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Exhibit 3.2
BYLAWS
AMENDED & RESTATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
OF
CERNER CORPORATION
AMENDED & RESTATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
OF
CERNER CORPORATION
(As Amended March 31, 2010)
Offices
Offices
1. Registered Office and Registered Agent. The location of the registered office and
the name of the registered agent of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be as stated in
the certificate of incorporation or as determined from time to time by the board of directors and
on file in the appropriate public offices of the State of Delaware pursuant to applicable
provisions of law.
2. Corporate Offices. The corporation may have such other corporate offices and
places of business anywhere within or without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may
from time to time designate or the business of the corporation may require.
Seal
3. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
corporation and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The corporate seal may be used by causing it
or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.
Stockholders, Meetings
4. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at the offices
of the corporation in the City of North Kansas City, State of Missouri, or at such other place
either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the
board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice
thereof.
5. Annual Meeting.
5.1 An annual meeting of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held on the second
Tuesday in May of each year, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next
secular day following, at 10:00 a.m., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from
time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.
5.2 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) At an annual meeting of the stockholders nominations for the election of directors and
proposals of other business must be (A) specified in the corporations notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given, (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction
of the board of directors or (C) otherwise properly brought by a stockholder of the corporation who
(i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this bylaw and at
the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (iii) complies
with the notice procedures set forth in these bylaws as to the nomination or other business. The
immediately preceding clause (C) in this paragraph is the exclusive means for a stockholder to make
nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange
Act of
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1934, as amended (or any successor thereto) (the Exchange Act) and included in the
corporations notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(2) Without qualification, for any nominations or any other business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to subparagraph 5.2(a)(1)(C), the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation and such other
business must be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice must
be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
corporation not less than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the date of such meeting
(as set forth in subparagraph 5.1) and not later than the close of business on the 90th day prior
to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided however, that in the
event that no annual meeting of stockholders 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 contemplated at the
time of the previous years proxy statement, notice by the stockholder 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 or ten (10) calendar days following the date on which public
announcement of the date of the meeting is first made. Adjournments or postponements of an annual
meeting or the announcement thereof will not, in any event, commence a new time period for the
giving of a stockholders notice as described above. Such stockholders notice to the Secretary
shall set forth (A) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the proposal is made, (i) the name and address of such stockholder as they appear on
the corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, if any, (ii) (a) the class or series and
number of shares of the corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of
record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (b) any option, warrant, convertible
security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a
settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the
corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of
shares of the corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement
in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the corporation or otherwise (a Derivative
Instrument) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or
indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the
value of shares of the corporation, (c) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or
relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of
the corporation, (d) any short interest in any security of the corporation (for purposes of this
bylaw a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the
opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject
security), (e) any rights to dividends on the shares of the corporation owned beneficially by such
stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the corporation, (f) any
proportionate interest in shares of the corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or
indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or,
directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, and (g) any
performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder is entitled to based
on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the corporation or Derivative Instruments, if
any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members
of such stockholders immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be
supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than 10 days after the
record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date), and (iii) all other
information with respect to each such matter as would have been required to be included in a proxy
statement or other filings in connection with the solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the
proposal and/or for the election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; (B) if
the notice relates to any business other than a nomination or election of a director or directors,
the stockholder must also set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material
interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such
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business, and (ii) a description
of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner,
if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of
such business by such stockholder; (C) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election or reelection to the board of directors (i) all information relating to such
person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be
made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election
pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected), and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation
and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three
years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial
owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert
therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and
associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation
all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under
Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf
the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert
therewith, were the registrant for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or
executive officer of such registrant; and (D) with respect to each nominee for election or
reelection to the board of directors, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation
and agreement required by subparagraph 5.3. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to
furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the
eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the corporation or that
could be material to a reasonable stockholders understanding of the independence, or lack thereof,
of such nominee.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of subparagraph 5.2 (a)(2) of this bylaw
to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the board of directors
is increased and there is no public announcement by the corporation naming all of the nominees for
director or specifying the size of the increased board of directors at least 100 days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this
bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions
created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day
on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
(b) General.
(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
bylaw shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a
meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this bylaw. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or these bylaws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to
determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made
or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this bylaw and, if
any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this bylaw, to declare that such
defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded and not transacted.
(2) For purposes of this bylaw, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release
reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this bylaw, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to the matters set forth in this bylaw; provided, however, that any references in these
bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not
limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be
considered pursuant to subparagraph 5.2(a)(1)(C) or subparagraph 5.2(b) of this bylaw. Nothing in
this bylaw shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of stockholders to request inclusion of
proposals in the corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B)
of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock if and to the extent provided for under law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.
