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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
DYNAMEX INC.
OF
DYNAMEX INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
OFFICES
1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of Dynamex Inc. (the
“Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have another office or offices, and keep
the books and records of the Corporation, except as may be required by law, at such other place or
places either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors (the
“Board”) may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may from
time to time require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held
at such place, if any, as may be designated from time to time by the Board or the Ranking Officer
or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the Corporation.
2.2 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation for the
election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought
before the meeting shall be held on a date and at a time designated by the Board or the Ranking
Officer. For purposes of these Bylaws, “Ranking Officer” means the Chairman of the Board or, if
none, the President.
2.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be
called at any time by the Board or the Ranking Officer, and shall be held on such date and at such
time as the Board or Ranking Officer shall fix. Business transacted at any special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes
stated in the notice of meeting.
2.4 Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws, written
notice of all meetings of stockholders of the Corporation shall be given not less than 10 nor more
than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice
shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to (in a manner
consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”)) by the
stockholder to whom the notice is given. The notices of all meetings shall state the place, if
any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders and proxy holders
may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and,
in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. If
notice is given by mail, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on
the records of the Corporation. If notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall
be deemed given at the time specified in Section 232 of the DGCL.
2.5 Voting List. The Secretary of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10
days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at
the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and 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, for a period of at least 10
days prior to the meeting (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the
information required to gain access to such list is provided with notice of the meeting or (b)
during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The list
shall also be produced and kept open for examination at the meeting as required by the DGCL.
2.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, the holders of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by
proxy, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board in its
sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
at a meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation. If a quorum is not present or represented by
proxy at a meeting of stockholders, then the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority
in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy,
shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section
2.7 of these Bylaws, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is
present or represented.
2.7 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether or not a
quorum is present, may be adjourned for any reason from time to time to another time or to another
place, if any, by either the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority in voting power
of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy. It shall not be
necessary to notify any stockholder of any adjournment of less than 30 days if the time and place,
if any, of the adjourned meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which
stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned
meeting, are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken, unless after the adjournment a
new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may
transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.8 Voting and Proxies. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, each stockholder of the Corporation shall be entitled to one (1) vote for, in person
or by proxy, each share of stock entitled to vote held of record by such stockholder. Each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person (including
by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in
person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to vote for such
stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the DGCL by the
stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic
transmission) to the Secretary
of the Corporation. No such proxy shall be voted upon after three
years from its date, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period.
2.9 Action at Meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, these Bylaws or the
Certificate of Incorporation, when a quorum is present at a meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation, any matter other than the election of directors to be voted upon by the stockholders
at such meeting shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of shares of stock having a
majority of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of stock present in person
(including by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be
present in person and vote at such meeting) or represented by proxy and voting on such matter.
When a quorum is present at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, an election by
stockholders of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders
entitled to vote on the election.
2.10 Conduct of Meetings; Inspectors.
(a) Meetings of stockholders of the Corporation shall be presided over by the Chairman of the
Board, if any, or, in the Chairman’s absence, by a person designated by the Board or, in the
absence of a person so designated by the Board, by a chairman chosen at the meeting by the holders
of a majority in voting power of the stock entitled to vote thereat, present in person (including
by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in
person and vote at such meeting) or represented by proxy. The Secretary of the Corporation shall
act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairman of the meeting may
appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The Board may adopt from time to time by resolution or resolutions such rules, regulations
and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as it shall deem
appropriate or convenient, including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may
deem appropriate or convenient regarding the participation by means of remote communication of
stockholders and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting. Except to the extent
inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board, the chairman of
any meeting of stockholders 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 appropriate for
the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations, or procedures, whether adopted by the
Board or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following:
(i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures
for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on
attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their
duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be determined; (iv)
restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof and (v)
limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the
extent determined by the Board or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not
be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
(c) In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board or the Ranking Officer shall appoint
one or more inspectors of election to act at a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and make
a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as
alternate inspectors to
act at such meeting. If no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a
meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at
the meeting. Except to the extent prohibited by law, inspectors may be officers, employees, or
agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s
duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict
impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the
duties prescribed by the DGCL and shall announce the date and time of the opening and closing of
the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting.
