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Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
OF
THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
OFFICES
1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of The Film Department Holdings, Inc. (the
Corporation) in the State of Delaware shall be established and maintained at
and shall be the registered agent of the
Corporation in charge thereof.
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 of the Corporation (the Board of
Directors) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such time and place,
either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the
Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice
thereof.
2.2 Annual Meetings.
(a) The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as
may be fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, for the
purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of only such other business as is
properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these Bylaws (the Bylaws).
(b) Written notice of an annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than
ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the annual meeting.
(c) To be properly brought before the annual meeting, business must be either (i)
specified in the notice of annual meeting (or any supplement or amendment thereto) given by
or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise brought before the annual
meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly
brought before the annual meeting by a stockholder. 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 stockholders notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than
ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the date on which
the Corporation first mailed a proxy statement for the previous years annual meeting;
provided, however, if the Corporation did not hold an annual meeting the previous year, or
if the date of the current years annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30)
days from the date of the previous years annual meeting, then the deadline is a reasonable
time before the Corporation begins to print and send its proxy materials. A stockholders
notice to the Secretary shall set forth (a) as to each matter the stockholder proposes to
bring before the annual meeting (i) 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 (ii) any material interest of the stockholder in
such business, and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record
address of the stockholder and (ii) the class, series and number of shares of capital stock
of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. Notwithstanding
anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.2. The officer
of the Corporation presiding at an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine
and declare to the annual meeting that business was not properly brought before the annual
meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.2, and if such officer should
so determine, such officer shall so declare to the annual meeting and any such business not
properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes,
unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may only be called by person or persons specified in the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the Certificate of Incorporation). Unless
otherwise provided by law, written notice of a special meeting of stockholders, stating the time,
place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting, not less than ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for the meeting.
Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purpose or
purposes stated in the notice.
2.4 Quorum. The holders of a majority of the capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled
to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all
meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by
statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or
represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to
be cast by the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement
at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which
a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been
transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. 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 entitled to vote at the meeting.
2.5 Organization. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall act as chairman of meetings of
the stockholders. The Board of Directors may designate any other officer or director of the
Corporation to act as chairman of any meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, and the Board of Directors may further provide for determining who shall act as chairman
of any stockholders meeting in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and such
designee. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the
stockholders, but in the absence of the Secretary the presiding officer may appoint any other
person to act as secretary of any meeting.
2.6 Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, any question (other than the election of directors) brought before any meeting of
stockholders shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented and
entitled to vote thereat. At all meetings of stockholders for the election of directors, a
plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. Each stockholder represented at a meeting
of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to
vote thereat held by such stockholder, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of
Incorporation. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent
or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize any person or persons to
act for him by proxy. All proxies shall be executed in writing and shall be filed with the
Secretary of the Corporation not later than the day on which exercised. No proxy shall be voted or
acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The
Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of
stockholders, in his discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by
written ballot.
2.7 Voting List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall
prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of
the stockholders
entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, 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, town or village 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 said 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 of the Corporation who is present.
2.8 Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are
the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 2.7 or the
books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
2.9 Adjournment. Any meeting of the stockholders, including one at which directors are to be
elected, may be adjourned for such periods as the presiding officer of the meeting or the
stockholders present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote shall direct.
2.10 Ratification. Any transaction questioned in any stockholders derivative suit, or any
other suit to enforce alleged rights of the Corporation or any of its stockholders, on the ground
of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of any director, officer
or stockholder, nondisclosure, miscomputation or the application of improper principles or
practices of accounting may be approved, ratified and confirmed before or after judgment by the
Board of Directors or by the holders of Common Stock and, if so approved, ratified or confirmed,
shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned transaction had been originally duly
authorized, and said approval, ratification or confirmation shall be binding upon the Corporation
and all of its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in
respect of such questioned transaction.
2.11 Inspectors. The election of directors and any other vote by ballot at any meeting of the
stockholders shall be supervised by at least one inspector. Such inspectors shall be appointed by
the Board of Directors in advance of the meeting. If the inspector so appointed shall refuse to
serve or shall not be present, such appointment shall be made by the officer presiding at the
meeting.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
3.1 Powers; Number; Qualifications. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided by
law or in the Certificate of Incorporation. The number of directors that shall constitute the Board
of Directors shall be not less than seven (7) nor more than eleven (11). The exact number of
directors shall be fixed from time to time, within the limits specified by a resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation. The Board may be
divided into classes as more fully described in the Certificate of Incorporation.