5.3 Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be eligible for
nomination by a stockholder for election or reelection as a director of the corporation, a person
must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under
subsection 5.2) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation a written
questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of
any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall
be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in
the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (a) is not and will not
become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any
commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of
the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a Voting Commitment) that has not
been disclosed to the corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with
such persons ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with such persons
fiduciary duties under applicable law, (b) is not and will not become a party to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation with respect to
any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or
action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (c) in such persons individual
capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would
be in compliance, if elected as a director of the corporation, and will comply with all applicable
publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership
and trading policies and guidelines of the corporation.
6. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be held for any purpose
or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. Except
as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any class or
series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation,
special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called only by the chairman of the
board, by the president, or by the board of directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a
majority of the entire board of directors. At a special meeting of the stockholders, no business
shall be transacted and no corporate action shall be taken other than that stated in the notice of
the meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors may be made at a
special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporations
notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction of the board of directors or (b) provided that the
board of directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any
stockholder of the corporation who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice
provided for in this bylaw and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the
meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in these bylaws as to such
nomination. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more
directors to the board of directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the
case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the corporations notice of meeting,
if the stockholders notice required by subparagraph 5.2 (a)(2) of these bylaws with respect to any
nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required
by subparagraph 5.3 of these bylaws) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the corporation not earlier
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than the close of business on the 120th day prior to the
date of such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day
prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such
special meeting is less than 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, the 10th day
following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and
of the nominees proposed by the board of directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event
shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a
new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
The call and the notice of any such meeting shall be deemed to by synonymous.
7. Voting. At all meetings of stockholders, every stockholder having the right to
vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing
subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years prior to said meeting,
unless said instrument shall provide for a longer period. Unless otherwise provided by the
certificate of incorporation or resolutions adopted by the board of directors in accordance with
the General Corporation Law of Delaware, each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of
stock entitled to vote at such meeting registered in his name on the books of the corporation. At
all meetings of stockholders the voting may be otherwise than by ballot, including the election of
directors, except that, unless otherwise provided by the certificate of incorporation, any
qualified voter may demand a vote by ballot on any matter, in which event such vote shall be taken
by ballot.
Subject to subparagraph 5.2 above, stockholders shall elect directors of the corporation at an
annual or special meeting of stockholders by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast,
in person or by proxy, by the holders of outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote for the
election of directors; provided that if the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to
be elected at any time before the election, the stockholders shall instead elect the directors by a
plurality vote.
8. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to
vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings
of the stockholders for the transaction of any business, except as otherwise provided by law, by
the certificate of incorporation, or by these bylaws. Every decision of a majority in amount of
stock of such quorum shall be valid as a corporate act, except in those specific instances in which
a larger vote is required by law or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws.
If the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote are not
present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority
of the stock present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall have power successively to adjourn
the meeting from time to time to a specified time and place, without notice to anyone other than by
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy. At such
adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present in person or by proxy, any business may be
transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting which was adjourned. If the
adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after adjournment a new record date 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 meeting.
9. Stock Ledger. The original or duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as
to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list required under paragraph 10 of these
bylaws or the books of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the
stockholders.
10. Stockholders, Lists. The secretary or assistant secretary, who shall have charge
of the stock ledger, shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in
alphabetical order, and
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showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered
in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder,
for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least
ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city 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.
11. Notice. Written or printed notice of each meeting of the stockholders, whether
annual or special, stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder of record of the
corporation entitled to vote at such meeting, either personally or by mail, not less than ten (10)
days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to
be delivered when it is deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon addressed to the
stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation.
12. Stockholder Action; How Taken. No action required or permitted to be taken at any
annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation may be taken without a meeting, and
the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is
specifically denied.
13. Procedure and Conduct of Meetings.
13.1 Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the chairman of the board, if any, or
in his or her absence by the vice chairman of the board, if any, or in his or her absence by the
chairman of the executive committee, if any, or in his or her absence by the president, if any, or
in his or her absence by an executive vice president, if any, or in his or her absence by a senior
vice president, if any, or in his or her absence by a vice president, or in the absence of such
designation by a chairman chosen at the meeting by the vote of a majority in interest of the
stockholders present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote thereat. The secretary
or in his or her absence an assistant secretary or in the absence of the secretary and all
assistant secretaries a person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint shall act as
secretary of the meeting and keep a record of the proceedings thereof.
13.2 The board of directors of the corporation shall be entitled to make such rules or
regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or
convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the board of directors, if any, the chairman
of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and
procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate
or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an
agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedure for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation on such meeting to
stockholders of records of the corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies, and
such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on
entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the
time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of
the polls for balloting and matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent
determined by the board of directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall
not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
13.3 The board of directors shall appoint two or more Inspectors of Election to serve at every
meeting of the stockholders at which directors are to be elected.
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Board of Directors
14. Management. The property, business and affairs of the corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of a board of directors. The number of directors of the
corporation (including directors to be elected by the holders of any one or more series of
Preferred Stock voting separately as a class or classes) shall be seven (7). As used in these
bylaws, the terms whole board or whole board of directors mean the total number of directors
which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies. In addition to the powers and
authorities by these bylaws and the certificate of incorporation expressly conferred upon it, the
board of directors may exercise all such powers of the corporation, and do all such lawful acts and
things as are not by statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or
required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
15. Classes. The members of the whole board of directors, other than those who may be
elected by the holders of any Preferred Stock or series thereof, shall be divided into three (3)
classes (to be designated as Class I, Class II and Class III), with the term of office of one class
expiring each year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law,
whenever the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting
separately as a class, to elect one or more directors of the corporation, the terms of the director
or directors elected by such holders shall expire at the next succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders. Subject to the foregoing, at each annual meeting of stockholders, the successors to
the class of directors whose term shall then expire shall be elected to hold office for a term
expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting and until their respective successors shall be
elected and qualified or until their respective earlier resignation or removal.
16. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except for directorships created
pursuant to paragraph FOURTH of the certificate of incorporation relating to the rights of holders
of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, and except for vacancies in such directorships, any
vacancies in the board of directors for any reason, and any newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the
directors then in office, though less than quorum, or by a sole remaining director, unless it is
otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, and the directors so chosen
shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such directors shall have been
chosen and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier
resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any
incumbent director.
17. Removal of Directors. Notwithstanding any other provisions of these bylaws (and
notwithstanding the fact that some lesser percentage may be specified by law or these bylaws), any
director or the entire board of directors of the corporation may be removed at any time, but only
for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of eighty percent (80%) or more of the
Total Voting Power of the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock, considered for this purpose as
one class (for purposes of this paragraph 17, each share of the Voting Stock shall have the number
of votes granted to it
pursuant to paragraph FOURTH of the corporations certificate of incorporation). For the
purposes of this paragraph 17, (i) the term Total Voting Power shall mean the aggregate of all
votes of all outstanding shares of Voting Stock; and (ii) the term Voting Stock shall mean the
shares of all classes of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote on removal of any
director or the entire board of directors in the manner provided in this paragraph 17 (except that
if the next succeeding sentence is operative, then the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock shall
not be considered Voting Stock for purposes of this paragraph 17). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of any one or more series
of Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately as a class, to elect one or more
directors of the corporation, the foregoing provisions of this paragraph 17 shall not apply with
respect to the director or directors elected by such holders of Preferred Stock.
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As used in these bylaws, the term for cause is hereby exclusively defined and limited to
mean conviction of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction where such conviction is no longer
subject to direct appeal, or an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of liability for
negligence, or misconduct, in the performance of the directors duty to the corporation in a matter
of substantial importance to the corporation, where such adjudication is no longer subject to
direct appeal.
18. Notification of Nominations. Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock,
nominations for the election of directors may be made by the board of directors or a proxy
committee appointed by the board of directors or by any stockholder entitled to generally vote in
the election of directors at the meeting of the stockholders at which directors will be elected.
However, any such stockholder may nominate one or more persons for election as directors at a
meeting only if written notice of such stockholder complies with the requirements set forth in
paragraph 5 of these bylaws. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination
of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
19. Meetings of the Newly Elected Board Notice. The first meeting of the members of
the board of directors after each election with respect to a class of directors shall be held (i)
at such time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be suggested or
provided by resolution of the stockholders at the meeting at which such election was held with
respect to a class of directors, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly
elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present,
(ii) if not so suggested or provided for by resolution of the stockholders or if a quorum shall not
be present, at such time and place as shall be consented to in writing by a majority of the newly
elected directors, provided that written or printed notice of such meeting shall be given to each
of the other directors in the same manner as provided in paragraph 22 of these bylaws with respect
to the giving of notice for special meetings of the board except that it shall not be necessary to
state the purpose of the meeting in such notice, or (iii) regardless of whether or not the time and
place of such meeting shall be suggested or provided for by resolution of the stockholders, at such
time and place as shall be consented to in writing by all of the newly elected directors.
Every director of the corporation, upon his election, shall qualify by accepting the office of
director, and his attendance at, or his written approval of the minutes of, any meeting of the
board subsequent to his election shall constitute his acceptance of such office; or he may execute
such acceptance by a separate writing, which shall be placed in the minute book.
20. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without
notice at such times and places either within or without the State of Delaware as shall from time
to time be fixed by resolution adopted by the whole board of directors. Any business may be
transacted at a regular meeting.
21. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called at any
time by the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president or the secretary, or by any
two (2) or more of the directors. The place may be within or without the State of Delaware as
designated in the notice.
22. Notice of Special Meetings. Written or printed notice of each special meeting of
the board, stating the place, day and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes thereof,
shall be mailed to each director addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business at
least three (3) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him by
telegram, or delivered to him personally, at least two (2) days before the day on which the meeting
is to be held. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is deposited in the
United States mail with postage thereon
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addressed to the director at his residence or usual place
of business. If given by telegraph, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when it is
delivered to the telegraph company. The notice may be given by any officer having authority to
call the meeting. Notice and call with respect to such meetings shall be deemed to be
synonymous. Any meeting of the board of directors shall be a legal meeting without any notice
thereof having been given if all directors shall be present.
23. Meetings by Conference Telephone or Similar Communications Equipment. Unless
otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the board of
directors of the corporation, or any committee designated by the board, may participate in a
meeting of the board or committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting by that means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
24. Quorum. Unless otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, a majority of the total number of directors shall be necessary at all meetings to
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, except as may be otherwise provided by
law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the act of a majority of the directors
present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the board of directors.
If at least two (2) directors or one third (1/3) of the whole board of directors, whichever is
greater, is present at any meeting at which a quorum is not present, a majority of the directors
present at such meeting shall have power successively to adjourn the meeting from time to time to a
subsequent date, without notice to any director other than announcement at the meeting. At such
adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have
been transacted at the original meeting which was adjourned.
25. Standing or Temporary Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution or
resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one (1) or more committees, each
committee to consist of one (1) or more directors of the corporation. The board may designate one
(1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or
disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a
member of a committee, the member of members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified
from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member
of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified
member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the board of directors or
in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the board of
directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the
seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee
shall have the power or authority of the board of directors with respect to amending the
certificate of incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation,
recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of
the corporations property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the
corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, amending the bylaws of the corporation, declaring a
dividend or making any other distribution to the stockholders, authorizing the issuance of stock
otherwise than pursuant to the grant or exercise of a stock option under employee stock option
plans of the corporation, or appointing any member of any committee of the board of directors.
Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to
time by resolution adopted by the board of directors. All committees so appointed shall, unless
otherwise provided by the board of directors, keep regular minutes of the transactions at their
meetings and shall cause them to be recorded in books kept for that purpose in the office of the
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corporation and shall report the same to the board of directors at its next meeting. The secretary
or an assistant secretary of the corporation may act as secretary of the committee if the committee
so requests.
26. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation,
the board of directors may, by resolution, fix the compensation to be paid directors for serving as
directors of the corporation and may, by resolution, fix a sum which shall be allowed and paid for
attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may provide for reimbursement of expenses
incurred by directors in attending each meeting; provided that nothing herein contained shall be
construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving
his regular compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed
similar compensation for attending committee meetings.
27. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the
corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or shall take effect
upon receipt thereof by the corporation if no time is specified therein; and unless otherwise
specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
28. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
(a) Indemnification in Actions by Third Parties. The corporation shall indemnify each
person who has been or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
appellate (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that
such person is or was an officer or director of the corporation or is or was serving at the
corporations request as a director or officer of any Other Enterprise against all liabilities and
expenses, including, without limitation, judgments, amounts paid in settlement (provided that such
settlement and all amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the corporation
in accordance with paragraph (d) of this paragraph 28, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld), attorneys fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines and other expenses actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding (including
without limitation the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or
proceeding) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that
the corporation shall not be required to indemnify or advance expenses to any such person or person
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses in connection with an action, suit or proceeding
initiated by such person unless the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding was authorized by
the board of directors of the corporation. The termination of any such action, suit or proceeding
by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or under a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(b) Indemnification in Derivative Actions. The corporation shall indemnify each
person who has been or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer of director of the
corporation or is or was serving at the corporations request as a director or officer of any Other
Enterprise against amounts paid in settlement thereof (provided that such settlement and all
amounts paid in connection therewith are approved in advance by the corporation in accordance with
subparagraph (d) of this paragraph 28, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and all
expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action, suit or
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proceeding (including without limitation the
investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding) if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification under this subparagraph (b) shall
be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action, suit or
proceeding is brought determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and
in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to such
indemnification.
