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Exhibit 3.3

 

CIFC CORP.

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

 

ARTICLE I

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1.                   Place of Meeting.  Meetings of the stockholders of CIFC Corp. (the “Corporation”) shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

Section 2.                   Annual and Special Meetings.  Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held, at a date, time and place fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting.  Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, a President of the Corporation or by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.                   Notice.  Except as otherwise provided by law, at least 10 and not more than 60 days before each meeting of stockholders, written notice of the time, date and place of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder.

 

Section 4.                   Quorum.  At any meeting of stockholders, the holders of record, present in person or by proxy, of a majority of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding capital stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law.  In the absence of a quorum, any officer entitled to preside at or to act as secretary of the meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.

 



 

Section 5.                   Voting.  Except as otherwise provided by law, all matters submitted to a meeting of stockholders shall be decided by vote of the holders of record, present in person or by proxy, of a majority of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding capital stock.

 

Section 6.                   Action by Written Consent of Stockholders.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are recorded.  Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.  Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall, to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1.                   Number, Election and Removal of Directors.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall consist of such number of directors as shall from time to time be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders.  The Directors shall be elected by stockholders at their annual meeting.  Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining Director or by the stockholders.  A Director may be removed with or without cause by the stockholders.

 

Section 2.                   Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors or as may be specified in a notice of meeting.  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time upon the call of the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or President (or the officer of the Corporation acting in such capacity).

 

Section 3.                   Notice.  Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors.  At least one business day before each special meeting of the Board of Directors, written or oral (either in person or by telephone), notice of the time, date and place of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each Director; provided that notice of any meeting need not be given to any Director who shall be present at such meeting (in person or by telephone) or who shall waive notice thereof in writing either before or after such meeting.

 

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Section 4.                   Quorum.  One third of the total number of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until such a quorum is present.  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, these By-Laws or any contract or agreement to which the Corporation is a party, the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 5.                   Committees.  The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, designate one or more committees, including, without limitation, an Executive Committee, to have and exercise such power and authority as the Board of Directors shall specify.  In the absence or disqualification of a 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 Director to act as the replacement for the absent or disqualified member.

 

Section 6.                   Action by Unanimous Consent of Directors.  Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, 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 such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee in accordance with applicable law.

 

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ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

 

The officers of the Corporation may consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and such other additional officers with such titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, all of which shall be chosen by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  Such officers shall have the usual powers and shall perform all the usual duties incident to their respective offices.  All officers shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors.  The authority, duties or responsibilities of any officer of the Corporation may be suspended by the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or any President, with or without cause.  Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause.  The Board of Directors may elect or appoint co-Chairmen of the Board, co-Chief Executive Officers or co-Presidents and, in such case, references in these By-Laws to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or to the President shall refer to each such co-Chairman of the Board, co-Chief Executive Officer or co-President, as the case may be.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES

 

Section 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 action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person

 

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for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, 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 3 of this Article, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

Section 2.                   Advancement 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 IV or otherwise.

 

Section 3.                   Claims.  If a claim for indemnification under this Article IV (following the final disposition of such proceeding) is not paid in full within sixty days after the Corporation has received a claim therefor by the Covered Person, or if a claim for any advancement of expenses under this Article IV is not paid in full within thirty 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

 

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claim.  If successful in whole or in part, the Covered Person 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 hereunder or under applicable law.

 

Section 4.                   Nonexclusivity of Rights.  The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article IV 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 By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

Section 5.                   Other Sources.  The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit 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 entity.

 

Section 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 By-Laws 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.

 

Section 7.                   Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.  This Article IV 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.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Section 1.                   Fiscal Year.  The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 2.                   Corporate Books.  The books of the Corporation may be kept at such place within or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

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