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Exhibit 3.1
BY-LAWS
OF
STANLEY FURNITURE COMPANY, INC.
(a Delaware corporation, the Corporation)
(As amended as of February 3, 2010)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. OFFICES. The Corporation shall maintain its registered office in the State of
Delaware, at 229 South State Street, City of Dover, County of Kent 19901, and its Resident Agent
at such address is The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc. The Corporation may also have
offices in such other places in the United States or elsewhere as the Board of Directors may, from
time to time, appoint or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. ANNUAL MEETINGS. Annual meetings of stockholders for the election of directors and
for such other business as properly may be conducted at such meeting shall be held at such place,
either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and date as the Board of Directors
shall determine by resolution and set forth in the notice of the
meeting. In the event that the Board of Directors fails so to determine the time, date and
place for the annual meeting, it shall be held, beginning in 1985, at the principal office of the
Corporation at 10:00 A.M. on the first Tuesday of May of each year. In the event such day shall
fall upon a legal holiday, then the annual meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business
day at the aforementioned time and place.
SECTION 2. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Stockholders for any purpose may be
called by the Chairman or by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of each special meeting
shall be given according to Section 3 of this Article II.
SECTION 3. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice of each meeting of the Stockholders of the
Corporation, in which the place, date and time of the meeting and, in the event of a special
meeting, the purposes for which it is called are set forth, shall be mailed to or delivered to each
Stockholder of record entitled to vote thereat. Unless otherwise provided by law, the
Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, such notice shall be given not less
than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of any such meeting. Except where
prohibited by law, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, business not
set forth in the notice of meeting may also be transacted at such meeting, provided only that such
business properly comes before the meeting.
SECTION 4. QUORUM. Except as otherwise required by law or the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation, the presence, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation, of stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum thereof.
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SECTION 5. VOTING. Each Stockholder entitled to vote in accordance with the terms of the
Corporations Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws shall be entitled to one (1) vote, in
person or by proxy, for each share of stock held by him, on all matters to come before the
stockholders. Upon the demand of any stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting, the vote upon
any question before such meeting shall be by written ballot. All elections of directors shall be
decided by plurality vote. All other questions shall be decided by a majority vote, unless
otherwise required by these By-laws, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or law.
SECTION 6. VOTING LISTS. A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting
of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each, and the number of shares
held by each, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the
meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be
specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is
to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during
the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
SECTION 7. INSPECTORS. The Board of Directors or the Chairman presiding at any meeting of
stockholders shall appoint one or more persons to act as inspectors at such meeting in accordance
with applicable law.
SECTION 8. CHAIRMAN OF MEETINGS. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors, at which he is
present. In the event of his absence or disability, the Vice Chairman, if
any be elected, or, in the event of the absence or disability of the Vice Chairman, the
President of the Corporation shall preside at any such meetings.
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SECTION 9. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Unless otherwise provided by the Corporations
Certificate of Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting, may be taken
without a meeting, without prior notice, and without a vote, if a consent 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 were present and voted. Prompt notice of corporate action taken
without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who
have not consented in writing.
SECTION 10. ADJOURNMENT. At any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, if less than a
quorum be present, a majority of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in
person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another time, place and date
without notice other than by announcement at the meeting so adjourned. Any business may be
transacted at any adjourned meeting that could have been transacted at the meeting originally
noticed, but only those stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting originally noticed shall be
entitled to vote at any adjourned meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days
from the date of the meeting originally noticed, or if after the adjournment a new record date, as
provided for in Section 5 of Article V of these By-laws is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at
the adjourned meeting.
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SECTION 11. NOMINATIONS. Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board
of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors generally.
However, any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors generally may nominate one
or more persons for election as directors of a meeting only if written notice if such stockholders
intend to make such nomination or nominations have been given, either by personal delivery or by
United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than (i) with
respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of stockholders (other than the 1994 Annual
Meeting), 120 days in advance of the anniversary date of the Corporations proxy statement (or
information statement in lieu thereof) in connection with the previous years Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at the 1994 annual meeting or a
special meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the close of business on the seventh
day following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to stockholders.
