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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
of
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
of
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
As amended as of May 24, 2011
ARTICLE I
Offices
Offices
Section 1.1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 1.2. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within
and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
Stockholders
Stockholders
Section 2.1. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of
directors at such date, time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as may be
designated by the Board of Directors from time to time. Any other proper business may be
transacted at the annual meeting.
Section 2.2. Special Meetings.
(a) Special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, the President, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or a majority of the Board
of Directors pursuant to a resolution stating the purpose or purposes thereof or, solely to the
extent required by Section 2.2(b), by the Secretary of the Corporation. Each special meeting of
stockholders shall be held at such date, time and place either within or without the State of
Delaware as may be stated in the Corporations notice of the meeting sent pursuant to Section 2.3.
No business other than that stated in the Corporations notice of the meeting shall be transacted
at any special meeting.
(b) A special meeting of stockholders shall be called by the Secretary upon the written
request of the holders of record of not less than forty percent (40%) of the voting power of all
outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the Requisite Percent), subject to the
following:
(1) In order for a special meeting upon stockholder request (a Stockholder Requested
Special Meeting) to be called by the Secretary, one or more written requests for a special
meeting (each, a Special Meeting Request, and collectively, the Special Meeting
Requests) stating the purpose of the special meeting and the matters proposed to be acted
upon thereat must be signed and dated by the Requisite Percent of record holders of common
stock (or their duly authorized agents), must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation and must set forth:
(i) in the case of any director nominations proposed to be presented at such
Stockholder Requested Special Meeting, the information required by Section
2.10(b)(1) and (2) (with such stockholder being deemed the Proponent for these
purposes);
(ii) in the case of any other business proposed to be conducted at such
Stockholder Requested Special Meeting, the information required by Section
2.10(c)(1) and (2) (with such stockholder being deemed the Proponent for these
purposes); and
(iii) an agreement by the requesting stockholder to notify the Corporation
immediately in the case of any disposition prior to the record date for the
Stockholder Requested Special Meeting of shares of common stock owned of record and
an acknowledgement that any such disposition shall be deemed a revocation of such
Special Meeting Request with respect to such shares.
The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as
it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as
an independent director of the Corporation and to comply with applicable law. The
Corporation will provide the requesting stockholder with notice of the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the Stockholder Requested Special Meeting.
The requesting stockholder is required to update the notice delivered pursuant to this
Section not later than 10 business days after such record date to provide any material
changes in the foregoing information as of such record date.
In determining whether a special meeting of stockholders has been requested by the
record holders of shares representing in the aggregate at least the Requisite Percent,
multiple Special Meeting Requests delivered to the Secretary will be considered together
only if each such Special Meeting Request (x) identifies substantially the same purpose or
purposes of the special meeting and substantially the same matters proposed to be acted on
at the special meeting (in each case as determined in good faith by the Board), and (y) has
been dated and delivered to the Secretary within 60 calendar days of the earliest dated of
such Special Meeting Requests. If the record holder is not the signatory to the Special
Meeting Request, such Special Meeting Request will not be valid unless documentary evidence
is supplied to the Secretary at the time of delivery of such Special Meeting Request (or
within 10 business days thereafter) of such signatorys authority to execute the Special
Meeting Request on behalf of the record holder. Any requesting stockholder may revoke his,
her or its Special Meeting Request at any time by written revocation delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation; provided, however, that if
following such revocation (or any deemed revocation pursuant to clause (iii) above), the
unrevoked valid Special Meeting Requests represent in the aggregate less than the Requisite
Percent, there shall be no requirement to hold a special meeting. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in these bylaws, if a Special Meeting Request is made that complies with
this Section 2.2(b) and all other applicable sections of these bylaws, the Board of
Directors may (in lieu of calling the Stockholder Requested Special Meeting) include a
Similar Item (as defined below) in the Corporations notice as an item of business to be
brought before any other meeting of stockholders that is, or will be, scheduled to be held
within 120 calendar days after the first date on which unrevoked
valid Special Meeting Requests constituting not less than the Requisite Percent shall have
been delivered to the Corporation (the Request Receipt Date).
