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Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
Of
TASTY BAKING COMPANY
(a Pennsylvania Corporation)
(a Pennsylvania Corporation)
ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
MEETINGS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1.1 Place and Time of Meetings. An annual meeting of the shareholders shall
be held each year for the purpose of electing directors and conducting such other proper business
as may come before the meeting. The date, time and place of the annual meeting may be determined
by resolution of the board of directors or as set by the president of the Corporation.
Section 1.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of shareholders may be called for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the filling of board vacancies and newly created
directorships), and may be held at such time and place, within or without the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, as shall be stated in a notice of meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice
thereof. Such meetings may be called at any time by two or more members of the board of directors
or the president and shall be called by the president upon the written request of holders of shares
entitled to cast not less than twenty percent (20%) of the outstanding shares of any series or
class of the Corporations capital stock.
Section 1.3 Place of Meetings. The board of directors may designate any place, either
within or without the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as the place of meeting for any annual meeting
or for any special meeting called by the board of directors. If no designation is made, or if a
special meeting be otherwise called, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office
of the Corporation.
Section 1.4 Notice. Whenever shareholders are required or permitted to take action at
a meeting, written or printed notice stating the place, date, time, and, in the case of special
meetings, the purpose or purposes of such meeting, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to
vote at such meeting not less than five (5) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting. All such notices shall be delivered, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction
of the board of directors, the president or the secretary, and, if mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the
shareholder at his, her or its address as the same appears on the records of the Corporation.
Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except
when the person attends 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.
Section 1.5 Shareholders List. The officer having charge of the stock ledger of the
Corporation shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the shareholders, a complete
list of the shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting arranged in alphabetical order, showing
the address of each shareholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
shareholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any shareholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days
prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which
place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting or, if not so specified, at the place where
the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the
meeting during the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any shareholder who is present.
Section 1.6 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or by the Articles
of Incorporation, a majority of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote,
represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of shareholders. If less
than a majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so
represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time in accordance with Section 1.7, until a
quorum shall be present or represented.
Section 1.7 Adjourned Meetings. When a meeting is adjourned to another time and
place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof 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 thirty (30) 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
shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 1.8 Vote Required. When a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the
majority of 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 shareholders, unless the question is one upon which by
express provisions of an applicable law or of the Articles of Incorporation a different vote is
required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such
question. Where a separate vote by class is required, the affirmative vote of the majority of
shares of such class present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of
such class.
Section 1.9 Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the Business Corporation Law), or by the Articles of
Incorporation of the Corporation or any amendments thereto, every shareholder shall at every
meeting of the shareholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of stock
held by such shareholder.
Section 1.10 Proxies. Each shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders
or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize
another person or persons to act for him, her or it by proxy. Every proxy must be signed by the
shareholder granting the proxy or by his, her or its attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or
acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. 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. A proxy
may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest
in the stock itself or an interest in the Corporation generally.
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Section 1.11 Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of
Incorporation, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders of
the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such
shareholders, 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 and bearing the dates of signature of the
shareholders who signed the consent or consents, 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 filed with the permanent records of the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of the
corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those
shareholders who have not consented in writing. Any action taken pursuant to such written consent
or consents of the shareholders shall have the same force and effect as if taken by the
shareholders at a meeting thereof.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
Section 2.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be
managed by or under the direction of the board of directors.
Section 2.2 Number, Election and Term of Office. The number of directors which shall
constitute the whole board shall be one (1). The directors shall be elected by a plurality of the
votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote
in the election of directors. The directors shall be elected in this manner at the annual meeting
of the shareholders, except as provided in Section 2.4 of this Article II. Each director elected
shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier
death, resignation or removal as hereinafter provided. Directors need not be shareholders.
Section 2.3 Removal and Resignation. Any director or the entire board of directors
may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then
entitled to vote at an election of directors. Whenever the holders of any class or series are
entitled to elect one (1) or more directors by the provisions of the Corporations Articles of
Incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal without cause
or a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of that
class or series and not to the vote of the outstanding shares as a whole. Any director may resign
at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.
