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): May 7, 2008
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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1-9260
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73-1283193
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(State
or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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7130
South Lewis, Suite 1000, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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74136
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (918) 493-7700
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Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Section
5 – Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.03 Amendments to
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
At its
regular meeting held on May 7, 2008 and pursuant to proper notice, the Board of
Directors of Unit Corporation (the "Company") approved an amendment to the
Bylaws of the Company which will require that a stockholder proposing to
nominate persons for election to the board of directors or proposing other
business at a stockholder meeting provide information on any hedging positions
of that stockholder. Under these changes, the proposing stockholder
must provide details on whether and the extent to which it has entered into any
hedging or other transactions having the effect or intent of mitigating loss or
managing the risk of stock price changes or increasing its voting
power. The amendment also specifies required documentation needed for
anyone seeking to transact business at a stockholder meeting as a qualified
representative of a stockholder. Lastly, the amendment eliminates the
advance notice requirement for Bylaw changes occurring at meetings of the Board
of Directors.
Specifically,
two Articles of the Company's Bylaws were amended: Article I,
Stockholders' Meetings, Section 10, Notice of Stockholder Business and
Nominations, sub-paragraphs (a)(2), (b), and (c); and Article VII,
Amendments. Those Articles were changed to read as follows (added
language is shown underlined in the paragraphs below and deleted language
is shown as strike-through text):
ARTICLE
I
STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETINGS
Section
10. Notice of Stockholder
Business and Nominations.
(a)
Annual Meetings of
Stockholders.
(1) Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the
proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an
annual meeting of stockholders only (i) pursuant to the corporation's notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto), (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder
of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section
10 is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at
the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 10.
(2) For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by
a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 10,
the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the corporation and any such proposed business other than the
nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a
proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall
be delivered to the Secretary at
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the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the
close of business on the ninetieth day nor earlier than the close of business on
the one hundred twentieth day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding
year's annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than seventy days after
such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to
such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the 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 or
postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above. Such
stockholder's notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) all information relating to
such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each
case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and (ii) such person's
written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected; (B) as to any other business that the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or
business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and
in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws of the
corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting
such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and
address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and of
such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of
the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder
and such beneficial owner, (iii) whether and the extent to which any hedging
or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on
behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any
short positions or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made,
the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk of stock
price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, such stockholder or any
such beneficial owner with respect to any share of stock of the corporation,
(iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock
of the corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in
person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, and
(ivv) a representation
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whether
the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group
which intends (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders
of at least the percentage of the corporation's outstanding capital stock
required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (B)
otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or
nomination. The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a
stockholder if the stockholder has notified the corporation of his or her
intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with Rule
14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act and such
stockholder's proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been
prepared by the corporation to solicit proxies for such annual
meeting. 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 a director of the corporation.
(3) Notwithstanding
anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 10 to the
contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board
of Directors of the corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is
no public announcement by the corporation naming the nominees for the additional
directorships at least one hundred days prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice required by this Section
10 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the
additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of
business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is
first made by the corporation.
(b)
Special Meetings of
Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which
directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting (1)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof
or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors
shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the corporation who is a
stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 10 is
delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 10. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting
of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board
of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of
directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to
such position(s) as specified in the corporation's notice of meeting, if the
stockholder's notice required by paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 10 shall be
delivered to the Secretary
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at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of
business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to such special meeting and not
later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth day prior to such
special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement
is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by
the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the
public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting
commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a
stockholder's notice as described above.
(c)
General.
(1) Only
such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 10 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting
of stockholders of the corporation 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 this Section
10. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have
the power and duty (A) 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 this Section 10 (including
whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited)
or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such
stockholder's nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder's
representation as required by clause (a)(2)(C)(ivv) of this Section
10) and (B) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in
compliance with this Section 10, to declare that such nomination shall be
disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, if the stockholder
(or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual
or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination or
business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall
not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have
been received by the corporation. For purposes of this Section
10, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person
must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or
must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic
transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy
at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or
electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic
transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2) For
purposes of this Section 10, "public announcement" shall include disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service,
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Associated
Press or 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) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 10.
Nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B) of the holders of
any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable
provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
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ARTICLE
VII
AMENDMENTS
These
By-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding stock at any annual meeting, or at any
special meeting if notice of the proposed amendment be contained in the notice
of said special meeting, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full
Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, provided notice of said
proposed amendment be contained in the notice of the
meeting.