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(2) A Special Meeting Request shall not be valid if:
(i) the Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a
proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law;
(ii) the Request Receipt Date is during the period commencing 90 calendar days
prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual
meeting and ending on the earlier of (x) the date of the next annual meeting and (y)
30 calendar days after the first anniversary of the date of the immediately
preceding annual meeting;
(iii) the purpose specified in the Special Meeting Request is not the election
of directors and an identical or substantially similar item (a Similar Item) was
presented at any meeting of stockholders held within the 12 months prior to the
Request Receipt Date; or
(iv) a Similar Item is included in the Corporations notice as an item of
business to be brought before a stockholder meeting that has been called but not yet
held.
(3) A Stockholder Requested Special Meeting shall be held at such date and time as may
be fixed by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Stockholder Requested
Special Meeting shall be called for a date not less than 90 calendar days and not more than
100 calendar days after the Request Receipt Date.
(4) Business transacted at any Stockholder Requested Special Meeting shall be limited
to (i) the purpose(s) stated in the valid Special Meeting Request(s) received from the
Requisite Percent of record holders and (ii) any additional matters that the Board of
Directors determines to include in the Corporations notice of the meeting. If none of the
stockholders who submitted the Special Meeting Request appears or sends a qualified
representative to present the matters to be presented for consideration that were specified
in the Stockholder Meeting Request, the Corporation need not present such matters for a vote
at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been
received by the Corporation.
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Section 2.3. Notice of Meetings.
(a) Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written
notice of the meeting shall be given which 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. Unless otherwise provided by law, the written
notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than 60 calendar days before the
date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting. The written notice shall be delivered personally, mailed (if mailed, such notice
shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to
the stockholder at such stockholders address as it appears on the records of the Corporation), or
given by a form of electronic transmission in accordance with paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this
Section 2.3, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at such address or
telecopy number as appears on the records of the Corporation.
(b) Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to
stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under these bylaws shall be
effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the
notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the
Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver
by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such
consent, and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the
Corporations transfer agent or other person designated by the Corporation to give notice on behalf
of the Corporation; provided, however, that the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a
revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action of the Corporation.
(c) Notice given pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.3 shall be deemed given: (1) if
by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to
receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the
stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together
with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such
posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic
transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary or of the Corporations transfer agent or other person designated by the Corporation to
give notice on behalf of the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic
transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(d) For purposes of these bylaws, electronic transmission means any form of communication,
not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be
retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in
paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
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Section 2.4. Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned by the
chairman of the meeting from time to time, to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice
need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, 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 the
adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which
might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30
calendar days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at
the meeting.
Section 2.5. Quorum. At each meeting of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by law or
the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the holders of one third of the outstanding
shares of stock entitled to vote on a matter at the meeting, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum. For purposes of the foregoing, where a separate vote by class or
classes is required for any matter, the holders of one third of the outstanding shares of such
class or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum to take
action with respect to that vote on that matter. Two or more classes or series of stock shall be
considered a single class if the holders thereof are entitled to vote together as a single class at
the meeting. In the absence of a quorum of the holders of any class of stock entitled to vote on a
matter, the chairman of the meeting may, or the holders of such class so present or represented,
acting by majority vote, may, adjourn the meeting of such class from time to time in the manner
provided by Section 2.4 of these bylaws until a quorum of such class shall be so present or
represented.
Section 2.6. Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the
Board of Directors, if any, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors by the Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in the absence of the Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors by the President, or in the absence of the President by a Vice President, or in the
absence of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or in the
absence of such designation by a chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary, or in the absence
of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence
of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to
act as secretary of the meeting.
The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting.
The chairman of the meeting shall have the sole right and authority to prescribe the rules,
regulations and procedures for, and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable
for the proper conduct of, the meeting, including, without limitation, setting the agenda of the
meeting, establishing procedures for the maintenance of order and safety at the meeting,
determining the persons entitled to make presentations at the meeting and the time allotted for
each such presentation, determining the time, if any, allotted to questions or comments at the
meeting, instituting restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time prescribed for the
commencement thereof, determining the form of ballot to be used for voting on each matter upon
which stockholders will vote at the meeting and determining the date and time of the opening and
closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting.
