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EX-32.1 - EX-32.1 - OMEROS CORP | v55357exv32w1.htm |
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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
OMEROS CORPORATION
(initially adopted on February 28, 2008)
(effective as of the
closing of the corporations initial public offering)
closing of the corporations initial public offering)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES |
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1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE |
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1.2 OTHER OFFICES |
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ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS |
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2.1 ANNUAL MEETINGS |
1 | |||
2.2 SPECIAL MEETINGS |
1 | |||
2.3 MEETINGS BY COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT |
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2.4 DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS |
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2.5 NOTICE OF MEETINGS |
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2.6 BUSINESS FOR SHAREHOLDERS MEETING |
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2.7 WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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2.8 FIXING OF RECORD DATE FOR DETERMINING SHAREHOLDERS |
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2.9 VOTING RECORD |
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2.10 QUORUM |
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2.11 MANNER OF ACTING |
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2.12 PROXIES |
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2.13 VOTING OF SHARES |
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2.14 ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS WITHOUT A MEETING |
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2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION |
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ARTICLE III DIRECTORS |
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3.1 POWERS |
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3.2 NUMBER AND TENURE OF DIRECTORS |
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3.3 NOMINATION AND ELECTION |
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3.4 ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS |
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3.5 SPECIAL MEETINGS |
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3.6 MEETINGS BY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT |
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3.7 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS |
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3.8 WAIVER OF NOTICE |
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3.9 QUORUM |
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3.10 MANNER OF ACTING |
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3.11 PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT |
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3.12 ACTION BY BOARD OR COMMITTEES WITHOUT A MEETING |
10 | |||
3.13 RESIGNATION |
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3.14 REMOVAL |
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3.15 VACANCIES |
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3.16 COMMITTEES |
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3.17 COMPENSATION |
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ARTICLE IV OFFICERS |
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4.1 OFFICERS |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
(continued)
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4.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS |
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4.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS |
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4.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS |
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4.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES |
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4.6 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS |
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4.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS |
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ARTICLE V SHARES |
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5.1 ISSUANCE OF SHARES |
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5.2 CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES |
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5.3 STOCK RECORDS |
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5.4 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER |
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5.5 TRANSFER OF SHARES |
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5.6 LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES |
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ARTICLE VI RECORDS AND REPORTS |
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6.1 CORPORATE RECORDS |
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6.2 INSPECTION OF RECORDS BY SHAREHOLDERS |
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION |
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7.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
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7.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS |
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7.3 ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES |
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7.4 RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT |
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7.5 PROCEDURES EXCLUSIVE |
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7.6 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS |
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7.7 INSURANCE, CONTRACTS AND FUNDING |
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7.8 AMENDMENT OR REPEAL |
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ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS |
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8.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS |
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8.2 FISCAL YEAR |
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8.3 SEAL |
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8.4 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS |
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ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS |
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BYLAWS OF OMEROS CORPORATION
ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of Omeros Corporation shall be fixed in the corporations Articles of
Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.
1.2 OTHER OFFICES
The corporations board of directors (the Board) may at any time establish other offices at
any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
2.1 ANNUAL MEETINGS
The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held at such place and time and on such date
as determined by the Board for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other
business as may properly come before the meeting. If the day fixed for the annual meeting is a
legal holiday at the place of the meeting, the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding
business day. At any time prior to the commencement of the annual meeting, the Board may postpone
the annual meeting for a period of up to one hundred twenty (120) days from the date fixed for such
meeting in accordance with this subsection 2.1.
2.2 SPECIAL MEETINGS
The Board, the Chairperson of the Board, the President or the Chief Executive Officer may call
special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose. Special meetings of the shareholders may not
be called by any other person or persons.
2.3 MEETINGS BY COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
Shareholders may participate in any meeting of the shareholders by any means of communication
by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other during the meeting.
Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
2.4 DATE, TIME AND PLACE OF MEETINGS
Except as otherwise provided herein, all meetings of shareholders shall be held on such date
and at such time and place, within or without the State of Washington, designated by or at the
direction of the Board.