Section 2.4 Vacancies. Except as otherwise provided by the Corporations Articles of
Incorporation or any amendments thereto, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from
any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors
then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Each director so
chosen shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her
earlier death, resignation or removal as herein provided.
Section 2.5 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of each newly elected board of
directors shall be held without other notice than this bylaw immediately after, and at the same
place as, the annual meeting of shareholders.
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Section 2.6 Other Meetings and Notice. Regular meetings, other than the annual
meeting, of the board of directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as
shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the board. Special meetings of the board of
directors may be called by or at the request of the president on at least twenty-four (24) hours
notice to each director, either personally, by telephone, by mail, or by telegraph. Special
meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the
written request of a majority of the directors unless the board consists of only one director, in
which case special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on
like notice on the written request of the sole director.
Section 2.7 Quorum, Required Vote and Adjournment. A majority of the total number of
directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of
directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of
directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the board of directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 2.8 Committees. The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a
majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or
more of the directors of the Corporation, which to the extent provided in such resolution or these
bylaws shall have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management and
affairs of the Corporation except as otherwise limited by law. 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. Such committee or committees shall have
such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the board of
directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the
board of directors when required.
Section 2.9 Committee Rules. Each committee of the board of directors may fix its own
rules of procedure and shall hold its meetings as provided by such rules, except as may otherwise
be provided by a resolution of the board of directors designating such committee. Unless otherwise
provided in such a resolution, the presence of at least a majority of the members of the committee
shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. In the event that a member and that members alternate,
if alternates are designated by the board of directors as provided in Section 2.8, of such
committee is or are absent or disqualified, 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 place of any
such absent or disqualified member.
Section 2.10 Communications Equipment. Members of the board of directors or any
committee thereof may participate in and act at any meeting of such board or committee through the
use of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in the meeting pursuant to this
section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 2.11 Waiver of Notice and Presumption of Assent. Any member of the board of
directors or any committee thereof who is present at a meeting shall be conclusively presumed
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to have waived notice of such meeting except when such member attends 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. Such member shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to
any action taken unless his or her dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless
his or her written dissent to such action shall be filed with the person acting as the secretary of
the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall be forwarded by registered mail to the
secretary of the Corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to
dissent shall not apply to any member who voted in favor of such action.
Section 2.12 Action by Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles
of Incorporation, 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
or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed
with the secretary of the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
OFFICERS
Section 3.1 Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the board of
directors and shall consist of a president, a secretary and a treasurer, and such other officers
and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the board of directors. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person. In its discretion, the board of directors may
choose not to fill any office for any period as it may deem advisable.
Section 3.2 Election and Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be
elected annually by the board of directors at its first meeting held after each annual meeting of
shareholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be. The president shall appoint other
officers to serve for such terms as he or she deems desirable. Vacancies may be filled or new
offices created and filled at any meeting of the board of directors. Each officer shall hold
office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal as hereinafter provided.
Section 3.3 Removal. Any officer or agent elected by the board of directors may be
removed by the board of directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation
would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if
any, of the person so removed.
Section 3.4 Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in any office because of death,
resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the board of directors for
the unexpired portion of the term by the board of directors then in office.
Section 3.5 Compensation. Compensation of all officers shall be fixed by the board of
directors, and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by virtue of his or
her also being a director of the Corporation.
Section 3.6 President. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall
have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all
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orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. He or she shall
execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation,
except where required or permitted by statute to be otherwise signed and executed and except where
the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some
other officer or agent of the Corporation. The president shall have such other powers and perform
such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or as may be provided in these
bylaws.
Section 3.7 Vice-President. The vice-president, if any, or, if there shall be more
than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors shall, in the
absence or disability of the president, act with all of the powers and be subject to all the
restrictions of the president. The vice-presidents shall also perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the board of directors, the president or these bylaws may, from time to time,
prescribe.