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Section 2.7. Inspectors. Prior to any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, or the Chief Executive Officer shall appoint one
or more inspectors to act at such meeting and make a written report thereof and may designate one
or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector
or alternate is able to act at the meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting
shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon
the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to faithfully execute the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors
shall (a) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (b) determine
the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c) count all votes
and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any
challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their determination of the
number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The
inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist them in the performance of
their duties.
The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the
stockholders will vote at a meeting, determined in accordance with Section 2.6, shall be announced
at the meeting. No ballot, proxy or vote with respect to a matter, nor any revocation thereof or
change thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls for such matter
unless the Delaware Court of Chancery, upon application by a stockholder, shall determine
otherwise.
In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to
an examination of the proxies and ballots, any envelopes submitted therewith, any information
provided in accordance with Section 211(e), Section 212(c)(2), or any information provided pursuant
to Section 211(a)(2)(B)(i) or (iii), of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and
the regular books and records of the Corporation, and they may also consider other reliable
information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of
banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a
proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record.
If the inspectors consider other reliable information for such purpose, they shall, at the time
they make their certification, specify the precise information considered by them, including the
person or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the
means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors belief that such
information is accurate and reliable.
Section 2.8. Voting; Proxies. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each
stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for each
share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question. Each
stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to
corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for
such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from
its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
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Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act
for the stockholder as proxy pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the
following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority: (a) a
stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for the stockholder
as proxy, and execution of the writing may be accomplished by the stockholder or the stockholders
authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing his or her
signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by
facsimile signature; or (b) a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for the
stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or
other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a
proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the
person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such
telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted
with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic
transmission was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams,
cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the inspector of elections shall specify
the information upon which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication, electronic transmission or other reliable reproduction of
the writing or transmission created pursuant to the preceding paragraph of this Section 2.8 may be
substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for
which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile
telecommunication, electronic transmission or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction
of the entire original writing or transmission.
A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as
long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power,
regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or
an interest in the Corporation generally. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not
irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing
revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the
Corporation.
Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot unless the chairman of the meeting
or holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon
present in person or represented by proxy at such meeting shall so determine.
Except as provided in Section 3.2, a nominee for director shall be elected to the Board of
Directors by the vote of the majority of the votes cast with respect to that directors election at
any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present; provided, however, that
directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of stockholders at which
a quorum is present for which (i) the Secretary of the Corporation receives a notice pursuant to
Section 2.2 or Section 2.10, as applicable, that a stockholder intends to nominate a person (or
persons) for election to the Board of Directors and (ii) such proposed nomination has not been
withdrawn by such stockholder on or prior to the 5th calendar day prior to the date the
Corporation first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders. If directors
are to be elected by a plurality of the votes cast, stockholders shall not be permitted to vote
against a nominee. For purposes of this section, a majority of votes cast means that the number of
votes cast for a nominee must exceed the number of votes cast against that nominee (with
abstentions and broker non-votes not counted as a vote cast with respect to such nominee).
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In all other matters, unless otherwise provided by law or by the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of
the stockholders. Where a separate vote by class or classes is required, the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or classes present in person or represented
by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or classes, except as otherwise provided by
law or by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section 2.9. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors 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 of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 calendar days
before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, 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. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a
meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the
Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise
any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any
other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date
shall be not more than 60 calendar days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the
record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on
the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
Section 2.10. Advance Notice of Stockholder Proposals.
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) The matters to be considered and brought before any annual meeting of stockholders
shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and election of directors,
as shall be brought properly before the meeting. In order for any matter to be brought
properly before any annual meeting of stockholders, the matter must be (i) specified in the
Corporations notice of meeting, (ii) otherwise brought before the annual meeting by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) brought before the annual meeting by any
stockholder of the Corporation who (a) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving the
notice required by this Section 2.10(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, (b) is
entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (c) complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 2.10. Compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.10
shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business
before an annual meeting of stockholders (other than matters properly brought under Rule
14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) and
specified in the Corporations notice of meeting).
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(2) For nominations for directors or other business to be properly brought before an
annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of this Section
2.10, the stockholder intending to propose the nomination or other business (the
Proponent) must have given timely notice thereof (including the information required
hereby) in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation, and any such proposal must otherwise
be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a Proponents notice shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later
than the close of business on the 90th calendar day nor earlier than the close of business
on the 120th calendar day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual
meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more
than 30 calendar days before or more than 60 calendar days after such anniversary date,
notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of
business on the 120th calendar day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close
of business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting or the 10th
calendar day following the calendar day on which public announcement of the date of such
meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an
adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a
stockholders notice of a nomination or proposed action as described above.