The
Bylaws of the Company (as amended and restated May 7, 2008) are attached to this
Form 8-K as Exhibit 3.2.
Section
9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Item 9.01 Financial
Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
3.2 Bylaws
of Unit Corporation (as amended and restated May 7, 2008)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
Unit
Corporation
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Date: May
8, 2008
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By:
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/s/ Mark E.
Schell
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Mark
E. Schell
Senior
Vice President
and
General Counsel
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description.
3.2
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Bylaws
of Unit Corporation (as amended and restated May 7,
2008)
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BY-LAWS
OF
UNIT
CORPORATION
a
Delaware Corporation
(as
amended and restated May 7, 2008)
ARTICLE
I
STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETINGS
Section
1. Annual Meeting.
The
annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at such date and at such hour as
may be designated by the Board of Directors. If the date is a legal holiday,
then the meeting shall be held on the next succeeding business day. The purpose
of the meeting shall be to elect directors. Any business may be transacted at
the annual meeting, except as otherwise provided by law or by these
By-laws.
Section
2. Special
Meeting. A special
meeting of stockholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or
by the President. Only such business shall be transacted at a special meeting as
may be stated or indicated in the Notice of such meeting.
Section
3. Place.
The
annual meeting of stockholders may be held by remote communication or at any
place within or without the State of Delaware designated by the Board of
Directors. Special meetings of stockholders may be held by remote communication
or at any place within or without the State of Delaware designated by the
Chairman of the Board, if he shall call the meeting, or by the Board of
Directors, if they shall call the meeting. Any meeting may be held by remote
communication or at any place within or without the State of Delaware designated
in a waiver of notice of such meeting signed by all stockholders. Meeting of
Stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the corporation unless
another place is designated for meetings in the manner provided
herein.
Section
4. Notice.
Written
or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of each meeting of
stockholders and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for
which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten (10) days nor
more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally, by
mail or by other lawful means to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at
such meeting.
Section
5. Quorum.
The
holders of at least a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote thereat
and present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of
the stockholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided
by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or by the Certificate of
Incorporation of the corporation. At all meetings of stockholders for the
election of directors a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to
elect. All other elections and questions shall, unless otherwise provided by the
Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, the rules or regulations of any
stock exchange applicable to the corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to
any regulation applicable to the corporation or its securities, be decided by
the affirmative vote of the holders of
a
majority in voting power of the shares of stock of the corporation which are
present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote thereon.
Section
6. Proxies.
At all
meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote either in person or by proxy
executed in writing by the stockholder or by his duly authorized
attorney-in-fact. Such proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the
corporation before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after
eleven (11) months from the date of its execution unless otherwise provided in
the proxy. Each proxy shall be revocable unless expressly provided therein to be
irrevocable, and in no event shall it remain irrevocable for a period of more
than eleven (11) months.
Section
7. Voting of
Shares. Each
outstanding share of common stock shall be entitled to one vote upon each matter
submitted to a vote at a meeting of the stockholders.
Section
8. Officers.
The
Chairman of the Board shall preside at and the Secretary shall keep the records
of each meeting of stockholders, and in the absence of either such officer, some
person appointed at the meeting shall perform his duties.
Section
9. List of
Stockholders. A
complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at each stockholders' meeting,
arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and showing the number of
shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary and filed at the
registered office of the corporation, and shall be subject to inspection by any
stockholder for any purpose germane to the meetings as required by applicable
law.
Section
10. Notice of Stockholder
Business and Nominations.
(a)
Annual Meetings of
Stockholders.
(1)
Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation and the
proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an
annual meeting of stockholders only (i) pursuant to the corporation's notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto), (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation who was a stockholder
of record of the corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section
10 is delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at
the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 10.
(2)
For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by
a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 10,
the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the
Secretary of the corporation and any such proposed business other than the
nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a
proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall
be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth day nor
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting (provided, however,
that in the event that the
date of
the annual meeting is more than thirty days before or more than seventy days
after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered
not
earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to
such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the 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 or
postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described above. Such
stockholder's notice shall set forth: (A) as to each person whom the stockholder
proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) all information relating to
such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for
election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each
case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and (ii) such person's
written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected; (B) as to any other business that the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the
business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or
business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and
in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws of the
corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting
such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and
address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation's books, and of
such beneficial owner, (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of
the corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder
and such beneficial owner, (iii) whether and the extent to which any hedging or
other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on
behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any
short positions or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made,
the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk of stock
price changes for, or to increase the voting power of, such stockholder or any
such beneficial owner with respect to any share of stock of the corporation,
(iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the
corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or
by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, and (v) a
representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends
or is part of a group which intends (A) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form
of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation's outstanding
capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee
and/or (B) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such
proposal or nomination. The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed
satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the corporation of
his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance
with Rule 14a-8 (or any
successor
thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act and such stockholder's proposal has
been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the corporation to
solicit proxies for such annual meeting. 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 a director of
the corporation.