2.11 Action by Consent in Lieu of a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special
meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice
and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall
be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that
would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to
vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its
registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent
of the Corporation having custody of the book in which minutes of proceedings of stockholders are
recorded. Delivery made to the attention of the Secretary at the Corporation’s registered office
shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of
the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall,
to the extent required by law, be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and
who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting
if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient
number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by
or under the direction of the Board, who may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation except
as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.
3.2 Number, Election and Term. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation, the number of directors on the Board shall be fixed from time to time by resolution
or resolutions of the Board. Each director shall be elected at each annual meeting of stockholders
except as provided in Section 3.5 of these Bylaws. Election of directors need not be by
written ballot. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.
3.3 Quorum and Voting. Each director shall be entitled to one (1) vote except as
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Except as otherwise required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation, or the Bylaws, a majority of the directors at anytime shall
constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, and the vote of a
majority of the directors present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
regarded as the act of the Board. If at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than such a
quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time and place, if
any, without further notice other than announcement at the meeting.
3.4 Removal. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation,
any director or the entire Board may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a
majority in voting power of all issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at an election of
directors.
3.5 Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any
newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and
any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal, or other
cause shall be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum,
or by the sole remaining director. Any director appointed in accordance with the preceding
sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which
the new directorship was created or in which the vacancy occurred and until such director’s
successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation, disqualification, or removal.
3.6 Resignation. Any director may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Corporation at its principal office or to the Ranking Officer or the
Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective at the time specified in such
notice or, if not specified, upon receipt thereof. Unless otherwise specified therein, acceptance
of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
3.7 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at
such time and place, if any, as shall be determined from time to time by the Board;
provided, however, any director who is absent when such a determination is made
shall be given notice of the determination. A regular meeting of the Board may be held without
notice immediately after and at the same place, if any, as the annual meeting of stockholders.
3.8 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be held at any time and
place, if any, designated in a call by the Chairman of the Board, if any, two or more directors, or
by the sole remaining director.
3.9 Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of any special meeting of the Board shall be
given to each director by the Secretary of the Corporation or by the officer or one of the
directors calling the meeting. Notice shall be duly given to each director (a) in person, by
telephone, or by electronic mail at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending a
telegram, telecopy, electronic transmission, or other form of recorded communication or by
delivering written notice by hand, to such director’s last known business, home, or electronic mail
address at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) by sending written notice, via
reputable overnight courier, to such director’s last known business or home address at least 72
hours in advance of the meeting. A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board need not
specify the purpose or purposes of the meeting.
3.10 Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment. Directors may participate in
meetings of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.11 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board or
of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee
thereof, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission or
transmissions, and the written consent or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with
the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee thereof.
3.12 Committees.
(a) The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more
of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the
committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members
thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she, or they
constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in
place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent permitted by
law and to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the
powers and authority of the Board 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.
(b) Unless the Board otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may make,
alter and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each
committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts its business pursuant
to these Bylaws.
3.13 Compensation of Directors. Members of the Board and committees thereof may
receive such compensation, if any, for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of
attendance at meetings as the Board may from time to time determine by resolution or resolutions.
No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or any of its parent or
subsidiary companies in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
4.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall include a President, a Secretary,
a Treasurer and such other officers as the Board may from time to time determine, each of whom
shall be elected by the Board, each to have such authority, functions or duties as set forth in
these Bylaws or as determined by the Board. Each officer shall hold office for such term as may be
prescribed by the Board and until such person’s successor shall have been duly elected and
qualified or until such person’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Any two
or more of such offices may be held by the same person.
4.2 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign at any time by delivering a
written resignation to the Corporation at its principal office or to the Ranking Officer or the
Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective at the time specified in the
notice thereof, or if not specified, upon receipt thereof. Any officer may be removed at any time,
with or without cause, by vote of a majority of the entire number of directors then in office
(excluding, in the event such officer is also a director, such director). Except as the Board may
otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation
as an officer for any period
following such officer’s resignation or removal, or any right to
damages on account of such resignation or removal, whether such officer’s compensation be by the
month or by the year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided in a duly
authorized written agreement with the Corporation.
4.3 Vacancies. The Board may select a successor to fill any vacancy occurring in any
office. Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor
and until a successor is elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation,
disqualification, or removal.