Section 3.8 The Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The secretary shall attend all
meetings of the board of directors, all meetings of the committees thereof and all meetings of the
shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings in a book or books to be kept for that
purpose. Under the presidents supervision, the secretary shall give, or cause to be given, all
notices required to be given by these bylaws or bylaw; shall have such powers and perform such
duties as the board of directors, the president or these bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe;
and shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation. The secretary, or an assistant
secretary, shall have authority to affix the corporate seal to any instrument requiring it and when
so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such assistant
secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. The assistant
secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the
board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and
exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the board of directors, the president, or secretary may, from time to time, prescribe.
Section 3.9 The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the
custody of the corporate funds and securities; shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts
and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation; shall deposit all monies and other
valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation as may be ordered by the board of
directors; shall cause the funds of the Corporation to be disbursed when such disbursements have
been duly authorized, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements; and shall render to the
president and the board of directors, at its regular meeting or when the board of directors so
requires, an account of the Corporation; shall have such powers and perform such duties as the
board of directors, the president or these bylaws may, from time to time, prescribe. If required
by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond (which shall be rendered
every six (6) years) in such sums and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of treasurer and for
the restoration to the Corporation, in case of death, resignation, retirement, or removal from
office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money, and other property of whatever kind in the
possession or under the control of the treasurer belonging to the Corporation. The assistant
treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by
the board of directors, shall in the absence or disability of the treasurer, perform
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the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer. The assistant treasurers shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors, the president or treasurer
may, from time to time, prescribe.
Section 3.10 Other Officers, Assistant Officers and Agents. Officers, assistant
officers and agents, if any, other than those whose duties are provided for in these bylaws, shall
have such authority and perform such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by resolution of
the board of directors.
Section 3.11 Absence or Disability of Officers. In the case of the absence or
disability of any officer of the Corporation and of any person hereby authorized to act in such
officers place during such officers absence or disability, the board of directors may by
resolution delegate the powers and duties of such officer to any other officer or to any director,
or to any other person whom it may select.
ARTICLE IV
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND OTHERS
Section 4.1 Directors Personal Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not be
personally liable, as such, for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any
action; provided, however, that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a
director to the extent that such elimination or limitation of liability is expressly prohibited by
Section 1713 of the Business Corporation Law or any successor statute as in effect at the time of
the alleged action or failure to take action by such director.
Section 4.2 Preservation of Rights. Any repeal or modification of this Article shall
not adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or modification to
which any director or former director may be entitled under this Article. The rights conferred by
this Article shall continue as to any person who has ceased to be a director of the Corporation and
shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such person.
Section 4.3 Mandatory Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation
shall indemnify, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law (including but not limited
to the indemnification provided by Chapter 17, Subchapter D, of the Business Corporation Law), each
director or officer (including each former director or officer) of the Corporation who was or is
made a party to or a witness in or is threatened to be made a party to or a witness in any
threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an authorized representative of the
Corporation, against all claims, liabilities, expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments,
fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action or proceeding.
Section 4.4 Mandatory Advancement of Expenses to Directors and Officers. The
Corporation shall pay all expenses (including attorneys fees and disbursements) incurred by a
director or officer (including a former director or officer) referred to in Section 4.3 hereof in
defending or appearing as a witness in any action or proceeding described in Section 4.3 hereof in
advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by
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or on behalf of such person to repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that
he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as provided in Article IV hereof.
Section 4.5 Permissive Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The Corporation
may, as determined by the board of directors from time to time, indemnify to the fullest extent now
or hereafter permitted by law, any person who was or is made a party to or a witness in or is
threatened to be made a party to or a witness in, or was or is otherwise involved in, any
threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an authorized representative of the
Corporation, both as to action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office or position, against all claims, liabilities, expenses
(including attorneys fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action or proceeding. The Corporation
may, as determined by the board of directors from time to time, pay expenses incurred by any such
person by reason of his or her participation in an action or proceeding referred to in this Section
4.5 in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking
by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or
she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.