Each such notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to
make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (b) a representation that the
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 person or persons specified
in the notice; (c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and
each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the
nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholders; (d) such other information regarding
each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement
filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had the nominee been
nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board of
Directors; and (e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if so
elected. The Chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not
made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
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ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. POWERS. The property, business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and
controlled by its Board of Directors. The Board shall exercise all of the powers of the
Corporation except as are by law, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws
conferred upon or reserved to the stockholders.
SECTION 2. NUMBER AND TERM. The number of directors shall be at least one (1). The number of
directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board. The number of directors so fixed by the
Board of Directors shall, for purposes of these By-laws, be deemed the number of directors
constituting the entire Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be elected by the
stockholders in the manner and for such terms as specified in the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation. Directors need not be stockholders.
SECTION 3. RESIGNATIONS. Any director or member of a committee of the Board may resign at any
time. Such resignation shall be made in writing or by electronic transmission, and shall take
effect at the time specified therein, and if no time is specified, at the time of its receipt by
the Chairman or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
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SECTION 4. REMOVAL. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed for cause at
any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the
shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of directors at any annual
or special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. Vacancies thus created may be
filled by a majority vote of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director.
SECTION 5. VACANCIES AND NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS. Vacancies in the office of any director
or member of a committee of the Board of Directors and newly created directorships may be filled by
a majority vote of the remaining directors in office, although less than a quorum or by a remaining
sole director. Any director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired term of his predecessor
and until his successor shall be elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or
removal. However, the directors may not fill the vacancy created by removal of a director by
electing the director so removed.
SECTION 6. MEETINGS. The newly elected directors shall hold their first meeting to organize
the Corporation, elect officers and transact any other proper business. An annual organizational
meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after each annual meeting of the
stockholders, or at such time and place as may be noticed for such meeting.
Regular meetings of the directors may be held without notice at such places and times as shall
be determined from time to time by the directors.
Special meetings of the board may be called by the Chairman and shall be called by the
Secretary on the written request of any two (2) directors with at least one (1) days notice to
each director. A special meeting shall be held at such place or places as may be determined by the
directors or as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting.
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SECTION 7. QUORUM, VOTING AND ADJOURNMENT. The presence of at least a majority of the total
number of directors or of any committee of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors or committee of the Board, as the case may be.
At any meeting of the Board or any committee of the Board, if less than a quorum be present, a
majority of the directors or committee members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time
until a quorum is present. No notice of such adjourned meeting need be given other than the
announcement at the meeting so adjourned. The vote of a majority of the directors or committee
members present at the meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board or any
committee of the Board as the case may be.
SECTION 8. COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a
majority of the entire Board, designate one or more committees, including but not limited to an
Executive Committee and an Audit Committee, each such committee to consist of one or more of the
directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members
of any committee, to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
Any such committee, to the extent specified by the resolution of the Board, may have and exercise
the powers 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
Corporations 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 these By-laws; and, unless the enabling resolution of
the Board expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a
dividend or to authorize the issuance of stock of the Corporation. All committees of the Board
shall report their proceedings to the Board when required.
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SECTION 9. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board may be taken without notice and
without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent to the
action in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic
transmission or transmissions are filed with the records of the meetings of the Board of Directors.
Members of the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board, may participate in a
meeting of the Board or committee by means of a conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.
Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
SECTION 10. COMPENSATION. The Board of Directors may from time to time, in its discretion,
fix the amounts which shall be payable to directors and to members of any committee of the Board
for attendance at the meetings of the Board of Directors or of such committee and for services
rendered to the Corporation. Any director may serve the Corporation in any other capacity as an
officer, agent or otherwise, and receive compensation therefor.
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SECTION 11. CORPORATE BOOKS. The books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law
to be kept within the state, may be maintained outside the State of Delaware, at such places as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one
or more Vice Presidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary, all of whom shall be elected by the Board of
Directors and who shall hold office for a term of one (1) year and until their successors are
elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. In addition, the Board
of Directors may elect a Vice Chairman of the Board and additional Vice Presidents, including an
Executive Vice President, one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more Assistant Secretaries,
who shall hold their office 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. The initial officers shall be
elected at the first meeting of the Board of Directors and, thereafter, at the annual
organizational meeting of the Board held after each annual meeting of the stockholders. Any number
of offices may be held by the same person.
SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICERS AND AGENTS. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers
and agents as it deems advisable, who shall hold their office 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.
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SECTION 3. CHAIRMAN. The Chairman of the Board shall be a director of the Corporation. The
Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the
stockholders, shall, in connection with the performance of his duties, report directly to the
Board and shall have such powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned
to him by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 4. VICE-CHAIRMAN. The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any be elected,
shall generally aid and assist the Chairman of the Board and shall have such powers and shall
perform such duties of the Chairman of the Board, in the absence or disability of such officer. In
addition, the Vice Chairman of the Board shall have such powers and perform such other duties as
from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5. PRESIDENT. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating
Officer of the Corporation and shall, in connection with the performance of his duties, report
directly to the Board. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time
by the Board or these By-laws.
In the absence, disability or failure of the Chairman of the Board or Vice-Chairman of the
Board, if any be elected, to act, or a vacancy in such offices, the President shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors. Except as the Board of Directors shall
authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, the President shall execute bonds, mortgages
and other contracts on behalf of the Corporation, and shall cause the seal to be affixed to any
instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, the seal shall be attested by the signature of the
Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer.
SECTION 6. VICE PRESIDENTS. Each Vice President (of whom one or more may be designated an
Executive Vice President) shall generally aid and assist the President
in such manner as the President shall direct. Each Vice President shall have such powers and
shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 7. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds,
securities, evidences of indebtedness and other valuables of the Corporation and shall keep full
and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation. He shall
deposit all moneys and other valuables 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 or the President. He shall render to the President and Board of Directors, upon their
request, a report of the financial conditions of the Corporation. If required by the Board of
Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such
amount and with such surety as the board shall prescribe.
SECTION 8. SECRETARY. The Secretary will cause minutes of all meetings of the stockholders
and directors to be recorded and kept; cause all notices required by these By-laws or otherwise to
be given properly and see that the minute books, stock books, and other non-financial books of the
Corporation are kept properly. In addition, the Secretary shall have such powers and shall perform
such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 9. ASSISTANT TREASURERS AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Each Assistant Treasurer and each
Assistant Secretary, if any be elected, shall be vested with all the powers and shall perform all
the duties of the Treasurer and Secretary, respectively, in the absence or disability of such
officer, unless or until the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine. In addition, Assistant
Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries shall have
such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board of
Directors.
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SECTION 10. CORPORATE FUNDS AND CHECKS. The funds of the Corporation shall be kept in such
depositories as shall from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors. All checks or
other orders for the payment of money shall be signed by such officers, employees or agents as may
from time to time be authorized by the Board of Directors, with such countersignature, if any, as
may be required by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 11. CONTRACTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS. The Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
President or the Treasurer, or such other officer or officers as may from time to time be
authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have the power to sign and execute on behalf of the
Corporation deeds, conveyances and contracts, and any and all other documents requiring execution
by the Corporation.
SECTION 12. OWNERSHIP OF STOCK OF ANOTHER CORPORATION. The Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or such other officer or person as
shall be authorized by the Board of Directors, shall have power and authority on behalf of the
Corporation to attend and to vote at any meeting of the stockholders of any corporation in which
this Corporation may hold stock; may exercise on behalf of this Corporation any and all of the
rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting; and shall have power
and authority to execute and deliver proxies and consents on behalf of this Corporation in
connection with the exercise by this Corporation of the rights and powers incident to the ownership
of such stock.
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SECTION 13. DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Board of Directors may delegate to another officer or
director, the powers or duties of any officer, in case of such officers absence, disability or
refusal to exercise such powers or perform such duties.
SECTION 14. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL. Any officer of the Corporation may be removed from
office for or without cause at any time by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any
time in the same manner prescribed for the resignation of directors of the Corporation and as set
forth in Section 3 of Article III of these By-laws.
