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Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
(the “Bylaws”)
(Effective as of December 17, 2019)

OF

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.
(the “Corporation”)

* * * * *

 

Article 1
Offices

 

Section 1.01. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation, and the registered agent of the Corporation at such address, shall be as fixed in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as it may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

Section 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Section 1.03. Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Delaware (or kept in any manner permitted by Section 224 of Delaware Law (defined below)) as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Article 2
Meetings of Stockholders

 

Section 2.01. Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place (if any), either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman of the Board of Directors in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors). The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”).

 

Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. Unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of an annual meeting as permitted by Delaware Law, an annual

 

 

 

meeting of stockholders, commencing with the year 2020, shall be held for the election of directors and to transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Stockholders may, unless the Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provides, act by written consent to elect directors; provided, however, that if such consent is less than unanimous, such action by written consent may be in lieu of holding an annual meeting only if all of the directorships to which directors could be elected at an annual meeting held at the effective time of such action are vacant and are filled by such action.

 

Section 2.03. Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors and shall be called by the Secretary at the request in writing of holders of record of 20% of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote.

 

Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings and Adjourned Meetings; Waivers of Notice. (a) Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date is different from the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice 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, if the meeting is held solely by means of remote communications, the means for accessing the list of stockholders contemplated by Section 219 of Delaware Law. In the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called also shall be set forth in the notice. Unless otherwise provided by Delaware Law, such notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting. Unless these Bylaws otherwise require, when a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, and 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, 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 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

(b)       A written waiver of any such notice signed by the person entitled thereto, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice,

 

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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 the 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 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 2.05. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided under the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws and subject to Delaware Law, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the meeting may be adjourned, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented by the chairman of the meeting or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

Section 2.06. Voting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to Delaware Law, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each outstanding share of capital stock of the Corporation held by such stockholder. Except as otherwise required by law or provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the votes cast at the meeting on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Abstentions shall not be counted as votes cast. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors.

 

(b)       Every stockholder entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter, shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more persons authorized to act for such stockholder by proxy in accordance with Section 212 of Delaware Law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A 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.

 

Section 2.07. Action by Consent. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and subject to the proviso in ‎Section 2.02, any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or any

 

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action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding capital stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of Delaware Law.

 

(a)       No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of Delaware Law within 60 days of the first date on which a written consent is so delivered to the Corporation. Any person executing a consent may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that such a consent shall be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made, if evidence of such instruction or provision is provided to the Corporation. Unless otherwise provided, any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.

 

Section 2.08. Organization. At each meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in the Chairman’s absence, the director designated by the Board of Directors, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The Secretary (or in the Secretary’s absence or inability to act, the person whom the chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting) shall act as secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting (whether or not a quorum is present) to another place, if any, date and time.

 

Section 2.09. Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting.

 

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Article 3
Directors

 

Section 3.01. General Powers. Except as otherwise provided in Delaware Law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 3.02. Number, Election and Term of Office. As of the date these Bylaws become effective, and thereafter until a number is fixed in accordance with the following sentence, the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be one. Subject to the preceding sentence and except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by action of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock either at a duly called meeting of shareholders or by written consent. The directors of the Board of Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in ‎Section 2.02 and ‎Section 3.12 herein, and each director so elected shall hold office until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

Section 3.03. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws require a greater number, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the affirmative 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. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place (whether or not a quorum is present), 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 Board of Directors may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. 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 3.04. Time and Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold its meetings at such place (if any), either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors (or the Chairman in the absence of a determination by the Board of Directors).

 

Section 3.05. Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors shall meet for the purpose of organization, the election of officers and the transaction of other business, as soon as practicable after each annual meeting of stockholders, on the same day and at the same place where such annual meeting shall be held. Notice of such meeting need not be given. In the event such annual meeting is not so

 

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held, the annual meeting of the Board of Directors may be held at such place (if any) either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such time as shall be specified in a notice thereof given as hereinafter provided in ‎Section 3.07 herein or in a waiver of notice thereof signed by any director who chooses to waive the requirement of notice.