Section 4.6 Scope of Indemnification. Indemnification under this Article shall not be
made by the Corporation in any case where a court determines that the alleged act or failure to act
giving rise to the claim for indemnification is expressly prohibited by Chapter 17, Subchapter D,
of the Business Corporation Law or any successor statute as in effect at the time of such alleged
action or failure to take action.
Section 4.7 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was an authorized
representative of the Corporation, against any liability asserted against or incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of the status of such person as such, whether or not
the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
provisions of this Article.
Section 4.8 Funding to Meet Indemnification Obligations. The board of directors,
without approval of the shareholders, shall have the power to borrow money on behalf of the
Corporation, including the power to pledge the assets of the Corporation, from time to time to
discharge the Corporations obligations with respect to indemnification, the advancement and
reimbursement of expenses, and the purchase and maintenance of insurance referred to in this
Article. The Corporation may, in lieu of or in addition to the purchase and maintenance of
insurance referred to in Section 4.7 hereof, establish and maintain a fund of any nature or
otherwise secure or insure in any manner its indemnification obligations, whether arising under or
pursuant to this Article or otherwise.
Section 4.9 Miscellaneous. Each director and officer of the Corporation shall be
deemed to act in such capacity in reliance upon such rights of indemnification and advancement of
expenses as are provided in this Article. The rights of indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any
person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
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agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, statute or otherwise, both as to
action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office or position, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an authorized
representative of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal
representatives of such person. Indemnification and advancement of expenses under this Article
shall be provided whether or not the indemnified liability arises or arose from any threatened,
pending, or completed action by or in the right of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of
this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal
or modification to which any person may be entitled under this Article. The Corporation shall also
indemnify any person against expenses, including attorneys fees, actually and reasonably incurred
by him in enforcing any rights to indemnification under this Article or under applicable law.
Section 4.10 Definition of Corporation. For purposes of this Article, references to
the Corporation shall include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation, merger,
or division, as well as the surviving or new corporations surviving or resulting therefrom, so that
(a) any person who is or was an authorized representative of a constituent, surviving or new
corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to
the surviving or new corporation as such person would if he or she had served the surviving or new
corporation in the same capacity and (b) any person who is or was an authorized representative of
the Corporation shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect
to the surviving or new corporation as such person would with respect to the Corporation if its
separate existence had continued.
Section 4.11 Definition of Authorized Representative. For the purposes of this
Article, the term authorized representative shall mean a director, officer, employee, or agent of
the Corporation or of any subsidiary of the Corporation, or a trustee, custodian, administrator,
committeeman, or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan established and maintained by the
Corporation or by any subsidiary of the Corporation, or a person serving another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise in any of the foregoing capacities at the
request of the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND RECORD DATES
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND RECORD DATES
Section 5.1 Form. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by a certificate
or shall be uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by,
the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president or a vice-president, and
by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the
Corporation. If such a certificate is countersigned (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee or (b) by a registrar, other than the
Corporation or its employee, the signature of any such chairman of the board, president,
vice-president, secretary, or assistant secretary may be facsimiles. In case any officer or
officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such
certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation whether
because of death, resignation or otherwise before such certificate or certificates have been
delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and
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the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature
or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the
Corporation. All certificates for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified.
The name of the person to whom the shares represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares
and date of issue, shall be entered on the books of the Corporation. Shares of stock of the
Corporation shall only be transferred on the books of the Corporation by the holder of record
thereof or by such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation
of the certificate or certificates for such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons,
with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement, transfer, authorization, and other
matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer
stamps. In that event, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the
person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate or certificates, and record the transaction on
its books. The board of directors may appoint a bank or trust company organized under the laws of
the United States or any state thereof to act as its transfer agent or registrar, or both in
connection with the transfer of any class or series of securities of the Corporation.
Section 5.2 Lost Certificates. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or
certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates previously issued by the
Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of
that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen, or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost,
stolen, or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made
against the Corporation on account of the loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the
issuance of such new certificate.
Section 5.3 Fixing a Record Date for Shareholder Meetings. In order that the
Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
shareholders 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 sixty (60) nor less than ten (10)
days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the
record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of
shareholders shall be the close of business on the next day 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 shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at
a meeting of shareholders 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.
