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Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

of

 

JONES ENERGY, INC.

 

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

 

ARTICLE I
OFFICES

 

1.1                               Registered Office.  The registered office of the Corporation required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any successor statute (as amended from time to time, the “DGCL”) to be maintained in the State of Delaware shall be the registered office named in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as it may be amended or restated in accordance with the DGCL from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).  Should the Corporation maintain a principal office within the State of Delaware, such registered office need not be identical to such principal office of the Corporation.

 

1.2                               Other Offices.  The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine from time to time or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II
 MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1                               Place of Meetings.  Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such place, if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Subject to applicable law, the Board of Directors may elect to postpone, reschedule or cancel any meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board of Directors.

 

2.2                               Annual Meeting.  An annual meeting of the stockholders, for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting, shall be held at such place, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, on such date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix and set forth in the notice of the meeting.  At the annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the annual meeting as set forth in Section 2.9 and Section 3.5 hereof.  Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time or otherwise shall not affect otherwise valid corporate acts or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Corporation.

 

2.3                               Special Meetings.  Except as otherwise required by law, or by or pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time only (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there is one, (ii) by the Chief Executive Officer, if there is one, or (iii) by the Board of Directors.

 

2.4                               Notice of Meeting.  Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice of all stockholder meetings stating the place, if any, day

 



 

and time of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such  meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting) and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered in accordance with Section 7.3 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 as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.  Notice of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation need not be given to any stockholder of the Corporation (a) if waived by such stockholder in writing or by electronic transmission in accordance with Section 7.3 hereof or (b) 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 12-month period, in either case (i) or (ii) above, 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; provided, however, that the exception in (b)(i) shall not be applicable to any notice returned as undeliverable if the notice was given by electronic transmission.  If any person to whom notice need not be given in accordance with clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence 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.  Attendance at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a stockholder of the Corporation attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting (and so expresses such objection at the beginning of the meeting) to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

2.5                               Registered Holders of Shares; Closing of Share Transfer Records; Record Date.

 

(a)                                 Registered Holders as Owners.  The Corporation may regard the person in whose name any shares issued by the Corporation are registered in the stock transfer records of the Corporation at any particular time (including, without limitation, as of a record date fixed pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.5) as the owner of those shares at that time for purposes of voting those shares, receiving distributions thereon or notices in respect thereof, transferring those shares, exercising rights of dissent with respect to those shares, entering into agreements with respect to those shares, or giving proxies with respect to those shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise required by law; and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, neither the Corporation nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for regarding that person as the owner of those shares at that time for those purposes, regardless of whether that person possesses a certificate for those shares.

 

(b)                                 Record Date (Meetings).  In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten

 

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(10) days before the date of such meeting.  If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.  If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of 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 determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

(c)                                  Record Date (Dividends).  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 entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such action.  If no such 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.

 

2.6                               List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote.  The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 2.6 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

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2.7                               Quorum of Stockholders.  Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of shares of capital stock entitled to cast a majority of the votes which could be cast at such meeting by the holders of all outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business.  “Broker non-votes” shall be considered present at the meeting with respect to the determination of a quorum but shall not be considered as votes cast with respect to matters as to which no authority is granted.  A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.  If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting, or the stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, may, by the vote of holders of stock representing a majority of the voting power of all shares present at the meeting, have the power to adjourn the meeting, in each case from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.8 until a quorum shall be present or represented.  Where a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the 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.

 

2.8                               Adjournment.  Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken, and at any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present any action may be taken that could have been taken at the meeting originally called.  If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.  If after the adjournment a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix as the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record as of the record date so fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

2.9                               Voting by Stockholders.

 

(a)                                 Voting on Matters Other than the Election of Directors.  With respect to any matters as to which no other voting requirement is specified by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, the affirmative vote required for stockholder action shall be that of a majority in voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the matter.  Broker non-votes shall not be considered as shares present and entitled to vote as to matters with respect to which no authority has been granted.  In the case of a matter submitted for a vote of the stockholders as to which a stockholder approval requirement is applicable under the stockholder approval policy of any stock exchange or quotation system on which the capital stock of the Corporation is traded or quoted, the requirements of Rule 16b-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any provision of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case for which no higher voting requirement is specified by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the vote required for approval

 

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shall be the requisite vote specified in such stockholder approval policy, Rule 16b-3 or Internal Revenue Code provision, as the case may be (or the highest such requirement if more than one is applicable).  For the approval or ratification of the appointment of independent public accountants (if submitted for a vote of the stockholders), the vote required for approval shall be a majority of the votes cast on the matter.  For this purpose, abstentions shall not be considered as votes cast.

 

(b)                                 Voting in the Election of Directors.  Unless otherwise provided in the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at a meeting of stockholders.

 

(c)                                  Stockholder Proposals (Other than Director Nominations).  At an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, only such business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been properly brought before such annual meeting.  To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business or proposals (other than any nomination of directors of the Corporation, which is governed by Section 3.5 hereof) must (i) be specified in the notice relating to the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof, (ii) otherwise be properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof)  or (iii) be properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of such stockholder’s notice provided for in this Section 2.9 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting, (B) shall be entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (C) complies with the requirements of this Section 2.9, and otherwise be proper subjects for stockholder action and be properly introduced at the annual meeting.  Clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to submit business or proposals (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the notice relating to the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) in accordance with Section 2.4 hereof) before an annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

For a proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation pursuant to these provisions, in addition to any other applicable requirements, such stockholder must have given timely advance notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action.  To be timely, such stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the annual meeting date of the immediately preceding annual meeting; provided, however, that if the scheduled annual meeting date is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by such stockholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if less than 100 days’ prior notice or public disclosure of the scheduled meeting date is given or made, the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which the notice

 

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of such meeting was mailed to stockholders of the Corporation or the day on which such public disclosure was made. For purposes of this Section 2.9(c) and Section 3.5(a), the first anniversary of the annual meeting date of the 2013 annual meeting shall be deemed to be [June 15], 2014.  In no event shall any adjournment, postponement or deferral of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a timely notice as described above.

 

Any such stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, together with the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), (ii) as to such stockholder proposing such business and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, and the name and address of any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such business or proposal, (B)(1) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (2) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (3) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship the effect or intent of which is to increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder or beneficial owner with respect to any shares of any security of the Corporation, (4) any pledge by such stockholder or beneficial owner of any security of the Corporation or any short interest of such stockholder or beneficial owner in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of this Section 2.9(c) and Section 3.5, a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (5) any rights to dividends on the shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder and by such beneficial owner that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (6) any proportionate interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder or beneficial owner is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (7) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder or beneficial owner is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, for purposes of clauses (B)(1)

 

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through (B)(7) above, any of the foregoing held by members of such stockholder’s or beneficial owner’s immediate family sharing the same household, and (C) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for the proposal, or would otherwise be required, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; (iii) any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business or proposal, (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting, (v) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with such business or proposal by such stockholder and (vi) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal.

 

A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.9(c) shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date for the meeting) or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).  In addition, a stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall update and supplement such notice, and deliver such update and supplement to the principal executive offices of the Corporation, promptly following the occurrence of any event that materially changes the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.9(c).

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the Board or, if he is not presiding, the presiding officer of the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall determine whether the requirements of this Section 2.9 have been met with respect to any stockholder proposal.  If the Chairman of the Board or the presiding officer determines that any stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.9, except as otherwise provided by law, he may so declare at the meeting and any such proposal shall not be acted upon at the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9(c), unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 2.9(c), to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized

 

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officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

For purposes of this Section 2.9 and Section 3.5, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Services, The Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

At a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, only such business shall be conducted, and only such proposals shall be acted upon, as shall have been properly brought before such special meeting.  To be properly brought before such a special meeting, business or proposals (other than any nomination of directors of the Corporation, which is governed by Section 3.5 hereof) must  be specified in the notice relating to the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) in accordance with Section 2.3 and Section 2.4 hereof.  Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders.

 

This Section 2.9 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual or special meeting of stockholders, including the presenting at an annual meeting of any proposal properly made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof).  In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9, a stockholder of the Corporation shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.9; provided, however, that any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.9. Nothing in this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders of any series of preferred stock if and to the extent provided for under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

2.10                        Proxies.  Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy.  Such authorization may be in writing and executed by the stockholder or his or her authorized officer, director, employee or agent.  Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.  No proxy authorized hereby shall be voted or acted upon more than three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.  Proxies for use at any meeting of stockholders shall be filed with the Secretary, or such other officer as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine by

 

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resolution, before or at the time of the meeting.  All proxies shall be received and taken charge of and all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the secretary of the meeting who shall decide all questions relating to the qualification of voters, the validity of the proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless an inspector or inspectors shall have been appointed by the chairman of the meeting, in which event such inspector or inspectors shall decide all such questions.