SECTION 15. VACANCIES. In case any office shall become vacant, the Board of Directors shall
have power to fill such vacancy.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
SECTION 1. FORM OF CERTIFICATES; UNCERTIFICATED SHARES. The shares of the Corporation shall be
represented by certificates in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe;
provided, that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of
any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall
not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the
Corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors, every
holder of stock in the Corporation represented by a certificate, and upon request every holder of
uncertificated shares of stock in the Corporation, shall be entitled to have a certificate signed
in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and
by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or shall
bear the facsimile signatures of such officers)
certifying the number and class of shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. The Board
of Directors shall have power to appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for the
transfer and/or registration of certificates of stock of any class, and may require that stock
certificates shall be countersigned and/or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or
registrars.
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SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF SHARES. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable
only upon its books by the holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal
representatives, and, in the case of certificated shares of stock, upon such transfer the old
certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the delivery thereof to the person in
charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers, or to such person as the Board of Directors may
designate, by whom they shall be cancelled, and new certificates shall be thereupon be issued or,
in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from
the registered holder of the shares or by such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing.
A record shall be made of each transfer and whenever a transfer shall be made for collateral
security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer. The Board of
Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as it may deem
necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration of all or any certificates for
shares of stock of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. LOST CERTIFICATES. A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place of any
certificate previously issued by the Corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated, and the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a
bond, in such sum as it may direct, not exceeding double the value of the
stock, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account
of the alleged loss or mutilation of any such certificate, or the issuance of any such new
certificate.
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SECTION 4. STOCKHOLDERS OF RECORD. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of
record of any share or shares of stock as the holder thereof, in fact, and shall not be bound to
recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other
person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly
provided by law.
SECTION 5. STOCKHOLDERS RECORD DATE. In order that the Corporation may determine the
stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of
any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not be more than
sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of the holding of such meeting or the date
of the taking of any of the aforementioned actions, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any
other action. 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.
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SECTION 6. DIVIDENDS. Subject to the provisions of the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors may at any regular or special meeting, out of funds legally
available therefor, declare dividends upon the stock of the Corporation as and when
it deems appropriate. Before declaring any dividend there may be set apart, out of any funds
of the Corporation available for dividends, such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to
time in its discretion deems proper for working capital or as a reserve fund to meet contingencies
or for equalizing dividends or for such other purposes as the Board shall deem conducive to the
interests of the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE
SECTION 1. NOTICE. Whenever any written notice is required to be given to stockholders by
law, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, such notice, if mailed, shall
be deemed to be sufficiently given if it is written or printed and deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the person entitled to such notice at his address as it appears
on the books and records of the Corporation. The mailing of such notice shall constitute due
notice, which shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. Whenever any notice
is required to be given to the directors by law, the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or
these By-laws, such notice shall be given to each director in person, by telephone, or by
facsimile, electronic mail or other form of electronic communication, sent to such directors
business or home address or by written notice mailed to such directors business or home address.
Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when hand-delivered to such address, read to such
director by telephone, deposited in the mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid if mailed,
dispatched or transmitted if faxed or transmitted by electronic mail or other form of electronic
communication.
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SECTION 2. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required to be given by law, the
Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a written waiver of notice signed, or
a waiver by electronic transmission, by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the
time stated in the notice, 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 the
meeting for the express purposes 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 meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a
committee of the Board need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by
electronic transmission unless required by the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-laws.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS. These By-laws may be amended or repealed or new By-laws may be adopted
by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meting of
the Board. If any By-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or
repealed by the Board, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of stockholders
for the election of directors the By-law(s) so adopted, amended, or repealed, together with a
precise statement of the changes made. By-laws adopted by the Board of Directors may be amended or
repealed by stockholders.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
SECTION 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII,
each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise
involved (including involvement as a witness) in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a proceeding), by reason of the fact that
such person 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 or other
enterprise (hereinafter, an indemnitee) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than permitted prior
thereto), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred by
such indemnitee in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to an indemnitee
who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in
Section 2 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking
indemnification in connection with a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding
was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred
in this Section 1 of this Article VIII shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the
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expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an advance of expenses);
provided, however, that, if and to the extent that the Delaware General Corporation Law requires,
an advance of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer
(and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including,
without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the
Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an undertaking), by or on behalf of such indemnitee,
to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision
from which there is no further right to appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses under this Section 1 of this Article VIII or otherwise.
