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EX-3.2 - BYLAWS OF ECHO THERAPEUTICS, INC., AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF JULY 24, 2014 - Echo Therapeutics, Inc.ex3-2.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  July 24, 2014
 
Echo Therapeutics, Inc.
(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
000-23017
 
41-1649949
(State or other jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
8 Penn Center
1628 JFK Blvd., Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA
 
 
 
19103
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Company’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 717-4100
 

 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.03       Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
 
(a) Amendments to Bylaws
 
On July 24, 2014, the Board of Directors of Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Echo”), approved amendments to the Company’s bylaws, effective as of July 24, 2014 (as amended, the “Amended Bylaws”).  The Amended Bylaws were amended to provide that special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the written request of at least three directors then in office, including, as one of those directors, the Lead Independent Director. The foregoing description of the Amended Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Bylaws, a copy of which is filed by Echo as Exhibit  3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01       Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
 Exhibit Number
 
Description
     
3.2
 
Bylaws of Echo Therapeutics, Inc., as amended and restated as of July 24, 2014.

 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
              Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                                                                                   
   
 
ECHO THERAPEUTICS, INC.
 
 
Dated: July 29, 2014
By:  /s/  Kimberly A. Burke
 
Kimberly A. Burke
 
 
Interim Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel