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Exhibit 3(ii)
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
dated October 26, 2010
Incorporated under the Laws of the State of Delaware
ARTICLE I
Offices And Records
Section 1.1 Delaware Office. The principal office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware shall be located in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, and the name
and address of its registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801.
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may have such other offices, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the
business of the Corporation may from time to time require.
Section 1.3 Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be
kept outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated
by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE II
Stockholders
Section 2.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be held on such date, and at such place and time, as may be fixed by resolution
of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.2 Special Meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called
only by the Chairman of the Board, if there be one, or the President, and shall be called by the
Chairman of the Board or the President at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of
Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
Section 2.3 Place of Meeting. The Board of Directors may designate the place of
meeting for any meeting of the stockholders. If no designation is made by the Board of Directors,
the place of meeting shall be the principal office of the Corporation.
Section 2.4 Notice of Meeting. Written or printed notice, stating the place, day
and hour of the meeting and, in the case of special meetings, the purpose or purposes for which
the meeting is called, shall be prepared and delivered by the Corporation not less than ten days
nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to
be delivered when deposited in the United States mail with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to
the stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. Such
further notice shall be given as may be required by law. Meetings may be held without notice if all
stockholders entitled to vote are present, or if notice is waived by those not present.
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Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed by resolution of the Board of
Directors upon public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such meeting of stockholders.
Section 2.5 Quorum and Adjournment. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Certificate of Incorporation), the holders
of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the
election of directors, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of
stockholders, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series voting as
a class, the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of such business. The chairman of the meeting or a majority of the shares so
represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum. No
notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be given except as required by law. The
stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Section 2.6 Voting. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any questions brought before any meeting of stockholders shall be
decided by a majority vote of the number of shares cast with respect to the matter in question;
provided, that in the case of the election of directors, if, as of the tenth (10th) day
preceding the date the Corporation first transmits its notice of meeting for such meeting to the
stockholders of the Corporation, or, at any time thereafter, the number of nominees exceeds the
number of directors to be elected (a Contested Election), the directors shall be elected by the
vote of a plurality of the votes cast. For purposes of this Section, a majority vote of the
number of shares cast means that the number of votes cast for must exceed the number of votes
cast against. An abstention or broker non-vote will not count as a vote for or against the
matter in question. Such votes may be cast in person or by proxy but no proxy shall be voted on
after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. The Board of
Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of
stockholders, in his discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by
written ballot.
Section 2.7 Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls.
(A) The Board of Directors by resolution may appoint one or more inspectors,
which inspector or inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation in other
capacities, including, without limitation, as officers, employees, agents or representatives of
the Corporation, to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more persons may
be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector
or alternate has been appointed to act, or if all inspectors or alternates who have been appointed
are unable to act, at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or
more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall
take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
(B) The chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at the meeting the
date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the
stockholders will vote at a meeting.
Section 2.8 Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
(A) Annual Meetings. (1) Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an
annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 2.4 of these Bylaws, (b) by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who
is entitled to vote on such election or such other business at the meeting, who complied with the
notice procedures set forth in subparagraphs (2) and (3) of this paragraph (A) of this Bylaw and
who was a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation, and, in the case of business other than nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors, such other business must be a proper matter for stockholder
action. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be
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delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor
more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years
annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the current years annual
meeting is advanced by more than twenty (20) days, or delayed by more than seventy (70) days, from
such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than
the 120th day prior to such current years annual meeting and not later than the close of business
on the later of the 90th day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Such stockholders notice
shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
re-election as a director all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed
in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act), including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee
and to serving as a director if elected; (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes
to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the
meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for
consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the
language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and
any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the proposal is made; (c) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (ii) the
class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record
by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and such
beneficial owner, any of their respective affiliates or associates, and any
others acting in concert with any of the foregoing, (iv) a description of any agreement,
arrangement and/or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests,
options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or
loaned shares) that has or have been entered into as of the date of the stockholders notice by,
or on behalf of, such stockholder and such beneficial owners, the effect or intent of which is to
mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the
voting power of, such stockholder and such beneficial owner, with respect to shares of stock of
the Corporation, (v) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (vi) a representation whether the stockholder
or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (A) to deliver a
proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations
outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or
(B) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of
this Section 2.8 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there is no public announcement naming all
of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the
Corporation at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years
annual meeting, a stockholders notice required by this Section 2.8 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 tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is
first made by the Corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted
at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporations notice of meeting pursuant to Article II, Section 2.4 of these Bylaws. 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 is entitled
to vote on such election at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 2.8 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the
Secretary of the Corporation. 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
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entitled to vote in such election of directors 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 stockholder
delivers a written notice setting forth the information that would be required by paragraph (A)(2)
of this Section 2.8 if such nomination were brought by the stockholder before an annual meeting, to
the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of
business on the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth 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.