(3)
Notwithstanding
anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 10 to the
contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board
of Directors of the corporation at an annual meeting is increased and there is
no public announcement by the corporation naming the nominees for the additional
directorships at least one hundred days prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice required by this Section
10 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the
additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of
business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is
first made by the corporation.
(b)
Special Meetings of
Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
corporation's notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which
directors are to be elected pursuant to the corporation's notice of meeting (1)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or (2)
provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be
elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the corporation who is a
stockholder of record at the time the notice provided for in this Section 10 is
delivered to the Secretary of the corporation, who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and upon such election and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this Section 10. In the event the corporation calls a special meeting
of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board
of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of
directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to
such position(s) as specified in the corporation's notice of meeting, if the
stockholder's notice required by paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 10 shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth day prior to
such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of
the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the
day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special
meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at
such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or
postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time
period) for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described
above.
(c)
General.
(1)
Only such
persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 10 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the corporation 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 this Section
10. Except as otherwise provided by law, the chairman of the meeting shall have
the power and duty (A) 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 this Section 10 (including
whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which
solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such
stockholder's nominee or
proposal in compliance with such stockholder's representation as required by
clause (a)(2)(C)(v) of this Section 10) and (B) if any proposed nomination or
business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 10, to declare
that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall
not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10,
if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not
appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation to
present a nomination or business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such
proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in
respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. For
purposes of this Section 10, to be considered a qualified representative of the
stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of
such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder
or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such
stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce
such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the
writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(2)
For
purposes of this Section 10, "public announcement" shall include disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or
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)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 10, a stockholder shall also comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 10.
Nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to affect any rights (A) of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation's proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (B) of the holders of
any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable
provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section
11. Conduct of
Meeting. Meetings
of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board or by
another chair designated by the Board of Directors. The date and time of the
opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders
will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the chair of the meeting and
announced at the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such
rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall
deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and
regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chair of any meeting of
stockholders shall have the exclusive right and authority to prescribe such
rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of
such chair, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules,
regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the
chair of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the
establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and
procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present;
(iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly
authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the
meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the
time fixed for the commencement thereof,
and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by
participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or
the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be
held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section
12. 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, or to express
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or
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 by the Board of Directors, and
which record date: (1) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless
otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10)
days before the date of such meeting; (2) in the case of determination of
stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without
a meeting, shall not be more than ten (10) days from the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors; and (3)
in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to
such other action. If no record date is fixed: (1) 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; (2) the record date
for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting shall be determined in accordance with Section 13 of
this Article I; and (3) the record date for determining stockholders for any
other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. 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.
Section
13. Record Date for Action by
Written Consent. In order
that the corporation may determine the stockholders 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. Any
stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take
corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary,
request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors
shall promptly, but in all events within ten (10) days after the date on which
such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a
record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the
first sentence of this Section13). If no record date has been fixed by the Board
of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 13 or otherwise
within ten (10) days of the date on which such a request is received, the record
date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting, when no
prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, 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 Delaware, its
principal place of business, or to any officer or agent of the corporation
having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are
recorded. Delivery 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
pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 13, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting if prior action by the Board of Directors is required by law
shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors
adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section
14. Inspectors of Written
Consent. In the
event of the delivery, in the manner provided by Section 13 of this Article I,
to the corporation of written consent or consents to take corporate action
and/or any related revocation or revocations, the corporation shall engage
independent inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing promptly a
ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. For the
purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no action by
written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as the
independent inspectors certify to the corporation that the consents delivered to
the corporation in accordance with Section 13 of this Article I represent at
least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to take the corporate
action. Nothing contained in this Section 14 shall in any way be construed to
suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be
entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether
before or after such certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any
other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or
defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive
relief in such litigation).