2.5 NOTICE OF MEETINGS
Written notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given by or at the
direction of the Board, the Chairperson of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer or
the Secretary to each shareholder entitled to notice of or to vote at the meeting not less than ten
(10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting, except that notice of a meeting to act on an
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, a plan of merger or share exchange, the sale, lease,
exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the corporations assets other than in
the regular course of business or the dissolution of the corporation shall be given not less than
twenty (20) nor more than sixty (60) days before such meeting. If an annual or special
shareholders meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, no notice of the new date,
time or place is required if they are announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record
date for the adjourned meeting is or must be fixed, notice of the adjourned meeting must be given
to shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote as of the new record date.
Such notice may be transmitted by mail, telegraph, teletype, facsimile equipment, air courier,
ground courier, personal delivery or electronic transmission. If these forms of written notice are
impractical in the view of the Board, the Chairperson of the Board, the President, the Chief
Executive Officer or the Secretary, written notice may be transmitted by an advertisement in a
newspaper of general circulation in the area of the corporations principal office. Notice to
shareholders in an electronic transmission is effective only with respect to shareholders that have
consented, in the form of a record, to receive electronically transmitted notices and designated in
the consent the address, location or system to which these notices may be electronically
transmitted. Notice provided in an electronic transmission includes material required or permitted
to accompany the notice by the Washington Business Corporation Act (the WBCA) or other applicable
statute or regulation. A shareholder that has consented to receipt of electronically transmitted
notices may revoke the consent by delivering a revocation to the corporation in the form of a
record. The consent of a shareholder to receive notice by electronic transmission is revoked if
the corporation is unable to electronically transmit two consecutive notices given by the
corporation in accordance with the consent, and this inability becomes known to the Secretary, the
transfer agent or any other person responsible for giving the notice. The inadvertent failure by
the corporation to treat this inability as a revocation does not invalidate any meeting or other
action.
Such notice shall be deemed effective as follows:
(i) NOTICE BY MAIL
Notice given by mail is effective when deposited in the United States mail, first-class
postage prepaid, properly addressed to the shareholder at the shareholders address as it appears
in the corporations current record of shareholders.
(ii) NOTICE BY TELEGRAPH, TELETYPE OR FACSIMILE EQUIPMENT
Notice given by telegraph, teletype or facsimile equipment that transmits a facsimile of the
notice is effective when dispatched to the shareholders address, telephone number or other number
appearing on the records of the corporation.
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(iii) NOTICE BY AIR COURIER
Notice given by air courier is effective when dispatched, if prepaid and properly addressed to
the shareholder at the shareholders address as it appears in the corporations current record of
shareholders.
(iv) NOTICE BY GROUND COURIER OR OTHER PERSONAL DELIVERY
Notice given by ground courier or other personal delivery is effective when received by a
shareholder.
(v) NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
Notice provided in an electronic transmission, if in comprehensible form, is effective when it
(a) is electronically transmitted to an address, location or system designated by the recipient for
that purpose, or (b) has been posted on an electronic network and a separate record of the posting
has been delivered to the recipient together with comprehensible instructions regarding how to
obtain access to the posting on the electronic network.
(vi) NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Notice given by publication is effective five (5) days after first publication.
2.6 BUSINESS FOR SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
(i) BUSINESS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS
At an annual meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have
been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business
must be: (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the
direction of the Board; (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of
the Board; or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder pursuant to
written notice thereof. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely written notice thereof to the Secretary in
accordance with subsection 2.6(iii). To be timely, a shareholders notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal offices of the corporation not less than one hundred twenty
(120) calendar days before the one (1) year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first
mailed its proxy statement to shareholders in connection with the previous years annual meeting of
shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous
year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date
of the prior years meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later
than the close of business on the later of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of
such annual meeting and ten (10) calendar days following the date on which public announcement of
the date of the meeting is first made. Such shareholders notice must set forth, as to such
shareholder giving notice, the information required by subsection 2.6(iii). Notwithstanding
anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting
except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection 2.6(i). The chairperson of
the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that business
was not properly brought before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection 2.6(i), and, if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting that any
such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.
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(ii) BUSINESS AT SPECIAL MEETINGS
At any special meeting of the shareholders, only such business as is specified in the notice
of such special meeting given by or at the direction of the person or persons calling such meeting,
in accordance with subsection 2.2, shall come before such meeting.