4.4 Chairman of the Board. The Board may appoint from its members a Chairman of the
Board. If the Board appoints a Chairman of the Board, such Chairman shall perform such duties and
possess such powers as are assigned by the Board and herein. Unless otherwise provided by these
Bylaws, the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board and stockholders.
4.5 President. The President shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as
the Board may from time to time prescribe.
4.6 Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary of the Corporation shall
perform such duties and shall have such powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe. In
addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the
office of the secretary, including, without limitation, the duty and power to give notices of all
meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board, to attend all meetings of stockholders
and to keep a record of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger, to prepare lists of
stockholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the
corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents. Any Assistant Secretary shall
perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board or the Secretary of the Corporation may
from time to time prescribe.
4.7 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and
shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board. In addition, the
Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of
treasurer, including, without limitation, the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all
funds and securities of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the corporation in depositories
selected in accordance with these Bylaws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board, to make
proper accounts of such funds, and to render as required by the Board statements of all such
transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation. The Assistant Treasurers shall
perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board or the Treasurer may from time to time
prescribe.
4.8 Compensation. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such compensation,
if any, as shall be fixed from time to time by the Board by resolution or resolutions. No officer
shall be prevented from receiving such compensation because such officer is also a director of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
CAPITAL STOCK
5.1 Stock Certificates. There shall be issued to each holder of fully paid shares of
the capital stock of the Corporation a certificate or certificates representing such shares;
provided,
however, the Board may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or
all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Every holder of shares of the
Corporation 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 or the President, and by the Treasurer or
an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, representing the number of
shares registered in certificate form. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles. In case any
officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed
upon a certificate has 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.
5.2 Transfers. Except as otherwise established by any rules and regulations adopted
by the Board, and subject to applicable law, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the
Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate
representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of
attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as
the Corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require. Except as may be otherwise required
by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, the Corporation shall be entitled to
treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes,
including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of
any transfer, pledge, or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on
the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
5.3 Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new
certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in place of any previously issued certificate alleged
to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as the Board may prescribe,
including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft, or destruction and the
giving of such indemnity, including a bond, as the Board may require for the protection of the
Corporation or any transfer agent or registrar.
5.4 Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders of the
Corporation entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock or for the purpose
of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede
the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which
record date (a) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting
of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than
60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting; (b) in the case of determination of
stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, shall
not be more than 10 days from the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted
by the Board and (c) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than 60 days prior to such
other action. If no record date is fixed (i) the record date for determining stockholders entitled
to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day
next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business
on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; (ii) the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action
in writing without a
meeting, when no prior action of the Board is required by law, shall be the first date on which a
signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
Corporation in accordance with applicable law, or, if prior action by the Board is required by law,
shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such
prior action and (iii) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be
at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto. A
determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, the Board may fix a
new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 Actions Other Than by or in the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending, or contemplated action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, trustee, employee, or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise (all of such persons being hereafter
referred to in this Article VI as a “Corporate Functionary”), against expenses (including
attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he 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. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or
conviction, or upon 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 or, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, that he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
6.2 Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or
contemplated action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its
favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Corporate Functionary against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court
of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
6.3 Determination of Right to Indemnification. Any indemnification under Sections 6.1
or 6.2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the Corporate Functionary is proper in
the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 6.1
or 6.2 of. Such determination shall be made (a) by the Board by a majority vote of a quorum
consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit, or proceeding, or (b) if such 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 (c) by the stockholders.
6.4 Right to Indemnification. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Article
VI, to the extent that a Corporate Functionary has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Sections 6.1 or 6.2 (including the
dismissal of a proceeding without prejudice or the settlement of a proceeding without admission of
liability), 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.
6.5 Prepaid Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit,
or proceeding 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 the Corporate Functionary to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Corporation as authorized in this Article VI.
