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8-K - FORM 8-K - DEL MONTE FOODS COd8k.htm
EX-3.1 - RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex31.htm
EX-10.1 - CREDIT AGREEMENT, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex101.htm
EX-10.8 - PLEDGE AGREEMENT, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex108.htm
EX-10.6 - GUARANTEE, IN FAVOR OF BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex106.htm
EX-10.4 - PLEDGE AGREEMENT, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex104.htm
EX-10.3 - SECURITY AGREEMENT, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex103.htm
EX-10.2 - GUARANTEE, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex102.htm
EX-10.9 - PURCHASE AGREEMENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex109.htm
EX-10.5 - CREDIT AGREEMENT, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex105.htm
EX-10.13 - FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, TO THE INDENTURE - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1013.htm
EX-10.14 - SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, TO THE INDENTURE - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1014.htm
EX-10.16 - INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1016.htm
EX-10.19 - EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, BETWEEN DEL MONTE CORPORATION AND DAVID W. ALLEN - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1019.htm
EX-10.18 - EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, BETWEEN DEL MONTE CORPORATION AND LARRY E. BODNER - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1018.htm
EX-10.10 - INDENTURE, DATED OF FEBRUARY 16, 2011 - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1010.htm
EX-10.15 - MONITORING AGREEMENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1015.htm
EX-10.20 - LETTER AGREEMENT, BETWEEN BLUE ACQUISITION GROUP, INC. AND TIMOTHY A. COLE - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1020.htm
EX-10.17 - LETTER AGREEMENT, BETWEEN BLUE ACQUISITION GROUP, INC. AND NEIL HARRISON - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1017.htm
EX-10.11 - REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1011.htm
EX-10.12 - SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, TO THE INDENTURE - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex1012.htm
EX-10.7 - SECURITY AGREEMENT, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT - DEL MONTE FOODS COdex107.htm

Exhibit 3.2

DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

ARTICLE I

MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Place of Meeting and Notice. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place either within or without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may determine.

Section 2. Annual and Special Meetings. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held, at a date, time and place fixed by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of meeting, to elect a Board of Directors and to transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the President for any purpose and shall be called by the President or Secretary if directed by the Board of Directors or requested in writing by the holders of not less than 25% of the capital stock of the Corporation. Each such stockholder request shall state the purpose of the proposed meeting.

Section 3. Notice. Except as otherwise provided by law, at least 10 and not more than 60 days before each meeting of stockholders, written notice of the time, date and place of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder.

Section 4. Quorum. At any meeting of stockholders, the holders of record, present in person or by proxy, of a majority of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding capital stock shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law. In the absence of a quorum, any officer entitled to preside at or to act as secretary of the meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is present.

Section 5. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law, all matters submitted to a meeting of stockholders shall be decided by vote of the holders of record, present in person or by proxy, of a majority of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding capital stock.

ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number, Election and Removal of Directors. The number of Directors that shall constitute the Board of Directors shall be not less than one nor more than fifteen. The first Board of Directors shall consist of three Directors. Thereafter, within the limits specified above, the number of Directors shall be determined by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders. The Directors shall be elected by the stockholders at their annual meeting. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining Director or by the stockholders. A Director may be removed with or without cause by the stockholders.


Section 2. Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors or as may be specified in a notice of meeting. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time upon the call of the President and shall be called by the President or Secretary if directed by the Board of Directors. Telegraphic, facsimile or written notice of each special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be sent to each Director not less than two hours before such meeting. A meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of Directors.

Section 3. Quorum. One-third of the total number of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until such a quorum is present. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, these By-Laws or any contract or agreement to which the Corporation is a party, 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.

Section 4. Committees of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, including without limitation an Executive Committee, to have and exercise such power and authority as the Board of Directors shall specify. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a 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 Director to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other additional officers with such titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, all of whom shall be chosen by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Such officers shall have the usual powers and shall perform all the usual duties incident to their respective offices. All officers shall be subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Directors. The authority, duties or responsibilities of any officer of the Corporation may be suspended by the President with or without cause. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed by the Board of Directors with or without cause.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 1. Right to Indemnification. Each person (a “Covered 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

 

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or was a Director or officer of the Corporation or, while a Director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, 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, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, and excise taxes or penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) 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 or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section (2) of this Article IV, 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. The right to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred in this Article shall be a contract right. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person 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 Covered Person as set forth herein in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding 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 Article or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of the Board of Director, provide indemnification and advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of and advancement of expenses to Directors and officers.

Section 2. Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section (1) of this Article IV 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 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 Director, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because 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 Director, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

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Section 3. Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article 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, By-Law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.

Section 4. Insurance. 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 such 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.

Section 5. Amendment or Repeal. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IV shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Notices. Whenever any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws require notice to be given to any Director or stockholder, such notice may be given in writing by mail, addressed to such Director or stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Such notice shall be deemed to have been given when it is deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile or telegram.

Section 2. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the Sunday closest to the last day of April of each year unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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