 

Section 3.06. Regular Meetings. After the place and time of regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall have been determined and notice thereof shall have been once given to each member of the Board of Directors, regular meetings may be held without further notice being given.

 

Section 3.07. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President or by the Secretary on the written request of three directors. Notice of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least two days before the date of the meeting in such manner as is determined by the Board of Directors. A notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such meeting, and, unless indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.

 

Section 3.08. Committees. 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 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, shall have and may exercise, subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, 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 any of the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by Delaware Law to be submitted to the stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.

 

Section 3.09. Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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

 

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committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form. Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action shall be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.

 

Section 3.10. Telephonic Meetings. 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 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 such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

Section 3.11. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect upon delivery thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

Section 3.12. Vacancies. Vacancies on the Board of Directors and newly created directorships shall be filled exclusively by the shareholders at a meeting thereof (or by written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock).

 

Section 3.13. Removal. Directors may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Corporation either at a duly called meeting of shareholders or by written consent.

 

Section 3.14. Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of directors, including fees and reimbursement of expenses.

 

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Article 4
Officers

 

Section 4.01. Principal Officers. The principal officers of the Corporation shall be (i) a President and Chief Executive Officer and (ii) a Secretary who shall have the duty, among other things, to record the proceedings of the meetings of stockholders and directors in a book kept for that purpose. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may elect such additional principal officers as it may deem proper, including a Treasurer, one (1) or more Vice Presidents and a Controller. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

 

Section 4.02. Appointment, Term of Office and Remuneration. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the principal officers of the Corporation shall be appointed in the manner determined by the Board of Directors. Each such officer shall hold office until his or her successor is appointed, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the remuneration of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy in any office shall be filled in such manner as the Board of Directors shall determine, but subject to the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Section 4.03. Subordinate Officers. In addition to the principal officers provided in ‎Section 4.01 herein, but subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Corporation may have one or more Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Controllers and such other subordinate officers, agents and employees as the Board of Directors may deem necessary, each of whom shall hold office for such period as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may delegate to any principal officer the power to appoint and to remove any such subordinate officers, agents or employees.

 

Section 4.04. Removal. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, except as otherwise permitted with respect to subordinate officers, any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 4.05. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board of Directors (or to a principal officer if the Board of Directors has delegated to such principal officer the power to appoint and to remove such officer). The resignation of any officer shall take effect upon receipt of notice thereof or at such later time as shall be specified in such notice; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

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Section 4.06. Powers and Duties. The officers of the Corporation shall have such powers and perform such duties incident to each of their respective offices and such other duties as may from time to time be conferred upon or assigned to them by (or at the direction of) the Board of Directors.

 

Article 5
CAPITAL STOCK

 

Section 5.01. Certificates For Stock; Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates or uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Except as otherwise provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of the holders of shares represented by certificates of the same class and series shall be identical. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by any two authorized officers of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures 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. The Corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

 

Section 5.02. Transfer Of Shares. Subject to the transfer restrictions in the Certificate of Incorporation, shares of the stock of the Corporation may be transferred on the record of stockholders of the Corporation upon authorization by the holder thereof or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney upon surrender of a certificate therefor properly endorsed or upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of uncertificated shares or by such holder’s duly authorized attorney and upon compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form, unless waived by the Corporation. Transfers may also be made in any manner authorized by the Corporation (or its authorized transfer agent) and permitted by Section 224 of Delaware Law.

 

Section 5.03. Authority for Additional Rules Regarding Transfer. Subject to the transfer restrictions in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of the stock of the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware Law, as well as for the issuance of new certificates in lieu of those which may be lost or destroyed, and may require of any stockholder requesting replacement of lost or destroyed certificates,

 

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provide a bond in such amount and in such form as they may deem sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claims arising in connection therewith.