SECTION 2. PROCEDURE FOR INDEMNIFICATION. Any indemnification of a director or officer of
the Corporation or advance of expenses under Section 1 of this Article VIII shall be made promptly,
and in any event within thirty (30) days (or, in the case of an advance of expenses, twenty (20)
days), upon the written request of the director or officer. A request for indemnification may be
made at any time following the final disposition of the proceeding. If a determination by the
Corporation that the director or officer is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Article
VIII is required, and the Corporation fails to respond within sixty (60) days to a written request
for indemnity, the Corporation shall be deemed to have approved the request. If the Corporation
denies a written request for indemnification or advance of expenses, in whole or in part, or if
payment in full pursuant to such request is not made within thirty (30) days (or, in the case of an
advance of expenses, twenty (20) days), the right to indemnification or advances as granted by this
Article VIII shall be enforceable by the director or officer in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Such persons costs and expenses incurred in connection with successfully
establishing his or her right
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to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such action shall also be indemnified by the Corporation. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action brought to enforce a claim for the advance of expenses where the undertaking
required pursuant to Section 1 of this Article VIII, if any, has been tendered to the Corporation)
that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware
General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but
the burden of such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is
proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation
(including the Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the
claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or
create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
SECTION 3. EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Directors,
provide indemnification to persons who are not covered by Section 1 of this Article VIII and who
are or were employees or agents of the Corporation, or who are or were serving at the request of
the Corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, with the same or lesser scope and effect as the
indemnification provided for directors and officers. The procedure for indemnification of other
employees and agents for whom the Board of Directors has provided indemnification pursuant to this
Section 3 of this Article VIII shall be the same procedure set
forth in Section 2 of this Article VIII for directors and officers, unless otherwise set forth
in the action of the Board of Directors providing indemnification for such other employees and
agents.
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SECTION 4. SERVICE FOR SUBSIDIARIES. Any person serving as a director, officer, employee or
agent of a subsidiary shall be conclusively presumed to be serving in such capacity at the request
of the Corporation.
SECTION 5. RELIANCE. Persons who after the date of the adoption of this provision become or
remain directors or officers of the Corporation or who, while a director or officer of the
Corporation, become or remain a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary, shall be
conclusively presumed to have relied on the rights to indemnity, advance of expenses and other
rights contained in this Article VIII in entering into or continuing such service. The rights to
indemnification and to the advance of expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall apply to claims
made against an indemnitee arising out of acts or omissions which occurred or occur both prior and
subsequent to the adoption hereof.
SECTION 6. NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The rights to indemnification and to the advance of
expenses conferred in this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person
may have or hereafter acquire under the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation or under any
statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
SECTION 7. INSURANCE. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on its own behalf
and on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation
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 such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
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SECTION 8. CONTRACT RIGHTS. The provisions of this Article VIII shall be deemed to be a
contract right between the Corporation and each indemnitee who serves in any covered capacity at
any time while this Article VIII and the relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation
Law or other applicable law are in effect, and any repeal or modification of this Article VIII or
any such law shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to any state of
facts or proceeding then existing.
SECTION 9. MERGER OR CONSOLIDATION. For purposes of this Article VIII, reference to the
Corporation shall not include any constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger
with the Corporation unless specifically authorized by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. OTHER TERMS DEFINED. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to other
enterprises shall include employee benefit plans; references to fines shall include any excise
taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to serving at
the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer,
employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and
a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the
interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have
acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation for purposes of this
Article VIII.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 1. SEAL. The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form and shall have the
name of the Corporation Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. on the circumference and the words and
numerals Delaware 1984 in the center.
SECTION 2. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS. The provisions of Section 203 of the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware shall apply to the Corporation.
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