3.2 Election; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Each director shall hold office
until the next annual meeting of stockholders at which his class stands for election or until such
directors earlier resignation, removal from office, death or incapacity. Unless otherwise provided
in the Certificate of Incorporation or in a stockholders agreement the Corporation is a party to,
vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
directors or from any other cause may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office,
although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and each director so chosen shall hold
office until the next annual meeting and until such directors successor shall be duly elected and
shall qualify, or until such directors earlier resignation, removal from office, death or
incapacity.
3.3 Nominations. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be made at such meeting by or at
the direction of the
Board of Directors, by any committee or persons appointed by the Board of Directors or by any
stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at the meeting who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.3. Such nominations by any
stockholder shall be made pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 2.2(c) and in addition,
must set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a director, (a) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person,
(b) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (c) the class and number of shares of
capital stock of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by the person, and (d) any other
information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies
for election of directors pursuant to the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission under Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 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 a director of the
Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. The officer of the Corporation
presiding at an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting
that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedure, and if he should so
determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
3.4 Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and
special, either within or without the State of Delaware. The members of the Board of Directors may
participate in Board meetings by means of a telephone conference, video conference or similar
communication equipment. Each Board member participating telephonically must be identified when
speaking and all participants must be able to hear all other participants. The first meeting of
each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the
meeting of the stockholders at which it is elected and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary
to the newly elected directors in order to legally constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall
be present. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and
place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the
Board of Directors may be called by the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer or a
majority of the entire Board of Directors. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the
meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before
the date of the meeting, by telephone, facsimile, telegram or e-mail on twenty-four (24) hours
notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary
or appropriate in the circumstances.
3.5 Quorum. Except as may be otherwise specifically provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof,
a majority of the entire Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors present at any
meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. The members of the
Board of Directors or a committee, as the case may be, may participate in meetings by means of a
telephone conference, video conference or similar communication equipment. Each Board or committee
member participating telephonically must be identified when speaking and all participants must be
able to hear all other participants. Such participation shall constitute presence in person at the
Board or committee meeting. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or of any committee thereof, a majority of the directors present thereat may adjourn the
meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present.
3.6 Organization of Meetings. The Board of Directors shall elect one of its members to be
Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall lead the Board of
Directors in fulfilling its responsibilities as set forth in these Bylaws, including its
responsibility to oversee the performance of the Corporation, and shall determine the agenda and
perform all other duties and exercise all other powers which are or from time to time may be
delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be
presided over by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence, by the Chief
Executive Officer, or in the absence of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer by such other person as the Board of Directors
may designate or the members present may select.
3.7 Actions of Board of Directors 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 of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in
writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee.
3.8 Removal of Directors by Stockholders. Any director, or the entire Board of directors, may
be removed from office only for cause at any time upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least
50% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. For purposes of this
Section 3.8, cause shall mean, with respect to any director, (i) the willful failure by such
director to perform, or the gross negligence of such director in performing, the duties of a
director, (ii) the engaging by such director in willful or serious misconduct that is injurious to
the Corporation or (iii) the conviction of such director of, or the entering by such director of a
plea of nolo contendere to, a crime that constitutes a felony.
3.9 Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by submitting his written resignation to
the Board of Directors or Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the
time of its receipt by the Corporation unless another time be fixed in the resignation, in which
case it shall become effective at the time so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be
required to make it effective.
3.10 Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee
to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. 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 member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or
disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided by law and in the resolution of the
Board of Directors establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the
Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the
stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporations property
and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution or amending the Bylaws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution expressly so
provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to authorize
the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
3.12 Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, the directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the
Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed amount (in cash or other form of consideration) for
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such
payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like
compensation for attending committee meetings.
3.13 Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more
of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership,
association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors
or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or
solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of
Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his
or their votes are counted for such purpose, if (i) the material facts as to his or their
relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the
Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good
faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the
disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the
material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction
are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or
transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the
contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or
ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested
directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
3.14 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors or any
committee designed by the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors
or of a committee of the Board of Directors 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 pursuant to this subsection shall constitute presence in
person at such meeting.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and
may consist of: a Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief
Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its
discretion, may also elect one or more Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, a Controller
and such other officers as in the judgment of the Board of Directors may be necessary or desirable.
Any number of offices may be held by the same person and more than one person may hold the same
office, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. The
officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation, nor need such officers be
directors of the Corporation.
4.2 Election. The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of
stockholders shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such
terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to
time by the Board of Directors; and all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their
successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
4.3 Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice
of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be
executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer or the
Chief Operating Officer, and any such officer may, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation,
take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any
meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at
any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the
ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised
and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like
powers upon any other person or persons.