(b) Information to Be Provided by Proponent With Respect to Election of Directors at an Annual
Meeting. With respect to nominations of directors for election at any annual meeting, to be in
proper form a Proponents notice shall set forth:
(1) as to each nominee: (a) the name, age, business address and residence address of
each nominee proposed in such notice, (b) the principal occupation or employment of each
such nominee, (c) the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are
owned of record and beneficially by each such nominee; (d) such nominees signed
consent to serve as a director of the Corporation if elected, and a statement whether each
such nominee, if elected, intends to tender, promptly following such persons failure to
receive the required vote for election at the next meeting at which such person would face
election, an irrevocable resignation effective upon acceptance of such resignation by the
Board of Directors, in accordance with the Corporations Corporate Governance Guidelines;
(e) such other information concerning each such nominee as would be required to be disclosed
in a proxy statement soliciting proxies for the election of such nominee as a director in an
election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or that is otherwise
required to be disclosed, under the rules of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission; and
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(2) as to the Proponent: (a) the name and address of the Proponent, (b) the class and
number of shares of the Corporation which are owned by the Proponent (beneficially and of
record), as of the date of the Proponents notice, and a representation that the Proponent
will notify the Corporation in writing of the class and number of such shares owned of
record and beneficially as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the record
date, (c) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (financial or
otherwise) with respect to such nomination between or among the Proponent and any of its
affiliates or associates, and any others (including their names) acting in concert with any
of the foregoing, and a representation that the Proponent will notify the Corporation in
writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding (financial or otherwise) in
effect as of the record date for the meeting promptly following the record date, (d) a
description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (financial or otherwise, and
including, but not limited to, any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options,
hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares, regardless of whether any such
instrument or transaction shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series
of equity securities of the Corporation) that has been entered into as of the date of the
Proponents notice by, or on behalf of, the Proponent or any of its affiliates or
associates, 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 the Proponent or any of
its affiliates, associates or counterparties with respect to shares of stock of the
Corporation, (e) a representation that the Proponent is a holder of record of shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at
the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice.
The Proponent shall also represent whether or not the Proponent intends to deliver a proxy
statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations
outstanding shares required to approve the nomination and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from
stockholders in support of such nomination. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to
furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such
proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation and to comply with
applicable law. The Corporation will provide the Proponent with notice of the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The Proponent is required to update
the notice delivered pursuant to this Section not later than 10 business days after such record
date to provide any material changes in the foregoing information as of such record date.
(c) Information to Be Provided By Proponent With Respect to Other Business at an Annual
Meeting. With respect to any business at any annual meeting other than the nomination of directors
for election covered by Section 2.10(b), a Proponents notice shall set forth:
(1) as to each matter, (a) the text of the proposal to be presented, including the text
of any resolutions to be proposed for consideration by stockholders, (b) a brief written
statement of the reasons the Proponent favors the proposal; and
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(2) as to the Proponent, (a) the name and address of the Proponent, (b) the class and
number of shares of the Corporation which are owned by the Proponent (beneficially and of
record), as of the date of the Proponents notice, (c) any material interest of the
Proponent in such business, (d) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding
(financial or otherwise) with respect to such business between or among the Proponent and
any of its affiliates or associates, and any others (including their names) acting in
concert with any of the foregoing, (e) a description of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (financial or otherwise, and including, but not limited to, any derivative or
short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned
shares, regardless of whether any such instrument or transaction shall be subject to
settlement in the underlying class or series of equity securities of the Corporation) that
has been entered into as of the date of the Proponents notice by, or on behalf of, the
Proponent or any of its affiliates or associates, 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 the Proponent or any of its affiliates, associates or counterparties
with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, (f) a representation that the Proponent
is a holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business.
The Proponent shall also represent whether or not the Proponent intends to deliver a proxy
statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations
outstanding shares required to approve the proposal and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from
stockholders in support of the proposal. The Corporation will provide the Proponent with notice of
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The
Proponent is required to update the notice delivered pursuant to this Section not later than 10
business days after such record date to provide any material changes in the foregoing information
as of such record date.