Section
15. Effectiveness
of Written Consent. Every
written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs
the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate
action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated
written consent received in accordance with Section 13 of this Article I, a
written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take
such action are delivered to the corporation in the manner prescribed in Section
13 of this Article I.
Section
16. Adjournment
of Meeting. Any
meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned by the chair of the
meeting from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other time, date and
place. Notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time, date
and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken. If after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting or if the adjournment is for more than thirty days, notice of the
adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote
at the adjourned meeting.
Section
17. Postponement
and Cancellation of Meeting. Any
previously scheduled annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be
postponed, and any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of the
stockholders called by the Board of Directors may be canceled, by resolution of
the Board upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for
such meeting of stockholders.
ARTICLE
II
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Section
1. Number
and Term of Office. The
business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and controlled by or
under direction of Board of Directors, and subject to the restrictions imposed
by Law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws, they may
exercise all powers of the corporation.
Commencing
at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held in 1987, the Board of Directors shall
be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, with respect to
their terms of office. All classes shall be as nearly equal in number as
possible. Subject to such limitations, when the number of directors is changed,
any newly created directorships or any decrease in directorships shall be
apportioned among the classes by action of the Board of Directors.
The terms
of office of the directors initially classified shall be as follows: that of
Class I shall expire at the annual meeting of Stockholders to be held in 1988;
that of Class II shall expire at the annual meeting of Stockholders to be held
in 1989; that of Class III shall expire at the annual meeting of Stockholders to
be held in 1990. At each annual meeting of Stockholders after such initial
classification, directors to replace those whose terms expire at such annual
meeting shall be elected to hold office until the third succeeding Annual
Meeting.
Each
director shall hold office for the term of which he is elected and until his
successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Any
vacancy or newly-created directorship occurring in the Board of Directors may
only be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors,
though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. A director elected to fill
a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in
office.
Section
2. Meeting of
Directors. The
directors may hold their meetings and may have an office and keep the books of
the corporation, except as otherwise provided by statute, in such place or
places in the State of Delaware, or outside the State of Delaware as the Board
of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section
3. First Meeting.
Each
newly elected Board of Directors may hold its first meeting for the purpose of
organization and the transaction of business, if a quorum is present,
immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of the
stockholders, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary.
Section
4. Election of
Officers. At the
first meeting of the Board of Directors in each year at which a quorum shall be
present, held next after the annual meeting of stockholders, the Board of
Directors shall proceed to the election of the officers of the
corporation.
Section
5. Regular
Meetings. Regular
meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place within
or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated, from time to time, by
resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of such regular meetings shall not
be required.
Such
meetings may be conducted by use of long distance conference calls.
Section
6. Special
Meetings. Special
meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at any time or place within or
without the State of Delaware whenever called by the Chairman of the Board or by
a majority of the directors at the time being in office.
Section
7. Notice.
The
Secretary shall give notice of each special meeting in person, or by mail,
telegraph or other lawful means at least five (5) days before the meeting, to
each director. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business on the grounds that 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 Board of Directors need be specified
in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
At any
such meeting at which every director shall be present, even though without any
notice, any business may be transacted.
Section
8. Quorum.
A
majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board of Directors, there
be less than a quorum present, a majority of those present or any director
solely present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is
in attendance shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a
greater number is required by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these
By-laws. However, if the Board of Directors consists of only three members, all
three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
Section
9. Order of
Business. At
meetings of the Board of Directors, business shall be transacted in such order
as from time to time the Board may determine.
At all
meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall preside as
Chairman, and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, a Chairman shall be
chosen by the Board from among the directors present.
The
Secretary of the Company shall act as Secretary of all meetings of the Board of
Directors, but in the absence of the Secretary, the presiding officer may
appoint any person to act as Secretary of the meeting. If the Secretary is not
present at the meeting, the Chairman of the Board may appoint a member of the
Board to act as Secretary of that particular meeting.
Section
10. Compensation.
Directors
as such shall not receive any stated salary for their service, but by resolution
of the Board a fixed sum and expense of attendance, if any, may be allowed for
attendance at such regular or special meetings of the Board; provided that
nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude any director from
serving the corporation in any other capacity or receiving compensation
therefor.
Section
11. Presumption of
Assent. A
director of the corporation who is present at a meeting of the Board of
Directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to
have assented to the action unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes
of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent to such action with
the person acting as Secretary
of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by
registered mail to the Secretary of the corporation immediately after the
adjournment of the meeting. Such right of dissent shall not apply to a director
who voted in favor of such action.