4.4 Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the direction of
the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer shall have ultimate authority for decisions
relating to the general management and control of the affairs and business of the Corporation and
shall perform such other duties and exercise such other powers which are or from time to time may
be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic
policies as established by and subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors.
4.5 Chief Operating Officer. This individual shall be the chief operating officer of the
Corporation and shall, subject to the authority of the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of
Directors, have general management and control of the day-to-day business operations of the
Corporation and shall consult with and report to the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Operating
Officer shall put into operation the business
policies of the Corporation as determined by the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors
and as communicated to the Chief Operating Officer by the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of
Directors. The Chief Operating Officer shall make recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer on
all operational matters that would normally be reserved for the final executive responsibility of
the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chairman of the
Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer (if he or she shall be
a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders.
4.6 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have general supervision,
direction and control of the financial affairs of the Corporation and shall perform such other
duties and exercise such other powers which are or from time to time may be delegated to him or her
by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as established by
and subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors. In the absence of a named Treasurer, the
Chief Financial Officer shall also have the powers and duties of the Treasurer as hereinafter set
forth and shall be authorized and empowered to sign as Treasurer in any case where such officers
signature is required.
4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all
meetings of stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for
that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for the standing committees when
required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as
may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating
Officer, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall
refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the
Board of Directors, then any Assistant Secretary shall perform such actions. If there be no
Assistant Secretary, then the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief
Operating Officer may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall
have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there
be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed,
it may be attested by the signature of the Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant
Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal
of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. The Secretary shall see that all
books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept
or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
4.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and
shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit
of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The
Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors,
taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, the
Chief Operating Officer and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of
Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial
condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration
to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all
books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his
control belonging to the Corporation.
4.9 Assistant Secretaries. Except as may be otherwise provided in these Bylaws, Assistant
Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time
may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating
Officer, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his disability or
refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
4.10 Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties
and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the
Treasurer or in the event of his disability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the
Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions
upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration
to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all
books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his
control belonging to the Corporation.
4.11 Controller. The Controller shall establish and maintain the accounting records of the
Corporation in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis, maintain proper internal control of the assets of the Corporation and shall perform such
other duties as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation may
prescribe.
4.12 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform
such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of
Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to
choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
4.13 Vacancies. The Board of Directors shall have the power to fill any vacancies in any
office occurring from whatever reason.
4.14 Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by submitting his written resignation to
the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of its receipt by the Corporation,
unless another time be fixed in the resignation, in which case it shall become effective at the
time so fixed. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective.
4.15 Removal. Subject to the provisions of any employment agreement approved by the Board of
Directors, any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCK
5.1 Form of Certificates. The shares of the Corporations capital stock may be certificated or
uncertificated, as provided under Delaware law, and shall be entered in the books of the
Corporation and registered as they are issued. Certificates representing shares of the
Corporations capital stock may be signed, in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman of
the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Chief Operating Officer and (ii) by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, and bear the
seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof or may be represented by a global certificate
through the Depository Trust Company.
Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated capital stock, the
Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice that shall set forth the
name of the Corporation, that the Corporation is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware,
the name of the stockholder, the number and class (and the designation of the series, if any) of
the shares represented, and any restrictions on the transfer or registration of such shares of
capital stock imposed by the Corporations certificate of incorporation, these Bylaws, any
agreement among stockholders or any agreement between stockholders of the Corporation.
5.2 Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile, including,
but not limited to, signatures of officers of the Corporation and countersignatures of a transfer
agent or registrar. In
case an officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been
placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were
such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
5.3 Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates, or
uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously issued by
the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of
that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed
certificate, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of
Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of any such new
certificate or uncertificated shares.
5.4 Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law
and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the
person named in the certificate or by his attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the
surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be canceled before a new certificate shall be
issued. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate
for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority
to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person
entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transactions upon its books, unless the
Corporation has a duty to inquire as to adverse claims with respect to such transfer which has not
been discharged.
Upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner of uncertificated
shares, such uncertificated shares shall be cancelled, issuance of new equivalent uncertificated
shares or certificated shares shall be made to the stockholder entitled thereto and the transaction
shall be recorded upon the books of the Corporation. If the Corporation has a transfer agent or
registrar acting on its behalf, the signature of any officer or representative thereof may be in
facsimile.