(c) Indemnification for Expenses. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
paragraph 28, to the extent that a person who is or was serving as a director or officer of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of any
Other Enterprise, has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 28 (including the dismissal
of any such action, suit or proceeding without prejudice), or in defense of any claim, issue or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(d) Determination of Right to Indemnification. Prior to indemnifying a person
pursuant to the provisions of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 28, unless ordered by a
court and except as otherwise provided by subparagraph (c) of this paragraph 28, the corporation
shall determine that such person has met the specified standard of conduct entitling such person to
indemnification as set forth under subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 28. Any
determination that a person shall or shall not be indemnified under the provisions of subparagraphs
(a) and (b) of this paragraph 28 shall be made by the board of directors by a majority vote of a
quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, or if such
quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of disinterested directors so directs,
by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or by the stockholders, and such determination
shall be final and binding upon the corporation; provided, however, that in the event such
determination is adverse to the person or persons to be indemnified hereunder, such person or
persons shall have the right to maintain an action in any court of competent jurisdiction against
the corporation to determine whether or not such person has met the requisite standard of conduct
and is entitled to such indemnification hereunder. If such court action is successful and the
person or persons is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, such person or persons
shall be reimbursed by the corporation for all fees and expenses (including attorneys fees)
actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any such action (including without limitation
the investigation, defense, settlement or appeal of such action).
(e) Advancement of Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by a person who may be entitled to indemnification hereunder in defending
an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate,
shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it
shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to indemnification by the corporation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no advance shall be made by the corporation if a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by (i) the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding for which the
advancement is requested, (ii) if a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, if a quorum of
disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (iii) by
the stockholders, that, based upon the facts known to the board, counsel or stockholders at the
time such determination is made, such person acted in bad faith and in a manner that such person
did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, or, with respect
to any criminal proceeding, that such person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was
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unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the board,
stockholders or independent legal counsel reasonably determines that such person deliberately
breached his duty to the corporation or its stockholders.
(f) Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this
paragraph 28 shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, under the certificate of incorporation,
bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or
otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in another capacity while
holding their respective offices, and shall not limit in any way any right which the corporation
may have to make additional indemnifications with respect to the same or different persons or
classes of persons. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this paragraph 28 shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators
and estate of such a person.
(g) Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the board of directors, the corporation may
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of any
Other Enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power
to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this paragraph.
(h) Vesting of Rights. The rights granted by this paragraph 28 shall be vested in
each person entitled to indemnification hereunder as a bargained-for, contractual condition of such
persons acceptance of his election or appointment as a director or officer of the corporation or
serving at the request of the corporation as a director of officer of any Other Enterprise and
while this paragraph 28 may be amended or repealed, no such amendment or repeal shall release,
terminate or adversely affect the rights of such person under this paragraph 28 with respect to any
act taken or the failure to take any act by such person prior to such amendment or repeal or with
respect to any action, suit or proceeding with respect to such act or failure to act filed after
such amendment or repeal.
(i) Definition of the Corporation. For purposes of this paragraph 28, references to
the corporation shall, if and only if the board of directors shall determine, include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued,
would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers or persons serving at the
request of such constituent corporation as a director or officer of any Other Enterprise, so that
any person who is or was a director or
officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent corporation as a director or officer of any Other Enterprise, shall stand in the same
position under the provisions of this paragraph 28 with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued.
(j) Certain Definitions. For the purpose of this paragraph 28, references to Other
Enterprises or Other Enterprise shall include without limitation any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or employee benefit plan; references to fines shall include any
excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; references to defense
shall include investigations of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding as
well as appeals thereof and shall also include any defensive assertion of a cross claim or
counterclaim and references to serving at the request of the corporation shall include any
service as a director or officer of a corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by,
such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or
beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
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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 as referred to in
this paragraph 28. For the purpose of this paragraph 28, unless the board of directors of the
corporation shall determine otherwise, any director or officer of the corporation who shall serve
as an officer or director of any Other Enterprise of which the corporation, directly or indirectly,
is a stockholder or creditor, or in which the corporation is in any way interested, shall be
presumed to be serving as such director or officer at the request of the corporation. In all other
instances where any person shall serve as a director or officer of an Other Enterprise, if it is
not otherwise established that such person is or was serving as such director or officer at the
request of the corporation, the board of directors of the corporation shall determine whether such
person is or was serving at the request of the corporation, and it shall not be necessary to show
any actual or prior request for such service, which determination shall be final and binding on the
corporation and the person seeking indemnification.
(k) Severability. If any provision of this paragraph 28 or the application of any
such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any
reason whatsoever, the remaining provisions of this paragraph 28 and the application of such
provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby and to the fullest
extent possible the court finding such provision invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall modify and
construe the provision so as to render it valid and enforceable as against all persons or entities
and to give the maximum possible protection to persons subject to indemnification hereby within the
bounds of validity, legality and enforceability. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if any officer or director of the corporation or any person who is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director or officer of any Other Enterprise, is entitled under any provision
of this paragraph 28, to indemnification by the corporation for some or a portion of the judgments,
amounts paid in settlement, attorneys fees, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, fines or other
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in connection with any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (including without limitation, the investigation,
defense, settlement or appeal of such action, suit or proceeding), whether civil, criminal, or
administrative, investigative or appellate, but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof,
the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify such person for the portion thereof to which such
person is entitled.
29. Action without a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the
board of directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if written consent
thereto is signed by all members of the board of directors or of such committee, as the case may
be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
Officers
30. (a) Officers Who Shall Constitute. The officers of the corporation shall be a
chairman of the board, a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, one or
more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. The board shall elect a president
and a secretary at its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders. The board
then, or from time to time, may also elect one or more of the other prescribed officers as it may
deem advisable, but need not elect any officers other than a president and a secretary. The board
may, if it desires, elect or appoint additional officers and may further identify or describe any
one or more of the officers of the corporation.
Officers of the corporation need not be members of the board of directors. Any two (2) or
more offices may be held by the same person.
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An officer shall be deemed qualified when he enters upon the duties of the office to which he
has been elected or appointed and furnishes any bond required by the board; but the board may also
require his written acceptance and promise faithfully to discharge the duties of such office.
(b) Term of Office. Each officer of the corporation shall hold his office at the
pleasure of the board of directors or for such other period as the board may specify at the time of
his election or appointment, or until his death, resignation or removal by the board, whichever
first occurs. In any event, each officer of the corporation who is not reelected or reappointed at
the annual election of officers by the board next succeeding his election or appointment shall be
deemed to have been removed by the board, unless the board provides otherwise at the time of his
election or appointment.
(c) Other Agents. The board from time to time may also appoint such other agents for
the corporation as it shall deem necessary or advisable, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure
of the board or for such period as the board may specify, and shall exercise such powers, have such
titles and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board or by an
officer empowered by the board to make such determinations.
31. The Chairman of the Board. If a chairman of the board be elected, he shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors at which he may be present and shall have
such other duties, powers and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these bylaws. The board
of directors may delegate such other authority and assign such additional duties to the chairman of
the board, other than those conferred by law exclusively upon the president, as it may from time to
time determine, and, to the extent permissible by law, the board may designate the chairman of the
board as the chief executive officer of the corporation with all of the powers otherwise conferred
upon the president of the corporation under paragraph 32 of these bylaws, or it may, from time to
time, divide the responsibilities, duties and authority for the general control and management of
the corporations business and affairs between the chairman of the board and the president.
32. The President. Unless the board otherwise provides, the president shall be the
chief executive officer of the corporation with such general executive powers and duties of
supervision and management as are usually vested in the office of the chief executive officer of a
corporation, and he shall carry into effect all directions and resolutions of the board. The
president, in the absence of the chairman of the board or if there be no chairman of the board,
shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors.
The president may execute all bonds, notes, debentures, mortgages and other instruments for
and in the name of the corporation, may cause the corporate seal to be affixed thereto, and may
execute all other instruments for and in the name of the corporation.
Unless the board otherwise provides, the president, or any person designated in writing by
him, shall have full power and authority on behalf of this corporation (i) to attend and to vote or
take action at any meeting of the holders of securities of corporations in which this corporation
may hold securities, and at such meetings shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and
powers incident to being a holder of such securities, and (ii) to execute and deliver waivers of
notice and proxies for and in the name of the corporation with respect to any securities held by
the corporation.
He shall, unless the board otherwise provides, be ex officio a member of all standing
committees.
He shall have such other or further duties and authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in
these bylaws or from time to time by the board of directors.
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If a chairman of the board be elected or appointed and designated as chief executive officer
of the corporation, as provided in paragraph 31, of these bylaws, the president shall perform such
duties as may be specifically delegated to him by the board of directors or are conferred by law
exclusively upon him, and in the absence, disability, or inability or refusal to act of the
chairman of the board, the president shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
chairman of the board.