(iii) NOTICE TO CORPORATION
Any written notice required to be delivered by a shareholder to the corporation pursuant to
subsection 2.6(i) or subsection 3.3(i) must be given, either by personal delivery or by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary at the corporations principal offices. Any
such shareholder notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes
to bring before the annual meeting: (a) 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; (b)
the name and address, as they appear on the corporations books, of the shareholder proposing such
business; (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are beneficially owned by the
shareholder; (d) any material interest of the shareholder in such business; and (e) any other
information that is required to be provided by the shareholder pursuant to Regulation 14A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 1934 Act), in his capacity as a proponent of a
shareholder proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect
to a shareholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a shareholders meeting,
shareholders must provide notice as required by the regulations promulgated under the 1934 Act.
(iv) CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
The Chairperson of the Board shall act as chairperson of all meetings of the shareholders. If
the Chairperson of the Board is unable to attend a meeting of shareholders for any reason, the
President or Secretary may appoint a person to act as chairperson of such meeting. The chairperson
of any meeting of shareholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the
meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business.
2.7 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any shareholder under the provisions of these
Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or the WBCA, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to such notice and delivered to the corporation, whether before or after
the date and time of the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Further,
notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting will be deemed to be waived by any shareholder
by attendance thereat in person or by proxy, unless such shareholder at the beginning of the
meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting.
2.8 FIXING OF RECORD DATE FOR DETERMINING SHAREHOLDERS
For the purpose of determining shareholders entitled (a) to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of shareholders or any adjournment thereof or (b) to receive payment of any dividend, or in
order to make a determination of shareholders for any other purpose, the Board may fix a future
date as the record date for any such determination. Such record date shall be not more than seventy
(70) days, and in case of a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date
on which the particular action requiring such determination is to be taken. If no record date is
fixed for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or
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to vote at a meeting, the record date shall be the day immediately preceding the date on which notice of the meeting is first
given to shareholders. Such a determination shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless
the Board fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more
than one hundred twenty (120) days after the date fixed for the original meeting. If no record date
is set for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive payment of any stock dividend or
distribution (other than one involving a purchase, redemption, or other acquisition of the
corporations shares) the record date shall be the date the Board authorizes the stock dividend or
distribution.
2.9 VOTING RECORD
At least ten (10) days before each meeting of shareholders, an alphabetical list of the
shareholders entitled to notice of such meeting shall be made, arranged by voting group and by each
class or series of shares therein, with the address of and number of shares held by each
shareholder. This record shall be kept at the principal office of the corporation for ten (10) days
prior to such meeting, and shall be kept open at such meeting, for the inspection of any
shareholder or any shareholders agent.
2.10 QUORUM
Except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, a majority of the votes entitled to be
cast on a matter by the holders of shares that, pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or the
WBCA, are entitled to vote and be counted collectively upon such matter, represented in person or
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of such shares at a meeting of shareholders. If less than a
quorum is present or represented at a meeting, a majority of the votes so represented may adjourn
the meeting from time to time without further notice if the new date, time or place is announced at
the meeting before adjournment. Any business may be transacted at a reconvened meeting that might
have been transacted at the meeting as originally called, provided a quorum is present or
represented thereat. Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting other than solely to
object to holding the meeting or transacting business thereat, it is deemed present for quorum
purposes for the remainder of the meeting and any adjournment thereof (unless a new record date is
or must be set for the adjourned meeting) notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to
leave less than a quorum.
2.11 MANNER OF ACTING
If a quorum is present, action on a matter other than the election of directors shall be
approved if the votes cast in favor of the action by the shares entitled to vote and be counted
collectively upon such matter exceed the votes cast against such action by the shares entitled to
vote and be counted collectively thereon, unless the Articles of Incorporation or the WBCA requires
a greater number of affirmative votes.
2.12 PROXIES
A shareholder may vote by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his or her
attorney-in-fact or agent. Such proxy shall be effective when received by the Secretary or other
officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. A proxy shall become invalid 11 months after the
date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. A proxy with respect to a specified
meeting shall entitle the holder thereof to vote at any reconvened meeting following adjournment of
such meeting but shall not be valid after the final adjournment thereof.