(C) General. (1) A stockholder providing notice of a proposed
nomination for election to the Board or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting
(whether given pursuant to paragraph (A)(2) or paragraph (B) of this Section 2.8) shall update and
supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided
or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the
meeting and as of the date that is 15 days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement
thereof; such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not later than 5 days after the record date for the meeting
(in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later
than 10 days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the
case of any update and supplement required to be made as of 15 days prior to the meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof).
(2) The Corporation may require any proposed nominee for election to the Board of
Directors to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the
eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation.
(3) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
2.8 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation 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 Section 2.8. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall
have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be
brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8
and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.8, to declare
that such defective nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be
transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8, unless otherwise required
by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at
the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or
proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be
transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the
Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.8, to be considered a qualified representative of the
stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or
must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission
delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders
and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of
the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(4) For purposes of this Section 2.8, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national
news service or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Corporation with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(5) For purposes of this Bylaw, no adjournment or postponement or notice of adjournment or
postponement of any meeting shall be deemed to constitute a new notice of such meeting for
purposes of this Section 2.8, and in order for any notification required to be delivered by a
stockholder pursuant to this Section 2.8 to be timely, such notification must be delivered within
the periods set forth above with respect to the originally scheduled meeting.
(6) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8, a stockholder
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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 Section 2.8; 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 any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any
other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.8 (including paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and
(B) hereof), and compliance with paragraphs (A)(1)(c) and (B) of this Section 2.8 shall be the
exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business. Nothing in this
Section 2.8 shall apply to the right, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock (as
defined in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) to elect directors pursuant to any
applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
Board of Directors
Section 3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall
be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and
authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon them, the Board of Directors may exercise all
such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the
stockholders.
Section 3.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors shall be
fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by Board of Directors. The
directors are divided into classes, each class to consist of one-third of the number of directors
then constituting the Board of Directors. The term of office of those of the first class shall
expire at the annual meeting next following the first election held after the adoption of this
Bylaw; the term of office of those of the second class shall expire one year thereafter; and the
term of office of those of the third class shall expire two years thereafter. At each annual
meeting following the annual meeting at which this Bylaw shall be adopted, the directors elected
shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed those whose terms expire.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each director shall serve until his successor is duly elected and
qualified, or until his resignation, removal, or death.
Section 3.3 Regular Meetings. A meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held
without other notice than this Bylaw immediately prior to or after, and at the same place as, each
annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, provide the time and
place for the holding of additional regular meetings without other notice than such resolution.
Section 3.4 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall
be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the President or a majority of the Board of
Directors. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may
fix the place and time of the meetings.
Section 3.5 Notice. Notice of any special meeting shall be given to each
director at his business or residence in writing or by telephone or facsimile or electronic
communication. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed adequately delivered when deposited in the
United States mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least three days before such
meeting. If by telephone, facsimile or electronic communication, the notice shall be given at least
twenty-four hours prior to the time set for the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in
the notice of such meeting, except for amendments to these Bylaws, as provided under Section 7.1 of
Article VII hereof. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors
are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in writing, either before or
after such meeting.
Section 3.6 Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board of Directors there
shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the
meeting from time to time without further notice. The act of the majority of the directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
The directors present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until
adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.
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Section 3.7 Vacancies. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines,
vacancies resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, an
increase in the authorized number of directors or other cause may be filled only by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors,
or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence of
this Section 3.7 shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders
and until such directors successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the
number of authorized directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any
incumbent director.
Section 3.8 Executive and Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution adopted by a majority of the Board of Directors, designate an Executive Committee to
exercise, subject to applicable provisions of law, all or part of the powers of the Board in the
management of the business and affairs of the Corporation when the Board is not in session,
including without limitation the power to declare dividends and to authorize the issuance of the
Corporations capital stock, and may, by resolution similarly adopted, designate one or more other
committees. The Executive Committee and each such other committee shall consist of two or more
directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of
any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.
Any such committee may, to the extent permitted by law, exercise such powers and shall have such
responsibilities as shall be specified in the designating resolution. In the absence or
disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof
present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such
absent or disqualified member. Each committee shall keep written minutes of its proceedings and
shall report such proceedings to the Board when required.
A majority of any committee may determine its action and fix the time and place of its
meetings, unless the Board shall otherwise provide. Notice of such meetings shall be given to each
member of the committee in the manner provided for in Section 3.5 of these Bylaws. The Board shall
have power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve any such
committee. Except as otherwise provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed
members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by that committee,
and in every case where a quorum is present the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of
the committee present shall be the act of the committee.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 4.1 Elected Officers. The elected officers of the Corporation shall be a
President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Directors from time to
time may deem proper, including one or more vice presidents, assistant treasurers and assistant
secretaries. In addition, the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time may elect a
Chairman of the Board from among its members. A director serving as Chairman of the Board may be,
but need not be, an elected officer. All officers chosen by the Board of Directors shall each have
such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.2 Election and Term of Office. The elected officers of the Corporation
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at the regular meeting of the Board of
Directors held immediately prior to or after each annual meeting of the stockholders. If the
election of officers shall not be held at such meeting such election shall be held as soon
thereafter as convenient. Subject to Section 4.5 of these By-Laws, each officer shall hold office
until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall have qualified or until his death or
until he shall resign.