(d) Special Meetings of Stockholders. The matters to be considered and brought before any
special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and
election of directors, as shall be brought properly before the meeting. In order for any matter to
be brought properly before any special meeting of stockholders, the matter must be specified in the
Corporations notice of meeting. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of
stockholders (other than a Stockholder Requested Special Meeting) for the purpose of electing one
or more directors to the Board of Directors, nominations of a person or persons (as the case may
be) for election to the Board of Directors may be made only with respect to such position(s) as may
be specified in the Corporations notice of meeting and may be made only (i)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation
who (a) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving the notice required by this Section
2.10(d) and at the time of the special meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the special meeting and
(c) gives notice thereof containing the information required by Section 2.10(b) to the Secretary of
the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation by the close of business on
the 10th calendar day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of
the special meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of a special
meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholders notice of a nomination as
described above. In the case of a Stockholder Requested Special Meeting, nominations of a person
or persons (as the case may be) for election to the Board of Directors may be made only in
accordance with Section 2.2.
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(e) General.
(1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 2.2 or this Section 2.10, as applicable, shall be eligible to serve as directors and
only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been
brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.2 or
this Section 2.10, as applicable. Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to
determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was
made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
2.2 or this Section 2.10, as applicable, and, if any proposed nomination or business is not
in compliance with Section 2.2 or this Section 2.10, as applicable, to declare that such
defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The chairman of the meeting, in
addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the
meeting, shall have the power and duty to determine whether notice of nominees and other
matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided
in Section 2.2 or this Section 2.10, as applicable, and, if not so given, shall direct and
declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are not properly before the
meeting and shall not be considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 2.10, if the stockholder (or a duly authorized proxy therefor) does not appear at
the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present any such
nomination or business, or make any such proposal, such nomination or business shall be
disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by
the Corporation. The requirements of Section 2.10(b) and (c) are included to provide the
Corporation notice of a stockholders intention to bring business before an annual meeting
and shall in no event be construed as imposing upon any stockholder the requirement to seek
approval from the Corporation as a condition precedent to bringing any such business before
an annual meeting.
(2) For purposes of this Section 2.10, affiliate in respect of a person shall mean
another person who controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such person
and the term beneficially owns (and variations thereof) shall have the same meaning as
when used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Regulation 13D and 13G thereunder (or any
successor provision of law). For purposes of this Section 2.10,
public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow
Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document
publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Nothing contained in this Section 2.10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant
to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law) or (B) of the
holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors in accordance with the provision
of an applicable preferred stock designation.
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ARTICLE III
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Section 3.1. Powers; Number; Qualifications. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided in
the certificate of incorporation. Pursuant to, and as more specifically provided in, the
certificate of incorporation, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three (3) nor
more than fifteen (15) members, the number thereof to be fixed from time to time by resolutions
duly adopted by the Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3.2. Election; Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Each director who is
serving as a director as of the date of these Amended and Restated Bylaws, or is hereafter elected
a director, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she has been
elected, and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to
prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. At each annual
meeting of shareholders, all directors shall be elected for terms expiring at the next annual
meeting of shareholders.
Except as otherwise provided pursuant to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the
Corporation (including any Preferred Stock Designation), newly created directorships resulting from
any increase in the number of directors, and any vacancies on the Board of Directors (resulting
from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal, or other cause), shall be filled by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or
by a sole remaining director in office. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding
sentence shall hold office for the remainder of the one-year term, or if applicable, the remainder
of the full term of the class of directors, in which the new directorship was created or the
vacancy occurred, and until such directors successor shall have been duly elected and qualified,
or until his or her death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal. No decrease in
the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent
director.
Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board of Directors or to the Chief
Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. Except where otherwise provided by the
certificate of incorporation, these bylaws, or the Corporations Corporate Governance
Guidelines, such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein and, unless otherwise
specified therein, no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such
places within or without the State of Delaware and at such times as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine, and if so determined notice thereof need not be given.
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Section 3.4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time
or place within or without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board of
Directors, if any, by the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, by the President or by a
majority of the directors. Reasonable notice thereof shall be given by the person or persons
calling the meeting.