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2.13 VOTING OF SHARES
Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each outstanding share entitled
to vote with respect to a matter submitted to a meeting of shareholders shall be entitled to one
(1) vote upon such matter.
2.14 ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action that could be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting
if one or more written consents setting forth the action so taken are signed by all shareholders
entitled to vote on the action and are delivered to the corporation. If not otherwise fixed by the
Board, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to take action without a meeting is
the date the first shareholder signs the consent. A shareholder may withdraw a consent only by
delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the corporation prior to the time that all consents
are in the possession of the corporation. Action taken by written consent of shareholders without
a meeting is effective when all consents are in the possession of the corporation, unless the
consent specifies a later effective date. Any such consent shall be inserted in the minute book as
if it were the minutes of a meeting of the shareholders.
2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
(i) APPOINTMENT
In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board shall appoint one or more persons to act
as inspectors of election at such meeting and to make a written report thereof. The Board may
designate one or more persons to serve as alternate inspectors to serve in place of any inspector
who is unable or fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of
shareholders, the chairperson of such meeting shall appoint one or more persons to act as inspector
of elections at such meeting.
(ii) DUTIES
The inspectors of election shall:
(a) ascertain the number of shares of the corporation outstanding and the voting power of each
such share;
(b) determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots;
(c) count all votes and ballots;
(d) determine and retain for a reasonable period of time a record of the disposition of any
challenges made to any determination by them; and
(e) certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their
count of the votes and ballots.
The validity of any proxy or ballot shall be determined by the inspectors of election in
accordance with the applicable provisions of these Bylaws and the WBCA as then in effect. In
determining the validity of any
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proxy transmitted by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission, the inspectors
shall record in writing the information upon which they relied in making such determination. The
inspectors of election will perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their
ability and as expeditiously as is practical. The inspectors of election may appoint or retain
other persons or entities to assist them in the performance of their duties.
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS
3.1 POWERS
The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the
Board, except as may be otherwise provided in the WBCA, these Bylaws or the Articles of
Incorporation.
3.2 NUMBER AND TENURE OF DIRECTORS
The Board shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Unless
the Articles of Incorporation fixes the authorized number of directors, the authorized number of
directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board. No reduction of the
authorized number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent
director.
At each annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders shall elect directors. Each director
shall hold office until the next succeeding annual meeting or, in the case of staggered terms as
permitted by the WBCA, for the term for which he or she is elected. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this subsection 3.2, despite the expiration of a directors term, a director shall
continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease
in the number of directors.
3.3 NOMINATION AND ELECTION
(i) NOMINATION
Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection
3.3(i) shall be eligible for election as directors. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board may be made at a meeting of shareholders by or at the direction of the Board or by any
shareholder of the corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors at the meeting who
complies with the notice procedures set forth in this subsection 3.3(i). Such nominations, other
than those made by or at the direction of the Board, shall be made pursuant to timely written
notice to the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2.6(iii). To be timely, a
shareholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal offices of the
corporation not less than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days before the one (1) year
anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy statement to shareholders
in connection with the previous years annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in
the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting
has been changed by more than thirty (30) days from the date of the prior years meeting, notice by
the shareholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the later
of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days in advance of such annual meeting and ten (10) calendar
days following the date on which public announcement of the date of the meeting is first made.
Such shareholders notice shall set forth: (a) as to each person, if any, whom the shareholder
proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address
and residence address of such person; (B) the principal
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occupation or employment of such person; (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation
that are beneficially owned by such person; (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings
between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or
persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the shareholder; and (E) any other
information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies
for elections of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under
the 1934 Act (including without limitation such persons written consent to being named in the
proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to such
shareholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to subsection 2.6(iii).
At the request of the Board, any person nominated by a shareholder for election as a director shall
furnish to the Secretary that information required to be set forth in the shareholders notice of
nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of
the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection
3.3(i). The chairperson of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the
meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these
Bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded. The right of shareholders to make nominations pursuant to the
foregoing procedure is subject to the superior rights, if any, of the holders of any class or
series of stock having a preference over the common stock. The procedures set forth in this
subsection 3.3(i) for nomination for the election of directors by shareholders are in addition to,
and not in limitation of, any procedures now in effect or hereafter adopted by or at the direction
of the Board or any committee thereof.