 

2.11                        Organization.  Such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in the absence of such person, the Chairman of the Board or, in his or her absence, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or, in his or her absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting.  In the absence of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of the meeting appoints.

 

2.12                        Conduct of Meetings.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meetings of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate.  Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants; and (vii) policies and procedures with respect to the adjournment of such meeting.  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 III
 DIRECTORS

 

3.1                               Duties and Powers.  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the authority and powers conferred upon the Board of Directors by the DGCL or by the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is authorized and empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation and these Bylaws.

 

3.2                               Number and Term of Directors.  Within any limits specified in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to such rights of holders of shares of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect one or more directors of the Corporation under

 

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circumstances as shall be provided by or pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors of the Corporation that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by, and may be increased or decreased from time to time exclusively by, resolution of a majority of the total number of directors. The directors shall be designated as Class I directors, Class II directors or Class III directors (in each case, as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. The election and term of director shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

3.3                               Vacancies.  Unless otherwise provided by or pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly-created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled solely by a majority of the directors then in office (although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining director, and each director so appointed shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been appointed and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.  The Board of Directors shall specify the class to which a newly created directorship shall be allocated in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

3.4                               Qualifications.  Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders of the Corporation.

 

3.5                               Nomination of Directors.

 

(a)                                 Subject to such rights of holders of shares of one or more outstanding series of preferred stock of the Corporation to elect one or more directors of the Corporation under circumstances as shall be provided by or pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.5 shall be eligible for election as, and to serve as, directors of the Corporation.  Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made only at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation at which directors of the Corporation are to be elected (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof) or (ii) (if but only if the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of such stockholder’s notice provided for in this Section 3.5 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting in the election of directors of the Corporation and who complies with the requirements of this Section 3.5.  Clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual meeting or special meeting.  Any such nomination by a stockholder of the Corporation shall be preceded by timely advance notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

To be timely with respect to an annual meeting, such stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the annual meeting date of the immediately preceding annual meeting; provided, however, that (1) if the scheduled annual meeting is called for a date

 

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that is more than 30 days before or more than 70 days after such anniversary date, notice by such stockholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if less than 100 days’ prior notice or public disclosure of the scheduled meeting date is given or made, the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which the notice of such meeting was mailed to stockholders of the Corporation or the day on which such public disclosure was made; and (2) if the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at such annual meeting is increased and there is no prior notice or public disclosure by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 100 days prior to such anniversary date, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 3.5(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which the notice of such meeting was mailed to stockholders of the Corporation or the day on which such public disclosure was made.  To be timely with respect to a special meeting, such stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior to the scheduled special meeting date; provided, however, that if less than 100 days’ prior notice or public disclosure of the scheduled meeting date is given or made, notice by such stockholder, to be timely, must be so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which the notice of such meeting was mailed to stockholders of the Corporation or the day on which such public disclosure was made.  In no event shall any adjournment, postponement or deferral of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

Any such stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall set forth (i) as to each person whom such stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director of the Corporation, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of such person, (C) any other information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors of the Corporation in a contested election, or would otherwise be required, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including, without limitation, the written consent of such person to having such person’s name placed in nomination at the meeting and to serve as a director of the Corporation if elected), and (D) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if such stockholder and such beneficial owner, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and (ii) as to such stockholder giving the notice, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made and the

 

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proposed nominee, (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, and the name and address of any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such nomination, (B) (1) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder, such beneficial owner and such nominee, (2) any Derivative Instrument directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner and such nominee and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (3) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship the effect or intent of which is to increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder, beneficial owner or nominee with respect to any shares of any security of the Corporation, (4) any pledge by such stockholder, beneficial owner or nominee of any security of the Corporation or any short interest of such stockholder, beneficial owner or nominee in any security of the Corporation, (5) any rights to dividends on the shares of capital stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder, beneficial owner and nominee that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of capital stock of the Corporation, (6) any proportionate interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder, beneficial owner or nominee is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (7) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder, beneficial owner or nominee is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including, without limitation, for purposes of clauses (B)(1) through (B)(7) above, any of the foregoing held by members of such stockholder’s, beneficial owner’s or nominee’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, and nominee not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), (C) a representation that such stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice, (D) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (E) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (i) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (F) any other information relating to such stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, and nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors of the Corporation in a contested election, or would otherwise be required, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.  Any such stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the Corporation shall also include or be accompanied by, with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 3.5(b).  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

 

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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.