The Corporation shall have no duty to inquire into adverse claims with respect to such
transfer unless (a) the Corporation has received a written notification of an adverse claim at a
time and in a manner which affords the Corporation a reasonable opportunity to act on it prior to
the issuance of a new, reissued or re-registered share certificate or uncertificated shares and the
notification identifies the claimant, the registered owner and the issue of which the share or
shares is a part and provides an address for communications directed to the claimant; or (b) the
Corporation has required and obtained, with respect to a fiduciary, a copy of a will, trust,
indenture, articles of co-partnership, Bylaws or other controlling instruments, for a purpose other
than to obtain appropriate evidence of the appointment or incumbency of the fiduciary, and such
documents indicate, upon reasonable inspection, the existence of an adverse claim. The Corporation
may discharge any duty of inquiry by any reasonable means, including notifying an adverse claimant
by registered or certified mail at the address furnished by him or her, or, if there be no such
address, at his residence or regular place of business that the security has been presented for
registration of transfer by a named person, and that the transfer will be registered unless within
thirty days from the date of mailing the notification, either (a) an appropriate restraining order,
injunction or other process issues from a court of competent jurisdiction; or (b) an indemnity
bond, sufficient in the Corporations judgment to protect the Corporation and any transfer agent,
registrar or other agent of the Corporation involved from any loss which it or they may suffer by
complying with the adverse claim, is filed with the Corporation.
The Board of Directors may appoint a transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and
registrar and one or more co-registrars and may make or authorize such agent to make all such rules
and regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the
Corporations capital stock.
5.5 Fixing Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to notice or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, if permitted by the Certificate of
Incorporation, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of
any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of
stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date,
which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record 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, nor more than ten (10) days after the date upon
which the resolution fixing the record date of action with a meeting is adopted by the Board of
Directors, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed:
(a) 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.
(b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting, if permitted by the Certificate of
Incorporation, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the
first date on which a signed written consent is delivered to the Corporation.
(c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the
close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating
thereto.
A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
5.6 Registered Stockholders. Prior to due presentment for transfer of any share or shares, the
Corporation shall treat the registered owner thereof as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to
receive notifications and to all other benefits of ownership with respect to such share or shares,
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 the State Delaware.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
NOTICES
6.1 Form of Notice. Notices to directors and stockholders other than notices to directors of
special meetings of the Board of Directors which may be given by any means stated in Section 3.4,
shall be in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their
addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given at
the time when the same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.
6.2 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of law
or the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws of the Corporation, a written waiver, signed
by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a 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. 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 waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate
of Incorporation.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
7.1 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 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 7.3, 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 of the Corporation.
7.2 Prepayment of Expenses. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by
applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys fees and disbursement and court costs)
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 VII or otherwise.
7.3 Claims. If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such
proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article VII is not paid in full within thirty
(30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the
Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim
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.
7.4 Nonexclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any Covered Person by this Article VII
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.
7.5 Other Sources. The Corporations 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
enterprise.
7.6 Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the provisions of this Article VII
shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of
any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed)
arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
7.7 Other Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. This Article VII 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.
7.8 Insurance. The Corporation shall purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust
or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in
any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation
would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this
Article VII.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 Reliance on Books and Records. Each director, each member of any committee designated by
the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation, shall, in the performance of his
duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of
the Corporation, including reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers, by an
independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.
8.2 Maintenance and Inspection of Records. The Corporation shall, either at its principal
executive office or at such place or places as designated by the Board of Directors, keep a record
of its stockholders listing their names and addresses and the number and class of shares held by
each stockholder, a copy of these Bylaws, as may be amended to date, minute books, accounting books
and other records.
Any such records maintained by the Corporation may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the
form of, any information storage device or method, provided that the records so kept can be
converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so
convert any records so kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect such records
pursuant to the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. When records are kept in such
manner, a clearly legible paper form produced from or by means of the information storage device or
method shall be admissible in evidence, and accepted for all other purposes, to the same extent as
an original paper form accurately portrays the record.
Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand
under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to
inspect for any proper purpose the Corporations stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its
other books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a
purpose reasonably related to such persons interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an
attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath
shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the attorney or
other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the
Corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal executive office.
8.3 Inspection by Directors. Any director shall have the right to examine the Corporations
stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably
related to his or her position as a director.
8.4 Dividends. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any,
dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at
any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in
shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. Before
payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for
dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think
proper as a reserve 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
directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the directors may modify or
abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
8.5 Checks. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by
such officer or officers or such other persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time
designate.
8.6 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as determined by the Board of
Directors. If the Board of Directors shall fail to do so, the Chief Executive Officer shall fix the
fiscal year.
8.7 Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the
year of its organization and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing
it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.
8.8 Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws
may be amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon at any regular or special
meeting or, if the Certificate of Incorporation so provides, by the Board of Directors.
8.9 Interpretation of Bylaws. All words, terms and provisions of these Bylaws shall be
interpreted and defined by and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, as amended, and as amended from time to time hereafter.