33. Vice Presidents. In the absence of the president or in the event of his
disability, or inability or refusal to act, any vice president may perform the duties and exercise
the powers of the president until the board otherwise provides. Vice presidents shall perform such
other duties as the board may from time to time prescribe.
34. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall attend all sessions of
the board and all meetings of the stockholders, shall prepare minutes of all proceedings at such
meetings and shall preserve them in a minute book of the corporation. He shall perform similar
duties for the executive committee and other standing committees when requested by the board or any
such committee.
The secretary shall see that all books, records, lists and information, or duplicates,
required to be maintained in Delaware, or elsewhere, are so maintained.
The secretary shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation, and shall have authority
to affix the seal to any instrument requiring a corporate seal and, when so affixed, he shall
attest the seal by his signature. The board of directors may give general authority to any other
officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
The secretary shall have the general duties, responsibilities and authorities of a secretary
of a corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other responsibility and
authority as may be prescribed elsewhere in these bylaws or from time to time by the board of
directors or the chief executive officer of the corporation, under whose direct supervision he
shall be.
In the absence of the secretary or in the event of his disability, or inability or refusal to
act, any assistant secretary may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary until
the board otherwise provides. Assistant secretaries shall perform such other duties as the board
of directors may from time to time prescribe.
35. The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The treasurer shall have responsibility
for the safekeeping of the funds and securities of the corporation, shall keep or cause to be kept
full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and
shall keep, or cause to be kept, all other books of account and accounting records of the
corporation. He shall deposit or cause to be deposited all moneys and other valuable effects in
the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the
board of directors or by any officer of the corporation to whom such authority has been granted by
the board.
He shall disburse, or permit to be disbursed, the funds of the corporation as may be ordered,
or authorized generally, by the board, and shall render to the chief executive officer of the
corporation and the directors whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as
treasurer and of those under his jurisdiction, and of the financial condition of the corporation.
He shall perform such other duties and shall have such other responsibility and authority as
may be prescribed elsewhere in these bylaws or from time to time by the board of directors.
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He shall have the general duties, powers and responsibility of a treasurer of a corporation
and shall, unless otherwise provided by the board, be the chief financial and accounting officer of
the corporation.
If required by the board, he shall give the corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more
sureties satisfactory to the board, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and
for the restoration to the corporation, in the case of his death, resignation, retirement or
removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in
his possession or under his control which belong to the corporation.
In the absence of the treasurer or in the event of his disability, or inability or refusal to
act, any assistant treasurer may perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer.
Assistant treasurers shall perform such other duties and have such other authority as the board of
directors may from time to time prescribe.
36. Duties of Officers May be Delegated. If any officer of the corporation be absent
or unable to act, or for any other reason that the board may deem sufficient, the board may
delegate, from the time being, some or all of the functions, duties, powers and responsibilities of
any officer to any other officer, or to any other agent or employee of the corporation or other
responsible person, provided a majority of the whole board concurs.
37. Removal. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the board of directors, and
any employee, may be removed or discharged by the board whenever in its judgment the best interests
of the corporation would be served thereby, but such removal or discharge shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed or discharged.
38. Salaries and Compensation. Salaries and compensation of all elected officers of
the corporation shall be fixed, increased or decreased by the board of directors, but this power,
except as to the salary or compensation of the chairman of the board and the president, may, unless
prohibited by law, be delegated by the board to the chairman of the board or the president, or may
be delegated to a committee. Salaries and compensation of all appointed officers, agents and
employees of the corporation may be fixed, increased or decreased by the board of directors, but
until action is taken with respect thereto by the board of directors, the same may be fixed,
increased or decreased by the president or such other officer or officers as may be empowered by
the board of directors to do so.
39. Delegation of Authority to Hire, Discharge and Designate Duties. The board from
time to time may delegate to the chairman of the board, the president or other officer or executive
employee of the corporation, authority to hire, discharge and fix and modify the duties, salary or
other compensation of employees of the corporation under their jurisdiction, and the board may
delegate to such officer or executive employee similar authority with respect to obtaining and
retaining for the corporation the services of attorneys, accountants and other experts.
Stock
40. Shares of Stock. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by
certificated or uncertificated stock. The shares of stock shall be issued in numerical order.
