investigation, preparation, prosecution, defense, settlement, arbitration and appeal of, and the giving of testimony in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

 

(ii)           The term “expenses” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, court costs, attorneys’ fees, witness fees, fines, amounts paid in settlement or judgment and any other costs and expenses of any nature or kind incurred in connection with any proceeding.

 

(iii)          The term 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, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Bylaw with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he

 

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would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.

 

(iv)          References to a “director,” “executive officer,” “officer,” “employee,” or “agent” of the corporation shall include, without limitation, situations where such person is serving at the request of the corporation as, respectively, a director, executive officer, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.

 

(v)           References to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; 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, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 Bylaw.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

NOTICES

 

SECTION 43. NOTICES.

 

(a)           NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it may be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the corporation or its transfer agent or by any other means permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(b)           NOTICE TO DIRECTORS. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by any method that creates a record of its content that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by the recipient except that such notice other than one which is delivered personally shall be sent to such address (whether physical, telephonic, electronic or otherwise) as such director shall have specified in writing to the Secretary, or, in the absence of such specification, to the last known post office address of such director.

 

(c)           AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, or director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving

 

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the same, shall in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein contained.

 

(d)           TIME NOTICES DEEMED GIVEN. All notices given by mail, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing, and all notices given by telephonic, electronic or other similarly instantaneous means shall be deemed to have been given as of the sending time recorded at the time of transmission.

 

(e)           METHODS OF NOTICE. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving notice be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others.

 

(f)            FAILURE TO RECEIVE NOTICE. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any director may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice.

 

(g)           NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

 

(h)           NOTICE TO PERSON WITH UNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a twelve-month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at such person’s address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth such person’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the corporation is such as to

 

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require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to this paragraph.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

AMENDMENTS

 

SECTION 44. AMENDMENTS. Subject to paragraph (g) of Section 42 of the Bylaws, the Bylaws may be altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock. The Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend, or repeal the Bylaws.

 

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