 

Article 6
INFORMATION

 

Section 6.01. Information Requirements. (a) The Corporation shall (i) provide to each stockholder: (A) unaudited consolidated annual financial statements no later than 90 days after the end of each calendar year other than for the end of calendar year 2019 and (B) unaudited consolidated quarterly financial statements no later than 45 days after the end of each quarterly period other than the last quarterly period of the calendar year. Such consolidated financial statements shall include the Corporation’s subsidiaries and use cash-basis accounting.

 

(b)       The Corporation shall provide to each stockholder, as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days before the end of each fiscal year, the annual budget for the new fiscal year (such budget for such new fiscal year, the “Annual Budget”); provided that the Corporation shall not be required to provide an annual budget for the 2020 fiscal year and the Annual Budget for 2020 will be the budget for 2020 most recently filed as part of the Plan of Reorganization (as defined below) prior to the date these Bylaws become effective.

 

(c)       The Corporation shall hold conference calls with its stockholders at least once per quarter promptly after it provides to the stockholders the financial statements for such fiscal quarter; provided that in the case of the last fiscal quarter of the year, such call shall be held promptly after (i) the Corporation provides the annual financial statements for the relevant year or (ii) such earlier time as the Corporation may provide fourth quarter financial information to the stockholders.

 

(d)       The Corporation shall provide to each stockholder, as soon as practicable after any principal officer of the Corporation obtains knowledge thereof, notice (with a description in reasonable detail) of: (i) the commencement of any litigation, investigation or other proceeding to which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries is a party before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) any material collection by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in respect of any tax credits; (iii) the entry into a material contract by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries involving the sale of real property or the consummation of any such sale; and (iv) any other event that would reasonably be expected to be material to the Corporation and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as determined by the Corporation’s management team, in good faith; provided that the Corporation may delay the disclosure of any

 

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information set forth herein if the Board of Directors determines that such delay is reasonably necessary to protect the Corporation from a substantial likelihood of material adverse consequences.

 

Article 7
General Provisions

 

Section 7.01. Fixing the Record Date. (a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of 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 such record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. 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 preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day 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 that the Board of Directors may in its discretion or as required by law fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall fix the same date or an earlier date as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting.

 

(b)       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 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 7.02. Dividends. Subject to limitations contained in Delaware Law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, which dividends may be paid either in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.

 

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Section 7.03. Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.

 

Section 7.04. Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.

 

Section 7.05. Voting of Securities Owned by the Corporation. The Board of Directors may authorize any person, on behalf of the Corporation, to attend, vote at and grant proxies to be used at any meeting (or act by written consent in lieu of a meeting) of equityholders of any entity (except this Corporation) in which the Corporation may hold equity securities.

 

Section 7.06. Forum. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum (an “Alternative Forum Consent”), the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim that is based upon a violation of duty by a current or former director, officer, employee or stockholder in such capacity, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of Delaware Law (or as to which Delaware Law confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware), the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in each case, as amended from time to time, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, shall be the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware; provided, that, in the event that the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware does not have or declines to accept jurisdiction over any such action or proceeding, the sole and exclusive forum for such action or proceeding shall be another state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, in all cases subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. Any person or entity owning, purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this ‎Section 7.06. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of this ‎Section 7.06 is filed in a court other than the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or any other state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, as applicable) (a “Foreign Action”) by or in the name of any current or former stockholder (including a current or former beneficial owner), such current or former stockholder or beneficial owner shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware (or such other state or federal court located within the State of Delaware, as applicable) in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce this ‎Section 7.06 and (ii) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder. The existence of any prior Alternative Forum Consent shall not act as a waiver of the Corporation’s ongoing consent right as set

 

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forth above in this ‎Section 7.06 with respect to any current or future actions or claims.

 

Section 7.07. Effectiveness. These Bylaws are made effective pursuant to the plan of reorganization confirmed by an order of the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, dated December 5, 2019, in In re: Cloud Peak Energy Inc., et al. (Case No. 19-11047) under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code in accordance with Section 303 of Delaware Law (the “Plan of Reorganization”).

 

Section 7.08. Amendments. These Bylaws or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, or new Bylaws may be made, only as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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