Section 4.3 Secretary. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of
all meetings of stockholders and Directors and all other notices required by law or by these
Bylaws, and in case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be
given by any person thereunto directed by the Chairman of the Board or the President, or by the
Board of Directors, upon whose request the meeting is called as provided in these Bylaws. The
Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of
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the Board of Directors, any committees thereof and the stockholders of the Corporation in a book to be kept for
that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the President. The Secretary shall have the custody of the
seal of the Corporation and see that the same is affixed to all instruments requiring it.
Section 4.4 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate
funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in
books belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in
the name and to the credit of the Corporation in the depository or depositaries of the
Corporation. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation, taking proper vouchers
for such disbursements. The Treasurer shall render to the Chairman of the Board, the President
and the Board of Directors, whenever requested, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer
and of the financial condition of the Corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, the
Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such
amount and with such surety as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.
Section 4.5 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be
removed by a majority of the Board of Directors, with or without cause, whenever, in their
judgment, the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby. No elected officer shall
have any contractual rights against the Corporation for compensation by virtue of such election
beyond the date of the election of his successor, his death, his resignation or his removal,
whichever event shall first occur, except as otherwise provided in an employment contract or under
an employee deferred compensation plan.
Section 4.6 Vacancies. A newly created office and a vacancy in any office
because of death, resignation, or removal may be filled by the Board of Directors for the
unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFERS
Section 5.1 Form.
The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions
that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such
resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is
surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled
to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if any, or the President or a vice president, and by the Treasurer or an assistant
treasurer, or the Secretary or an assistant secretary, of the Corporation certifying the number of
shares owned by such holder in the Corporation. Any of or all the signatures on the certificate may
be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent,
or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same
effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
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ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 6.1 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
the Board of Directors.
Section 6.2 Dividends. The Board of Directors may from time to time
declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner
and upon the terms and conditions provided by law and its Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 6.3 Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board
of Directors shall prescribe.
Section 6.4 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given
to any stockholder or director of the Corporation under the provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to
be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders or
the Board of Directors need be specified in any waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section 6.5 Audits. The accounts, books and records of the Corporation
shall be audited upon the conclusion of each fiscal year by an independent certified
public accountant, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to cause such audit
to be made annually.
Section 6.6 Resignations. Any director or any officer, whether elected
or appointed, may resign at any time by serving written notice of such resignation on the
Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary, and such resignation shall be
deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the date said notice is received by
the Chairman of the Board, the President, or the Secretary, unless otherwise specified in
said notice. No formal action shall be required of the Board of Directors or the
stockholders to make any such resignation effective.
Section 6.7 Indemnification and Insurance. (A) Each person who was or is
made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit,
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person of whom he or she is the
legal representative is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation or is
or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis
of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee
or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without
limitation, attorneys fees, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid or to be paid
in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and
such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors
and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in paragraph (B) of this
Section 6.7 of this Bylaw with respect to proceedings seeking to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification
in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such
proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(B) If a claim under paragraph (A) of this Section 6.7 of this Bylaw is not paid in
full by the Corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by
the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the
Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in
part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such
claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce
a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the
Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct
which make it permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware for the Corporation to
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indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the
burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that
indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel or stockholders) that the claimant has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption
that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(C) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in
defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Bylaw
shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
(D) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and
any director, officer, 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 General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
(E) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
Directors, grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation the
expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, to
any agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Bylaw with
respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors, officers and
employees of the Corporation.
(F) The right to indemnification conferred in this Bylaw shall be a contract right
and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however,
that if the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires the payment of such
expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or
officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person
while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee
benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, such advancement shall
be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this
Bylaw or otherwise.
(G) For the avoidance of doubt, claimants right to indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided under this Article VI shall (i) vest at the time that
such claimant becomes a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or at
the time such claimant becomes a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans, at the request of the Corporation and
(ii) continue as to the claimant even though he may have ceased to be a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation.
(H) Any amendment or modification of these Bylaws affecting a claimants right to
indemnification or the advancement of expenses provided under this Article VI shall not
alter the claimants right to indemnification or the advancement of expenses with
respect to such claimants conduct prior to the amendment or modification, without the
express written consent of such claimant.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
Section 7.1 Amendments. These Bylaws may be altered, amended,
rescinded or repealed in whole or in part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors or a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast by the stockholders on the matter, provided that the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the Board of Directors or of two-thirds of the votes entitled to
be cast by the stockholders on the matter is required to amend Sections 2.5, 2.6, 3.2,
3.6, 3.7, 6.2, 6.7 and 7.1 of the Bylaws, and provided that notice of the proposed
change was given in the notice of the meeting.
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