Section 3.5. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone Permitted. Unless otherwise
restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors,
or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of
Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, 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 in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall constitute presence in
person at such meeting.
Section 3.6. Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a
majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be the act of the Board of Directors unless the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws shall require a vote of a greater number. If at any meeting of the Board of Directors a
quorum shall not be present, the members of the Board of Directors present may adjourn the meeting
from time to time until a quorum shall be present.
Section 3.7. Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be presided over by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board of
Directors by the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or in the absence of the Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors by the President, or in their absence by a chairman chosen at
the meeting. The Secretary, or in the absence of the Secretary an Assistant Secretary, shall act
as secretary of the meeting, but in the absence of the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary the
chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 3.8. Action by Directors Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken
at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a
meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be, consent
thereto in writing or by electronic transmission or transmissions, and the writing or writings or
electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors or committee, as the case may be.
Section 3.9. Compensation of Directors. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of
directors.
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ARTICLE IV
Committees
Committees
Section 4.1. Committees. A majority of the Board of Directors may designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The
Board of Directors 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 a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting
and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers
and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the following
matters: (i) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter
expressly required by law to be submitted to stockholders for approval, (ii) adopting, amending or
repealing these bylaws or (iii) removing or indemnifying or advancing expenses to directors.
Section 4.2. Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee
designated by the Board of Directors may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its
business. In the absence of a provision by the Board of Directors or a provision in the rules of
such committee to the contrary, a majority of the entire authorized number of members of such
committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the vote of a majority of the
members present at a meeting at the time of such vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act
of such committee, and in other respects each committee shall conduct its business in the same
manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article III of these bylaws.
ARTICLE V
Officers
Officers
Section 5.1. Officers; Election. The Board of Directors shall elect a Chief Executive Officer, a
President and a Secretary, and it may, if it so determines, elect from among its members a Chairman
of the Board of Directors and a Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors
may also elect one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, one or more
Assistant Secretaries, a Treasurer and one or more Assistant Treasurers and such other officers as
the Board of Directors may deem desirable or appropriate and may give any of them such further
designations or alternate titles as it considers desirable. Any number of offices may be held by
the same person unless the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 5.2. Term of Office; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors electing any officer, each officer shall hold office until his
or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or
removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board of Directors or to the
Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at
the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein no acceptance of such
resignation shall be necessary to make it effective. The Board of Directors may remove any officer
with or without cause at any time. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual
rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation, but the election of an officer shall not of
itself create contractual rights. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death,
resignation, removal or otherwise may be filled by the Board of Directors at any regular or special
meeting.
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Section 5.3. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers, authority
and duties in the management of the Corporation as shall be stated in these bylaws or in a
resolution of the Board of Directors which is not inconsistent with these bylaws and, to the extent
not so stated, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the
Board of Directors. The Secretary shall have the duty to record the proceedings of the meetings of
the stockholders, the Board of Directors and any committees in a book to be kept for that purpose.
The Board of Directors may require any officer, agent or employee to give security for the faithful
performance of his or her duties.
ARTICLE VI
Stock
Stock
Section 6.1. Certificates. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a
certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the
Board of Directors, if any, or the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, and
by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the
Corporation, representing the number of shares of stock in the Corporation owned by such holder.
If such certificate is manually signed by one officer or manually countersigned by a transfer agent
or by a registrar, any other signature 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.
If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of
any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face
or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of
stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided by law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements,
there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to
represent such class or series of stock a statement that the Corporation will furnish without
charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
Section 6.2. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates. The
Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued
by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of
the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such
new certificate.
Section 6.3. Electronic Securities Recordation. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1 and
6.2, the Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares by
electronic or other means not involving any issuance of certificates, provided the use of such
system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with law.
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ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Section 7.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the Board of
Directors.