Stockholders shall not be entitled to receive a certificate to evidence share ownership. The board
of directors, chairman of the board, president or secretary shall, at their discretion, determine
whether shares shall be issued in certificated or uncertificated form. To the extent that shares
are represented by certificates, such certificates of stock shall be signed by, or in the name of
the corporation by, the chairman of the board or the president or a vice president, and by the
treasurer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or an
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assistant secretary, certifying the
number of shares represented by such certificate. Any of or all the signatures on such certificate
may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has
signed or whose facsimile, engraved or printed signature has been placed upon a certificate shall
have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such
certificate may nevertheless be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such officer,
transfer agent or registrar who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature shall have
been used thereon, had not ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar of the
corporation.
41. Transfers of Stock. Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the stock transfer
books of the corporation, kept at the office of the corporation or of the transfer agent designated
to transfer the class of stock, and before a new certificate, provided such shares are represented
by a certificate, is issued or a transfer of stock is effectuated, the old certificate (if such
shares were initially issued in certificated form) shall be surrendered for cancellation. Until
and unless the board appoints some other person, firm or corporation as its transfer agent (and
upon the revocation of any such appointment, thereafter until a new appointment is similarly made)
the secretary of the corporation shall be the transfer agent of the corporation without the
necessity of any formal action of the board, and the secretary, or any person designated by him,
shall perform all of the duties thereof.
42. Registered Stockholders. Only registered stockholders shall be entitled to be
treated by the corporation as the holders and owners in fact of the shares standing in their
respective names, and the corporation 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 expressly provided by applicable federal law or by the laws of
Delaware.
43. Lost Certificates. The board of directors, chairman of the board, president or
secretary may direct that certificated stock be cancelled and the stock reissued as either
certificated or uncertificated stock, in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore
issued by the corporation, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an
affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate or certificates to be lost, stolen or
destroyed. When authorizing such issuance of a replacement certificate or certificates or the
recording of uncertificated stock, the board of directors, chairman of the board, president or
secretary may, in their discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require
the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal
representative, to give the corporation and its transfer agents and registrars, if any, a bond in
such sum as it may direct to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it with
respect to the certificate
or certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or with respect to the issuance
of such new certificate, certificates or uncertificated stock.
44. Regulations. The board of directors shall have power and authority to make all
such rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer, conversion and
registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of stock of the corporation, not inconsistent
with the laws of Delaware, the certificate of incorporation of the corporation and these bylaws.
45. Fixing 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, if such action is authorized, 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, in advance, a record date,
which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such
meeting, 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
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of directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Dividends and Finance
46. Dividends. Dividends upon the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and of any applicable law and of
these bylaws, may be declared by the board of directors at any meeting. Subject to such
provisions, dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of stock of the corporation.
47. Creation of Reserves. The directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the
corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose or may abolish any
such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
48. Depositories. The moneys of the corporation shall be deposited in the name of the
corporation in such bank or banks or other depositories as the board of directors shall designate,
and shall be drawn out only by check signed by persons designated by resolution adopted by the
board of directors, except that the board of directors may delegate said powers in the manner
hereinafter provided in this paragraph 48. The board of directors may by resolution authorize an
officer or officers of the corporation to designate any bank or banks or other depositories in
which moneys of the corporation may be deposited, and to designate the persons who may sign checks
drawn on any particular account or accounts of the corporation, whether created by direct
designation of the board of directors or by an authorized officer or officers as aforesaid.
49. Fiscal Year. The board of directors shall have power to fix and from time to time
change the fiscal year of the corporation. In the absence of action by the board of directors, the
fiscal year of the corporation shall end each year on the date which the corporation treated as the
close of its first fiscal year, until such time, if any, as the fiscal year shall be changed by the
board of directors.
50. Directors, Annual Statement. The board of directors may present at each annual
meeting of the stockholders, and when called for by vote of the stockholders shall present to any
annual or special meeting of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and
condition of the corporation.
Books and Records
51. Books, Accounts and Records. The books, accounts and records of the corporation,
except as may be otherwise required by the laws of the State of Delaware, may be kept outside of
the State of Delaware, at such place or places as the board of directors may from time to time
determine. The board of directors shall determine whether, to what extent and the conditions upon
which the books, accounts and records of the corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the
inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any book,
account or record of the corporation, except as conferred by law or by resolution of the
stockholders or directors.
Miscellaneous
52. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
provisions of the statutes of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, a
waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before
or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at
a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction
of any business because the meeting is not
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lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be
transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or
members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so
required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
53. Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent
or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on
behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
54. Amendments. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, or new bylaws may
be adopted, in the manner provided in the certificate of incorporation.
55. Business Combinations. The corporation shall not be governed by the provisions of
Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
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