 

A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 3.5(a) shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date for the meeting) or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).  In addition, a stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall update and supplement such notice, and deliver such update and supplement to the principal executive offices of the Corporation, promptly following the occurrence of any event that materially changes the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 3.5(a).

 

In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5, a stockholder of the Corporation shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 3.5; provided, however, that any references in these bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit any requirements applicable to nominations  to be considered pursuant to this Section 3.5.  Nothing in this Section 3.5 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock if and to the extent provided for under law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

(b)                                 To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 3.5(a)) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in

 

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compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

 

(c)                                  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Chairman of the Board or, if he is not presiding, the presiding officer of the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall determine whether the requirements of this Section 3.5 have been met with respect to any nomination or intended nomination.  If the Chairman of the Board or the presiding officer determines that any nomination was not made in accordance with the requirements of this Section 3.5, except as otherwise provided by law, he may so declare at the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.  In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5, a stockholder of the Corporation shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 3.5.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.5, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.  For purposes of this Section 3.5, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

3.6                               Meetings.  The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, the Chief Executive Officer, or such number of directors constituting more than one-third of the directors then in office. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the meeting, by telephone, telegram, facsimile transmission or other electronic transmission not less than twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the meeting. Notice of any meeting need not be given to any director if waived by him in writing or electronic transmission, either before or after the meeting..  Attendance at a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute presence in person at and waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting (and so expresses such objection at the beginning of the meeting) to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

3.7                               Quorum of and Action by Directors.  Unless a greater number is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, a majority of the then authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors for the transaction of business; but a majority of the directors present at any meeting, whether there is a quorum or otherwise, may adjourn the meeting from day to day until a quorum is present.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the

 

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Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute the action of the Board of Directors.

 

3.8                               Board and Committee Action by Unanimous Written Consent in Lieu of Meeting.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof in accordance with applicable law.

 

3.9                               Board and Committee Conference Telephone Meetings.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in and hold a meeting of such Board of Directors or committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can speak to and hear each other, and attendance at a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting (and so expresses such objection at the beginning of the meeting) to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

3.10                        Compensation.  Directors will receive such compensation for their services as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses of attendance, if any, for each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

3.11                        Committees of the Board of Directors.

 

(a)                                 The Board of Directors may designate from among its members one or more committees, each of which shall be comprised of one or more of its members, and may designate one or more of its members as alternate members of any committee, who may, subject to any limitations by the Board of Directors, replace absent or disqualified members at any meeting of that committee.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in such resolution or in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors to the extent permitted by the DGCL.  Any such committee may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.  In addition to the above, such committee or committees shall have such other powers and limitations of authority as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

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a greater number is required by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  The act of the majority of the members of a committee present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of such committee, unless the act of a greater number is required by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.  Each such committee may elect a chairman (unless the Board of Directors appoints a chairman) and may appoint such subcommittees and assistants as it may deem necessary.  Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, meetings of any committee shall be conducted in accordance with Sections 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10 and 7.3 hereof.  Election or appointment of a member of a committee shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

(c)                                  Any action taken by any committee of the Board of Directors shall promptly be recorded in the minutes and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV
 OFFICERS

 

4.1                               Designation.  The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such Executive, Senior or other Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and other officers as may be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person, provided that no person holding more than one office may sign, in more than one capacity, any certificate or other instrument required by law to be signed by two officers.  The Board of Directors shall also elect or appoint from among the directors a person to act as Chairman of the Board who shall not be deemed to be an officer of the Corporation unless he or she has otherwise been elected or appointed as such.

 

4.2                               Powers and Duties.  The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their offices, except as modified herein or by the Board of Directors, as well as such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors.  The Chairman of the Board shall have such duties as may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors and shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and at meetings of the stockholders.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision over the business, affairs and property of the Corporation.