Section 7.2. Seal. The Corporation may have a corporate seal which shall have the name of the
Corporation inscribed thereon and shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the
Board of Directors. The corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
Section 7.3. Waiver of Notice of Meetings of Stockholders, Directors and Committees. Whenever
notice is required to be given by law or under any provision of the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by
electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a
committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by
electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section 7.4. 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 such person or a person of
whom such person is the legal representative 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, employee or agent
of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including
service with respect to employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the Corporation, 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 as of the date of the adoption
of these bylaws or may thereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than
said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense,
liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith, and such indemnification shall
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continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such persons heirs,
executors and administrators; provided, however, that except as provided in
paragraph (c) of this Section 7.4, 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 conferred in this Section 7.4 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, such advances to be paid by the Corporation within 20 calendar days after
the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such
advance or advances from time to time; 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 such persons 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, 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 Section 7.4 or
otherwise. The Corporations obligation to indemnify and to advance expenses under this Section
7.4 shall arise, and all rights granted to such persons hereunder shall vest, at the time of the
occurrence of the transaction or event to which such action, suit or proceeding relates, or at the
time that the action or conduct to which such action, suit or proceeding relates was first taken or
engaged in (or omitted to be taken or engaged in), regardless of when such action, suit or
proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed.
(b) To obtain indemnification under this Section 7.4, a claimant shall submit to the
Corporation a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as
is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to
what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification. Upon written request by a claimant for
indemnification pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph (b), a determination, if required
by law, with respect to the claimants entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (1) by the
Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors (as
hereinafter defined), or (2) if a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested
Directors is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of Disinterested Directors so
directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of
which shall be delivered to the claimant, or (3) if a quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs,
by the stockholders of the Corporation. If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to
indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within 10 calendar days after such
determination.
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(c) If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section 7.4 is not paid in full by the Corporation
within 30 calendar days after a written claim pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 7.4 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 standard
of conduct which makes 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 Directors, Independent 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 such claimant 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 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.
(d) If a determination shall have been made pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 7.4 that
the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound by such determination
in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 7.4.
(e) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced
pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 7.4 that the procedures and presumptions of this Section
7.4 are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the
Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this Section 7.4.
(f) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a
proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Section 7.4 shall not be exclusive
of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any law, provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation, bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested Directors or
otherwise. No repeal or modification of this Section 7.4 shall in any way diminish or adversely
affect the rights of any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation hereunder in
respect of any occurrence or matter arising prior to any such repeal or modification.
(g) 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. To the extent that the Corporation
maintains any policy or policies providing such insurance, each such director or officer, and each
such agent or employee to which rights to indemnification have been granted as provided in
paragraph (h) of this Section 7.4, shall be covered by such policy or policies in accordance with
its or their terms to the maximum extent of the coverage thereunder for any such director, officer,
employee or agent.
(h) 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 employee or agent of the
Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 7.4 with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
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(i) If any provision or provisions of this Section 7.4 shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Section 7.4 (including, without limitation, each portion of any
paragraph of this Section 7.4 containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of
Section 7.4 (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Section 7.4
containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so
as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
(j) For purposes of Section 7.4:
(1) Disinterested Director means a director of the Corporation who is not and was not
a party to the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by the claimant.
(2) Independent Counsel means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent
practitioner, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and shall include any person
who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would not have
a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the claimant in an action
to determine the claimants rights under this Section 7.4.
(k) Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given to the
Corporation under this Section 7.4 shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by
telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be
effective only upon receipt by the Secretary.
Section 7.5. Interested Directors; Quorum. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and
one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation,
partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers
are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this
reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the
meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or
transaction, or solely because his or her or their votes are counted for such purpose, if: (a) the
material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are
disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or
committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a
majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a
quorum; or (b) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract
or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c)
the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved
or ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or
interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the
Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
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Section 7.6. Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of
its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept on, or be
in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, microphotographs or any other information
storage device, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible form within
a reasonable time.
Section 7.7. Inconsistent Provisions with Certificate of Incorporation. In the event of any
conflict between the provisions of these bylaws and the provisions of the certificate of
incorporation of the Corporation, the provisions of the certificate of incorporation of the
Corporation shall govern and control.
Section 7.8. Amendment of Bylaws. Except to the extent provided in the certificate of
incorporation, these bylaws may be amended or repealed, and new bylaws adopted, by the Board of
Directors, but the stockholders entitled to vote may adopt additional bylaws and may amend or
repeal any bylaw whether or not adopted by them, at a meeting duly called for that purpose, by an
affirmative vote of the holders of not less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election
of directors, considered for purposes hereof as a single class.
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