(ii) ELECTION
At each election of directors, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes, up to the
number of directors to be elected, shall be the directors.
3.4 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and at such place within
or without the State of Washington as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
3.5 SPECIAL MEETINGS
Special meetings of the Board or any committee designated by the Board may be called by or at
the request of the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the
Secretary or a majority of the authorized directors and, in the case of any special meeting of any
committee designated by the Board, by the Chairperson thereof. The person or persons authorized to
call special meetings may fix any place either within or without the State of Washington as the
place for holding any special Board or committee meeting called by them.
3.6 MEETINGS BY COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
Members of the Board or any committee designated by the Board may participate in a meeting of
such Board or committee by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication
by which all directors participating in the meeting can hear each other during the meeting.
Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting.
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3.7 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETINGS
Notice of a special Board or committee meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting
shall be given to a director in writing or orally. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor
the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in the notice of such meeting.
(i) PERSONAL DELIVERY
If notice is given by personal delivery, the notice shall be effective if delivered to a
director at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting.
(ii) DELIVERY BY MAIL
If notice is delivered by mail, the notice shall be deemed effective if deposited in the
official government mail at least five (5) days before the meeting, properly addressed to a
director at his or her address shown on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon
prepaid.
(iii) DELIVERY BY PRIVATE CARRIER
If notice is given by private carrier, the notice shall be deemed effective when dispatched to
a director at his or her address shown on the records of the corporation at least two (2) days
before the meeting.
(iv) FACSIMILE NOTICE
If notice is delivered by wire or wireless equipment which transmits a facsimile of the
notice, the notice shall be deemed effective when dispatched at least two (2) days before the
meeting to a director at his or her telephone number or other number appearing on the records of
the corporation.
(v) DELIVERY BY TELEGRAPH
If notice is delivered by telegraph, the notice shall be deemed effective if the content
thereof is delivered to the telegraph company for delivery to a director at his or her address
shown on the records of the corporation at least two (2) days before the meeting.
(vi) DELIVERY BY EMAIL
If notice is delivered by email, the notice shall be deemed effective upon electronic
confirmation of receipt, such as by receipt by the sender of an electronic return receipt at least
twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting.
(vii) ORAL NOTICE
If notice is delivered orally, by telephone or in person, the notice shall be deemed effective
if personally given to the director at least twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting.
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3.8 WAIVER OF NOTICE
(i) IN WRITING
Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director under the provisions of these
Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or the WBCA, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to such notice and delivered to the corporation, whether before or after
the date and time of the meeting, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither
the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board
or any committee designated by the Board need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting.
(ii) BY ATTENDANCE
A directors attendance at or participation in a Board or committee meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly
upon his or her arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business thereat and does
not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.
3.9 QUORUM
A majority of the number of directors in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
of business at any Board meeting; provided, however, that a quorum of a Board may in no event be
less than one-third of the authorized number of directors fixed in the manner provided in these
Bylaws. If less than a quorum is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
3.10 MANNER OF ACTING
Except as otherwise provided herein, if a quorum is present when the vote is taken, the act of
the majority of the directors present at a Board meeting shall be the act of the Board, unless the
vote of a greater number is required by these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation or the WBCA.
3.11 PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT
A director of the corporation who is present at a Board or committee meeting at which any
action is taken shall be deemed to have assented to the action taken unless (a) the director
objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon the directors arrival, to holding the
meeting or transacting any business thereat, (b) the directors dissent or abstention from the
action taken is entered in the minutes of the meeting or (c) the director delivers written notice
of the directors dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its
adjournment or to the corporation within a reasonable time after adjournment of the meeting. The
right of dissent or abstention is not available to a director who votes in favor of the action
taken.
3.12 ACTION BY BOARD OR COMMITTEES WITHOUT A MEETING
Any action which could be taken at a meeting of the Board or of any committee created by the
Board may be taken without a meeting if one or more written consents setting forth the action so
taken are signed by each of the directors or by each committee member either before or after the
action is taken and delivered to the corporation. Action taken by written consent of directors
without a meeting is effective when the last director
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signs the consent, unless the consent specifies a later effective date. Any such written
consent shall be inserted in the minute book as if it were the minutes of a Board or a committee
meeting.