6.6 Right to Indemnification upon Application; Procedure upon Application. Any
indemnification under Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4, or any advance under Section 6.5, shall be made
promptly upon, and in any event within 60 days after, the written request of the Corporate
Functionary, unless with respect to applications under Sections 6.2, 6.3 or 6.5, a determination is
reasonably and promptly made by the Board by majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested
directors that such Corporate Functionary acted in a manner set forth in such Sections as to
justify the Corporation in not indemnifying or making an advance of expenses to the Corporate
Functionary. If no quorum of disinterested directors is obtainable, the Board shall promptly direct
that independent legal counsel shall decide whether the Corporate Functionary acted in a manner set
forth in such Sections as to justify the Corporation’s not indemnifying or making an advance of
expenses to the Corporate Functionary. The right to indemnification or advance of expenses granted
by this Article VI shall be enforceable by the Corporate Functionary in any court of competent
jurisdiction if the Board or independent legal counsel denies his claim, in whole or in part, or if
no disposition of such claim is made within 60 days. The expenses of the Corporate Functionary
incurred in connection with successfully establishing his right to indemnification, in whole or in
part, in any such proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.
6.7 Other Rights and Remedies. The indemnification and advancement of expenses or
provided by or granted pursuant to this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which any person seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses or may be entitled
under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as
to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office,
and shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a Corporate Functionary and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and
administrators of such a person. Any repeal or modification of these bylaws or relevant provisions
of the Delaware General Corporation Law and other applicable law, if any, shall not affect any then
existing rights of a Corporate Functionary to indemnification or advancement of expenses.
6.8 Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board, the Corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against him 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 Article VI.
6.9 Mergers. For purposes of this Article VI, references to “the Corporation” shall
include, in addition to the resulting or surviving corporation, constituent corporations (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 and officers
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, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise shall stand in the
same position under the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the resulting or surviving
corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence
had continued.
6.10 Savings Provision. If this Article VI or any portion hereof shall be invalidated
on any ground by a court of competent jurisdiction, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify
each Corporate Functionary as to expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, and
amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit, proceeding, or investigation, whether
civil, criminal, or administrative, including a grand jury proceeding or action or suit brought by
or in the right of the Corporation, to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article VI that shall not have been invalidated.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
7.1 Fiscal Year. Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board, the
fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each calendar year and
end on the last day of December of the same calendar year.
7.2 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by
the Board.
7.3 Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate
of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a written waiver signed by the person entitled to notice, or a
waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before, at or after the
time stated in such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a
meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of
any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
7.4 Voting of Securities. Except as the Board may otherwise designate, any other
officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board may waive notice of, and act as, or appoint any
person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for this Corporation (with or without power
of substitution) at any meeting of stockholders or stockholders of any other corporation or
organization, the securities of which may be held by this Corporation.
7.5 Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary of the Corporation, or an
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a
committee of the Board or any officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons
who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.
7.6 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, member of any committee
designated by the Board and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her
duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account or other records of
the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the
Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board so designated, or by
any other person as to matters which such director or committee member reasonably believes are
within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected within
reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
7.7 Certificate of Incorporation. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate
of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation,
as amended and in effect from time to time. All powers, duties and responsibilities provided for
in these Bylaws, whether or not explicitly qualified, are qualified by the Certificate of
Incorporation and applicable law.
7.8 Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any
reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of
these Bylaws.
7.9 Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the
masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may
require.
7.10 Examination of Corporate Records. Every stockholder shall, upon written demand
under oath stating the purpose thereof, have a right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney,
during the usual hours for business, for any proper purpose, the stock ledger, list of
stockholders, books or records of account and records of the proceedings of the stockholders and
directors of the corporation, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall
mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance
where an attorney or
other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand
under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the
attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be
directed to the Corporation at its registered office or principal place of business. Where the
stockholder seeks to inspect the books and records of the Corporation, other than its stock ledger
or list of stockholders, the stockholder shall first establish (a) that the stockholder has
complied with the provisions of this section and the DGCL respecting the form and manner of making
demand for inspection of such documents and (b) that the inspection sought is for a proper purpose.
Where the stockholder seeks to inspect the stock ledger or list of stockholders of the Corporation
and has complied with the provisions of this section and the DGCL respecting the form and manner of
making demand for inspection of such documents, the burden of proof shall be upon the Corporation
to establish that the inspection sought is for an improper purpose.
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, in whole or part, or new Bylaws may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of stock
entitled to vote generally upon the election of directors. The Board shall also have the authority
to amend or repeal these Bylaws, in whole or part, or to adopt new Bylaws subject to the foregoing
power of the stockholders to amend or repeal such Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws and except as provided
by applicable law.