 

4.3                               Vacancies.  Whenever any vacancies shall occur in any office by death, resignation, increase in the number of offices of the Corporation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the Board of Directors, and the officer so elected shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected or appointed or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

4.4                               Removal.  Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause at any time.  Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract, common law, and statutory rights, if any, of the person so removed.  Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights.

 

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shall each have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any action of security holders of any other corporation in which this Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other corporation.

 

ARTICLE V
 CAPITAL STOCK

 

5.1                               Shares of Stock.  The capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificated or uncertificated shares, as determined by the Board of Directors.  Certificates representing such certificated shares shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President and either the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and may bear the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof.  The signatures of such persons upon a certificate may be facsimiles.  The stock record books and the blank stock certificate books shall be kept by the Secretary of the Corporation, or at the office of such transfer agent or transfer agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution determine.  In case any person who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon such certificate shall have ceased to be Chairman of the Board or shall have ceased to be an officer before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer at the date of its issuance.

 

5.2                               Transfer of Shares.  The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives and, in the case of shares represented by a certificate, the certificate being surrendered for cancellation. Until and unless the Board of Directors appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made), the Secretary of the Corporation shall be the transfer agent of the Corporation without the necessity of any formal action of the Board of Directors, and the Secretary, or any person designated by him, shall perform all of the duties thereof.

 

5.3                               Regulations Regarding Certificates.  The Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

5.4                               Lost or Destroyed Certificates.  The Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President may determine the conditions upon which a new certificate of stock may be issued in place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed; and may, in its discretion, require the owner of such certificate or his legal representative to give bond, with sufficient surety, to indemnify the Corporation and each transfer agent and registrar against any and all losses or claims that may arise by reason of the issue of a new certificate in the place of the one so lost, stolen or destroyed.

 

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ARTICLE VI
 INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT

 

6.1                               Right to Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or executive officer of the Corporation or, while a director or executive officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, trustee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or other organization, nonprofit or otherwise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 6.3, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such Proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors.

 

6.2                               Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise.

 

6.3                               Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such proceeding) under this Article VI is not paid in full within sixty (60) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article VI is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after the Corporation has received a statement or statements requesting such amounts to be advanced, the Covered Person shall thereupon (but not before) be entitled to file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.

 

6.4                               Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

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entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.

 

6.6                               Amendment or Repeal. Any right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses of any Covered Person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought.

 

6.7                               Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VI shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.

 

6.8                               Insurance. The Board of Directors is authorized, to the extent permitted by the DGCL, to cause the Corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on its behalf whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify it under the provisions of this Article VI or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

7.1                               Bylaw Amendments.  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation.  Any adoption, amendment or repeal of any Bylaws by the Board of Directors shall require the approval of a majority of the total number of directors.  The stockholders shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws, at any meeting before which such matter has been properly brought in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that, in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal any provision of the Bylaws.  No Bylaws hereafter made or adopted, nor any repeal of or amendment thereto, shall invalidate any prior act of the Board of Directors that was valid at the time it was taken.

 

7.2                               Books and Records.  The Corporation shall keep books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders, its Board of Directors and each committee of its Board of Directors.

 

7.3                               Notice; Waiver.  Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, it may be given personally, by mail or by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given, to the fullest extent allowed under the DGCL.  Notice by mail to a stockholder shall be deemed to be sufficient if deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to last known post office address of such stockholder as shown on the stock records of the Corporation.

 

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Any notice required to be given to any director or committee member 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 address of such director or committee member.

 

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.

 

Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written or electronic waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

 

7.4                               Resignations.  Any director or officer may resign at any time.  Such resignation shall be made in writing or electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time specified therein, or, if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation.  The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the resignation.

 

7.5                               Seal.  The seal of the Corporation, if any, shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may adopt.

 

7.6                               Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the 31st day of December of each year or as otherwise provided by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

7.7                               Dividends.  Subject to limitations contained in the DGCL and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

 

7.8                               Facsimile Signatures.  In addition to the provisions for the use of facsimile signatures elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of the Chairman of the Board, any other director, or any officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors.

 

7.9                               Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records.  Each director and each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other person as to matters the director or member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or behalf of the Corporation.

 

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