3.13 RESIGNATION
Any director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the Board, the Chairperson
of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Any such resignation is effective upon delivery
thereof unless the notice of resignation specifies a later effective date and, unless otherwise
specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
3.14 REMOVAL
Directors shall, as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, be removed only for cause and
only at a meeting of shareholders expressly called for that purpose.
3.15 VACANCIES
Except as otherwise provided by law, vacancies occurring on the Board for any reason and newly
created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors may be
filled only by vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, although less than a
quorum, or by a sole remaining director, at any meeting of the Board. A person so elected by the
Board to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next
shareholders meeting at which directors are elected.
3.16 COMMITTEES
(i) CREATION OF COMMITTEES
The Board may create standing or temporary committees, including an Audit Committee,
Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and appoint members
thereto from its own number and invest such committees with such powers as it may see fit, subject
to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Board, these Bylaws and applicable law. Each
committee must have two or more members, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
(ii) AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEES
Each committee shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board to the extent
provided in the resolution of the Board creating the committee and any subsequent resolutions
pertaining thereto and adopted in like manner, except that no such committee shall have the
authority to: (a) authorize or approve a distribution except according to a general formula or
method prescribed by the Board, (b) approve or propose to shareholders actions or proposals
required by the WBCA to be approved by shareholders, (c) fill vacancies on the Board or any
committee thereof, (d) amend the Articles of Incorporation pursuant to RCW 23B.10.020 of the WBCA,
(e) adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws, (f) approve a plan of merger not requiring shareholder approval
or (g) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the
designation and relative rights, preferences and limitations of a class or series of shares, except
that the Board may authorize a committee or a senior executive officer of the corporation to do so
within limits specifically prescribed by the Board.
(iii) QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING
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A majority of the authorized number of directors composing any committee of the Board, as
established and fixed by resolution of the Board, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting of such committee but, if less than a quorum are present at a meeting, a
majority of such directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further
notice. Except as may be otherwise provided in the WBCA, if a quorum is present when the vote is
taken the act of a majority of the members present shall be the act of the committee.
(iv) MINUTES OF MEETINGS
All committees shall keep regular minutes of their meetings and shall cause them to be
recorded in books kept for that purpose.
(v) RESIGNATION
Any member of any committee may resign at any time by delivering written notice thereof to the
Board, the Chairperson of the Board, the President or the Secretary. Any such resignation is
effective upon delivery thereof, unless the notice of resignation specifies a later effective date,
and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
(vi) REMOVAL
The Board may remove with or without cause any member of any committee elected or appointed by
the Board.
3.17 COMPENSATION
By Board resolution, directors and committee members may be paid their expenses, if any, of
attendance at each Board or committee meeting, or a fixed sum for attendance at each Board or
committee meeting, or a stated salary as director or a committee member, or a combination of the
foregoing. No such payment shall preclude any director or committee member from serving the
corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS
4.1 OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation shall be a President and a Secretary. The corporation may also
have, at the discretion of the Board, a Chairperson of the Board (who may be referred to as the
Chairman or Chairwoman of the Board), a Vice Chairperson of the Board (who may be referred to as
the Vice Chairman or Vice Chairwoman of the Board), a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial
Officer or Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one or
more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Secretaries, and any such other officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by
the same person.
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4.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS
The Board shall appoint the officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsections 4.3 of these Bylaws, subject to the
rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
4.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The Board may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer or, in the absence of a Chief
Executive Officer, the President, to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the
corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have
such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board may from
time to time determine.
4.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may
be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board at any regular or special meeting of the
Board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power
of removal may be conferred by the Board.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any
resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time
specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance
of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without
prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a
party.
4.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the Board or as
provided in subsection 4.3.
4.6 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
The Chairperson of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary
or Assistant Secretary, or any other person authorized by the Board or the President or a Vice
President, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of this corporation all rights
incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of
this corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or
by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person
having the authority.
4.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
All officers of the corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties
in the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from time to time by the
Board or the shareholders and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their
respective offices, subject to the control of the Board.
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ARTICLE V SHARES
5.1 ISSUANCE OF SHARES
No shares of the corporation shall be issued unless authorized by the Board, or by a committee
designated by the Board to the extent such committee is empowered to do so.
5.2 CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES
Certificates representing shares of the corporation shall be signed, either manually or in
facsimile, by the President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer
or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and shall include on their face written notice of any
restrictions which may be imposed on the transferability of such shares. All certificates shall be
consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.
Shares may but need not be represented by certificates. The Board may authorize the issue of
some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates. The
authorization will not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are surrendered
to the corporation. Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without
certificates, the corporation shall send to the shareholder a record containing the information
required on certificates by RCW 23B.06.250 (2) and (3), and, if applicable, RCW 23B.06.270 of the
WBCA.
5.3 STOCK RECORDS
The stock transfer books shall be kept at the principal office of the corporation or at the
office of the corporations transfer agent or registrar. The name and address of each person to
whom shares are issued, together with the class and number of shares held by such person and the
date of issue thereof, shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the corporation. The person
in whose name shares stand on the books of the corporation shall be deemed by the corporation to be
the owner thereof for all purposes.
5.4 RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER
Except to the extent that the corporation has obtained an opinion of counsel acceptable to the
corporation that transfer restrictions are not required under applicable securities laws, or has
otherwise satisfied itself that such transfer restrictions are not required, all certificates
representing shares of the corporation shall bear a legend on the face of the certificate, or on
the reverse of the certificate if a reference to the legend is contained on the face, which reads
substantially as follows:
The securities evidenced by this certificate have not been registered
under the Securities Act of l933, as amended, or any applicable state law, and
no interest therein may be sold, distributed, assigned, offered, pledged or
otherwise transferred unless (a) there is an effective registration statement
under such Act and applicable state securities laws covering any such
transaction involving said securities or (b) this corporation receives an
opinion of legal counsel for the holder of these securities (concurred in by
legal counsel for this corporation) stating that such transaction is exempt
from registration or this corporation otherwise satisfies itself that such
transaction is exempt from registration. Neither the offering of the securities
nor any offering materials have been reviewed by any administrator under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any applicable state law.
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If any securities of the corporation are issued pursuant to Regulation S (Regulation S) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), the corporation will refuse to register
any subsequent transfer of such securities if such transfer is not made in accordance with
Regulation S, pursuant to registration under the 1933 Act or pursuant to an available exemption
from registration under the 1933 Act.
5.5 TRANSFER OF SHARES
The transfer of shares of the corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of
the corporation pursuant to authorization or document of transfer made by the holder of record
thereof or by his or her legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to
transfer, or by his or her attorney-in-fact authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed
with the Secretary. With respect to certificated shares, all certificates surrendered to the
corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former
certificates for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.
5.6 LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES
In the case of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a new certificate may be issued
therefor upon such terms and indemnity to the corporation as the Board may prescribe.
ARTICLE VI RECORDS AND REPORTS
6.1 CORPORATE RECORDS
The corporation shall:
(i) Keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and the Board, a
record of all actions taken by the shareholders or the Board without a meeting, and a record of all
actions taken by a committee of the Board exercising the authority of the Board on behalf of the
corporation.
(ii) Maintain appropriate accounting records.
(iii) Maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of
the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the
number and class of shares held by each; provided, however, such record may be maintained by an
agent of the corporation.
(iv) Maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into
written form within a reasonable time.
(v) Keep a copy of the following records at its principal office:
(a) the Articles of Incorporation and all amendments thereto as currently in effect;
(b) the Bylaws and all amendments thereto as currently in effect;
(c) the minutes of all meetings of shareholders and records of all action taken by
shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;
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(d) the financial statements described in Section 23B.16.200(1) of the WBCA, for the past
three years;
(e) all communications in the form of a record to shareholders generally within the past three
years;
(f) a list of the names and business addresses of the current directors and officers; and
(g) the most recent annual report delivered to the Washington Secretary of State.
6.2 INSPECTION OF RECORDS BY SHAREHOLDERS
(i) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business
hours at the corporations principal office, any of the records of the corporation described in
subsection 6.1(v) if the shareholder gives the corporation notice of the shareholders demand at
least five business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy.
(ii) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business
hours at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following records of the
corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection 6.2(iii) and gives the
corporation notice of the shareholders demand at least five business days before the date on which
the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy:
(a) excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the Board, records of any action of a committee of
the Board while exercising the authority of the Board, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders,
and records of action taken by the shareholders or Board without a meeting, to the extent not
subject to inspection under subsection 6.2(i);
(b) accounting records of the corporation; and
(c) the record of shareholders.
(iii) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in subsection 6.2(ii) only if
(a) the shareholders demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose, (b) the shareholder
describes with reasonable particularity the shareholders purpose and the records the shareholder
desires to inspect and (c) the records are directly connected with the shareholders purpose.
ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the WBCA
as it presently exists or hereafter may be amended, any individual made a party to any threatened,
pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative and whether formal or informal (a Proceeding) because that individual is or was a
director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against
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any and all obligations to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax
assessed with respect to any employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect a
Proceeding, without regard to the limitations in RCW 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 of the WBCA or
any other limitation which may hereafter be enacted to the extent such limitation may be
disregarded if authorized by the Articles of Incorporation.
The indemnification of directors and officers set forth in this subsection 7.1 shall continue
as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of
the indemnitees heirs, executors and administrators. Except as provided in subsection 7.4 with
respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to indemnification, the corporation shall
indemnify any director or officer in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such director or officer only if a proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or ratified by the
Board.
7.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
The corporation shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent
permitted by the WBCA as it presently exists or hereafter may be amended, any individual made a
party to any Proceeding because that individual is or was an employee or agent of the corporation
or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee,
employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any and all obligations to pay a judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to any employee benefit
plan, or reasonable expenses incurred with respect a Proceeding, without regard to the limitations
in RCW 23B.08.510 through 23B.08.550 of the WBCA, or any other limitation which may hereafter be
enacted to the extent such limitation may be disregarded if authorized by the Articles of
Incorporation.
7.3 ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
The corporation shall pay the expenses incurred by any officer of director of the corporation,
and may pay the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the corporation, in defending any
Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that the payment of expenses
incurred shall be made upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such
person, 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 person is not entitled to be
indemnified for such expenses under this Article VII or otherwise.
7.4 RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT
If a claim for indemnification or payment of expenses is not paid in full within sixty (60)
days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, except in the case of a claim for
an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the
claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount
of the claim. If successful in whole or in part, in any such suit or in a suit brought by the
corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the
claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. If
the claimant is a director or officer of the corporation, the claimant shall be presumed to be
entitled to indemnification under this Article VII upon submission of a written claim (and, in an
action brought to enforce a claim for an advancement of expenses, where the required undertaking
has been tendered to the corporation) and thereafter the corporation shall have the burden of proof
to overcome the presumption that the claimant is so entitled.
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7.5 PROCEDURES EXCLUSIVE
Pursuant to RCW 23B.08.560(2) or any successor provision of the WBCA, the procedures for
indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Article VII are in lieu of the
procedures required by RCW 23B.08.550 or any successor provision of the WBCA.
7.6 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS
The right to indemnification and the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article VII
shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any
statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the corporation, general or
specific action of the Board, contract or otherwise.
7.7 INSURANCE, CONTRACTS AND FUNDING
The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of the corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the WBCA. The corporation may enter into contracts with any director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of the corporation in furtherance of the provisions of
this subsection and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means
(including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be
necessary to effect indemnification as provided in this subsection.
7.8 AMENDMENT OR REPEAL
Neither any amendment nor repeal of this Article, nor the adoption of any provision of the
corporations Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws inconsistent with this Article, shall eliminate
or reduce the effect of this Article in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action,
suit or proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this Article, would accrue or arise, prior
to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board
may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute
any document or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation; such authority may be
general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board or within
the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to
bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable
for any purpose or for any amount.
8.2 FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board and may be
changed by the Board.
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8.3 SEAL
The corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by
the Board. The corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
8.4 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and
definitions in the WBCA shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the
generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes
the singular, and the term person includes both a corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board,
except that the Board may not repeal or amend any Bylaw that the shareholders have expressly
provided, in amending or repealing such Bylaw, may not be amended or repealed by the Board. The
shareholders may also alter, amend and repeal these Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws.
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