Section 5.4 Fixing a Record Date for Action by Written Consent. In order that the
Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, 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 date shall not be more than ten (10) days after the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. If no record date has been
fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to consent
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corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors
is required by statute, 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 by delivery to its registered
office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent
of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of shareholders are
recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the board of
directors and prior action by the board of directors is required by statute, the record date for
determining shareholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall
be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking
such prior action.
Section 5.5 Fixing a Record Date for Other Purposes. In order that the Corporation
may determine the shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment or any rights or the shareholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any
change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purposes 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 sixty
(60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining
shareholders 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 5.6 Subscriptions for Stock. Unless otherwise provided for in the
subscription agreement, subscriptions for shares shall be paid in full at such time, or in such
installments and at such times, as shall be determined by the board of directors. Any call made by
the board of directors for payment on subscriptions shall be uniform as to all shares of the same
class or as to all shares of the same series. In case of default in the payment of any installment
or call when such payment is due, the Corporation may proceed to collect the amount due in the same
manner as any debt due the Corporation.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 6.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject
to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the board of
directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in
property, or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the
Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their
absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing
dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other
purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the
directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.
Section 6.2 Checks, Drafts or Orders. All checks, drafts, or other orders for the
payment of money by or to the Corporation and all notes and other evidences of indebtedness issued
in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents
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of the Corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by resolution of the board of
directors or a duly authorized committee thereof.
Section 6.3 Contracts. The board of directors may authorize any officer or officers,
or any agent or agents, of the Corporation to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any
instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
Section 6.4 Loans. The Corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of,
or otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the Corporation or of its subsidiary,
including any officer or employee who is a director of the Corporation or its subsidiary, whenever,
in the judgment of the directors, such loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to
benefit the Corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without interest,
and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of directors shall approve, including,
without limitation, a pledge of shares of stock of the Corporation. Nothing in this section
contained shall be deemed to deny, limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the
Corporation at common law or under any statute.
Section 6.5 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by
resolution of the board of directors.
Section 6.6 Corporate Seal. The board of directors may provide a corporate seal which
shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and
the words Corporate Seal, Pennsylvania. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile
thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
Section 6.7 Voting Securities Owned By Corporation. Voting securities in any other
Corporation held by the Corporation shall be voted by the president, unless the board of directors
specifically confers authority to vote with respect thereto, which authority may be general or
confined to specific instances, upon some other person or officer. Any person authorized to vote
securities shall have the power to appoint proxies, with general power of substitution.
Section 6.8 Inspection of Books and Records. Any shareholder of record, in person or
by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have
the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the Corporations
stock ledger, a list of its shareholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or
extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean any purpose reasonably related to such persons
interest as a shareholder. 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 shareholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the Corporation at its registered
office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or at its principal place of business.
Section 6.9 Section Headings. Section headings in these bylaws are for convenience of
reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect in limiting or otherwise construing
any provision herein.
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Section 6.10 Inconsistent Provisions. In the event that any provision of these bylaws
is or becomes inconsistent with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, the Business
Corporation Law or any other applicable law, the provision of these bylaws shall not be given any
effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be given full force and effect.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
AMENDMENTS
Section 7.1 By the Board of Directors. The authority to adopt, amend, and repeal the
bylaws of the Corporation is vested in the board of directors, subject to the power of the
shareholders to change such action. The foregoing authority of the board of directors may be
exercised whether or not the shareholders have previously adopted, amended, or repealed the same or
any other bylaw, but, subsequent to the initial organization meeting of the board of directors,
such authority may not be exercised with respect to any subject that is committed expressly to the
shareholders by the provisions of the Business Corporation Law or any successor statute.
Section 7.2 By the Shareholders. In the case of a meeting of the shareholders to take
action with respect to the bylaws, written notice shall be given to each shareholder that the
purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the adoption, amendment, or repeal
of bylaws, and a copy of the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be effected thereby
shall be included in or enclosed with the notice.
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