Section
12. 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 the
committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum,
may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such
committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent provided in the
resolution of the Board of Directors, 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.
ARTICLE
III
OFFICERS
Section
1. Number, Titles and Term of
Office. The
officers of the corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, one
or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers as
the Board of Directors may from time to time elect or appoint. Each officer
shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified
or until his death or until he shall resign or shall have been removed in the
manner hereinafter provided. One person may hold more than one office, except
that the President shall not hold the office of Secretary. None of the officers
need be a director.
Section
2. Removal.
Any
officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed
by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the
corporation will be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice
to the contract
rights,
if any, of the person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent
shall not of itself create contract rights.
Section
3. Vacancies.
A vacancy
in the office of any officer may be filled by vote of a majority of the
directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section
4. Powers and Duties of the
Chairman of the Board. The
Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of
the Board of Directors. During the absence or disability of the President, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge
all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall
also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from
time to time be assigned by these By-laws or by the Board of
Directors.
Section
5. Powers and Duties of the
President. The
President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors have general
supervision of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and
resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President,
subject
to a contrary designation by the Board of Directors, shall be the Chief
Executive Officer of the corporation The President shall execute all bonds,
mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the corporation requiring a seal,
under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to
be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the
corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-laws,
the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President shall preside at all meetings
of the stockholders and the Board of Directors. The President shall also perform
such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be
assigned to such officer by these By-laws or by the Board of
Directors
Section
6. Vice
Presidents. Each Vice
President shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned to him by the
Board of Directors and shall exercise the powers of the President during that
officer's absence or inability to act. Any action taken by a Vice President in
the performance of the duties of the President shall be conclusive evidence of
the absence or inability to act of the President at the time such action was
taken.
Section
7. Treasurer.
The
Treasurer shall have custody of all the funds and securities of the corporation
that come into his hands. When necessary or proper, he may endorse, on behalf of
the corporation, for collection, checks, notes and other obligations and shall
deposit the same to the credit of the corporation in such bank or banks or
depositories as shall be designated in the manner prescribed by the Board of
Directors; he may sign all receipts and vouchers for payments made to the
corporation, either alone or jointly with such other officer as is designated by
the Board of Directors. Whenever required by the Board of Directors, he shall
render a statement of his cash account; he shall enter or cause to be entered
regularly in the books of the corporation to be kept by him for that purpose,
full and accurate accounts of all moneys received and paid out on account of the
corporation; he shall perform all acts incident to the position of Treasurer
subject to the control of the Board of Directors; and he shall, if required by
the Board of Directors, give such bond for the faithful discharge of his duties
in such form as the Board of Directors may require.
Section
8. Assistant
Treasurer. Each
Assistant Treasurer, if any, shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining
to his office, together with such other powers and duties as may be assigned to
him by the Board of Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall exercise the
powers of the Treasurer during that officer's absence or inability to
act.
Section
9. Secretary.
The
Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the stockholders, in books
provided for that purpose; he shall attend to the giving and serving of all
notices; he may sign with the President in the name of the corporation, all
contracts of the corporation and affix the seal of the corporation thereto; he
may sign with the Chairman of the Board or the President all certificates for
shares of the capital stock of the corporation; he shall have charge of the
certificate books, transfer books, and stock ledgers, and such other books and
papers as the Board of Directors may direct, all of which shall at all
reasonable times be open to the inspection of any director upon application at
the office of the corporation during business hours, and he shall in general
perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary subject to the control of
the Board of Directors.
Section
10. Assistant
Secretaries. Each
Assistant Secretary, if any, shall have the usual powers and duties pertaining
to his office, together with such other powers and duties as may be assigned to
him by the Board of Directors or the Secretary. The Assistant Secretary shall
exercise the powers of the Secretary during that officer's absence or inability
to act.
ARTICLE
IV
INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section
1. Indemnification.
(a)
The
corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal
representative, is or was a director or officer of the corporation,
or, while an officer or director of the corporation, is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(b)
The
corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to, or is otherwise involved in, any threatened,
pending or completed
action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by
reason of the fact that he, or a person for whom he is the legal representative,
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or, while
an officer or director of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonable believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that
the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but
in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery
or such other court shall deem proper.
(c)
To the
extent that a present or former director or officer of the corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in
subsections (a) and (b), or a defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(d)
Any
indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) (unless ordered by a court) shall
be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the present or former director or officer
is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b). Such determination shall be made,
with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to
such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum or (2) by a
committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even
though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (4)
by the stockholders.
(e)
Expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a present or former officer or director
in defending a civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative action, suit or proceeding shall, to the full extent
not prohibited by applicable law, be paid by the corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if
it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation as authorized in this Section. Such expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such
terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
(f)
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
the other subsections of this Section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
entitled
under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office.
(g)
The
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under
the provisions of this Section.
(h)
For
purposes of this Section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in
addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which,
if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to
indemnify its directors, officers,
and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
Section with respect to the
resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such
constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(i)
For
purposes of this Section, references to "other enterprises" shall include
employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes
assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to
"serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect
to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and person who
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest
of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be
deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation" as referred to in this Section.
(j)
The
indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
this Section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
of such a person.
(k)
Notwithstanding
anything in subsection (a) or (b) to the contrary, except as otherwise provided
in the following sentence, the corporation shall be required to indemnify an
officer or director in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part
thereof) commenced by such officer or director only if the commencement of such
action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) by the officer or director was
authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors of the
corporation.
(l)
If a
claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit
or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article IV is not paid in
full within 30 days after a written claim therefore by the person seeking
indemnification or advancement has been received by the corporation, that person
may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim, and if successful in
whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such
claim. In any such action the corporation shall have the burden of
proving that the person seeking indemnification or advancement is not entitled
to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable
law.
Section
2. General.
The
foregoing rights shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any director or
officer may otherwise be entitled, and in the event of his death, shall extend
to his legal representatives. The foregoing rights shall be available whether or
not the director or officer continues to be a director or officer at the time of
incurring or becoming subject to such loss, expenses, costs and counsel fees,
and whether or not the claim asserted against him is a matter which antedates
the adoption of this Article IV.
ARTICLE
V
CAPITAL
STOCK
Section
1. Stock Certificates;
Uncertificated Shares. The
shares of stock of the corporation shall be represented by certificates,
provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions
that some or all of any or all classes or series of the corporation’s
stock
shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply
to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to
the corporation. Every holder of stock in the corporation that is
represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in
the name of the corporation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the
President or a Vice President and also by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the corporation. Any or all of the signatures on a
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.
Section
2. Transfers.
Stock of
the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in
these By-laws. 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 holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the corporation of the
certificate or certificates representing such shares endorsed by the appropriate
person or persons (or by delivery of duly executed instructions with respect to
uncertificated shares), with such evidence of the authenticity of such
endorsement or execution, transfer, authorization, and other matters as the
corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock
transfer stamps.
Section
3. Regulations.
The Board
of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and
regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and
registration or the replacement of certificates for shares of the capital stock
of the corporation.
ARTICLE
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section
1. Offices.
The
registered office of the corporation required by the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware shall be maintained in the State of Delaware, but the
Board of Directors may, from time to time, designate the principal office and
place of business of the corporation, which may be out of the State of
Delaware.
Section
2. Fiscal Year.
The
fiscal year of the corporation shall be such as the Board of Directors shall, by
resolution, establish.
Section
3. Seal.
The seal
of the corporation shall be such as from time to time may be approved by the
Board of Directors.
Section
4. Notice and Waiver of
Notice. Whenever
any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of these
By-laws, said notice shall be deemed to be sufficient if given by depositing the
same in a post office in a sealed postpaid wrapper addressed to the persons
entitled thereto at his post office address, as it appears on the books of the
corporation, and such notice
shall be deemed to have been given on the day of such mailing. A waiver of
notice in writing or by electronic transmission, whether before or after the
time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. 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.
Section
5. Resignations.
Any
director or officer may resign at any time. Such resignations shall be made in
writing or by electronic transmission and shall take effect at the time
specified therein, or, if no time be specified, at the time of its receipt by
the President or Secretary. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be
necessary to make it effective, unless expressly so provided in the
resignation.
Section
6. Interested Directors:
Quorum.
(a)
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 or committee thereof
which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their
votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(1)
The
material facts as to his 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 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
(2)
The
material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are know to the shareholders entitled to vote
thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith
by vote of the stockholders; or
(3)
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.
(b)
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 that authorizes the contract
or transaction.
ARTICLE
VII
AMENDMENTS
These
By-laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding stock at any annual meeting, or at any
special meeting if notice of the proposed amendment be contained in the notice
of said special meeting, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the full
Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting.