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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
July 18, 2011
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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75 West Center Street
Provo, UT 84601
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(801) 345-1000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4 (c)) |
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.
On July 18, 2011, the Board of Directors of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (the Company) appointed
Neil H. Offen to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Offen will serve on the Audit Committee
and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Companys Board of Directors.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal year.
On July 18, 2011, the Board of Directors of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (the Company) adopted an
amendment and restatement of the Companys Amended and Restated Bylaws (the Second Amended and
Restated Bylaws). The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws amend the Companys Amended and Restated
Bylaws as follows:
ARTICLE ISTOCKHOLDERS
The provisions of this Article have been modified as follows:
To specifically provide for meetings to be held by means of remote communications and to update
provisions of this Article to clarify that notice may be provided by means of electronic
communications.
To provide that the Company may establish separate record dates for determining stockholders
entitled to notice of a meeting and for determining stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting.
To clarify that existence of a quorum at a stockholders meeting shall be determined by holders
of a majority of the voting power rather than a majority of the shares.
To clarify the provisions regarding the adjournment of stockholder meetings to provide that
meetings may be adjourned by the holders of a majority of the voting power or by any officer
entitled to preside or act as secretary of the meeting.
To clarify the voting standards in the bylaws by providing that the majority of votes cast
affirmatively or negatively that shall decide any matter other than the election of directors.
To modify the provisions regarding advance notice by stockholders of nomination of directors and
business to be conducted at stockholder meetings, including the shortening the advance notice
period from 120 days to 90 days for nominations or business that is not being requested to be
included in the Companys proxy statement, and identifying the specific information that must be
provided to the Company in connection with any such advance notice.
To make the Bylaws consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, including the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation regarding authority to call a special meeting of the
stockholders.
To provide additional procedural provisions regarding the conduct of stockholder meetings.
ARTICLE 2DIRECTORS
The provisions of this Article have been modified as follows:
To provide that the total number of directors may not be less than three nor more than 15.
To provide that, subject to the rights of any holders of any series of preferred stock to elect
directors, the number of authorized directors shall be fixed exclusively by a majority of the whole
board.
To conform the provisions of the Bylaws regarding the filling of vacancies to the provisions set
forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.
To update the Bylaws to reflect current methods of providing notice and communications including
through the means of electronic communications
To shorten the notice requirement for special meetings of directors from 48 hours to 24 hours.
To provide that a quorum shall consist of a majority of the authorized number of directors.
To clarify that action may be taken without a meeting by means of unanimous consent by electronic
transmission.
To provide additional detail regarding Board committees including the necessary quorum
requirements.
ARTICLE 3OFFICERS
The provisions of this Article have been modified as follows:
To clarify that officers shall be elected by directors at any time and shall hold office until
their successor has been elected and qualified or for such other period as may be set forth in the
resolution electing such officer.
To add Chief Financial Officer as a designated officer and to make clarifying changes to the
duties of certain officers.
ARTICLE 4CAPITAL STOCK
The provisions of this Article have been modified as follows:
To authorize the establishment of two separate record dates for meetings of stockholders as more
fully discussed above.
To make certain other clarifying changes and corrections.
ARTICLE 5INDEMNIFICATION
The provisions of this Article have been modified as follows:
To conform the indemnification provisions with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable
Delaware law;
To provide that an indemnitee may bring a suit for payment if the Company fails to make payment
of a claim for indemnification or advancement, and that an indemnitee shall be entitled to recover
the costs of pursuing such suit if the indemnittee is successful in such suit.
To provide that any amendment of the indemnification provisions of the Bylaws will not impact the
rights for indemnification for actions that occurred prior to the amendment.
ARTICLE 6GENERAL PROVISIONS
The provisions of this Article have been modified as follows:
To clarify that a waiver of notice may be in the form of an electronic transmission.
To define the term electronic transmission as any form of communication that satisfies the
requirements of Delaware corporate law.
To clarify the provisions regarding the voting of securities held by the Company.
To add provisions regarding the corporate seal, the determination of time periods, and the right
of directors to rely in good faith upon the books, reports and records of the company.
ARTICLE 7AMENDMENTS
The provisions of this Article were modified to require a majority of the whole board to amend the
bylaws and to clarify the voting requirements for stockholders to amend the Bylaws
In addition to the amendments summarized above, the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws include
certain conforming changes and other minor corrections.
A copy of the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and is
hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibit.
3.1 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc.
SIGNATURE
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.
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NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Registrant)
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/s/ Ritch N. Wood
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Ritch N. Wood |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Date: July 22, 2011
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Exhibit 99.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.
ARTICLE 1
STOCKHOLDERS
1.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of stockholders shall be held: (i) at such place within or
without the State of Delaware as may be designated by or in the manner provided in the Certificate
of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time (the Certificate of
Incorporation) or these Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended from time to time (the
Bylaws), or if not so designated, as determined by the Board of Directors; (ii) solely by such
means of remote communications as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors in
its sole discretion, which means shall meet the requirements of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the DGCL); or (iii) if not otherwise designated, at the registered office of the
Corporation.
1.2 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and
for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the annual meeting of
stockholders shall be held each year on such date and at such time as the Board of Directors shall
determine. If the date so determined by the Board of Directors shall fall upon a legal holiday at
the place of the annual meeting of stockholders, then such meeting shall be held on the next
succeeding business day at the same hour. If no annual meeting of stockholders is held in
accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Board of Directors shall cause the annual meeting of
stockholders to be held as soon thereafter as convenient.
1.3 Remote Communication. The Board of Directors may permit the stockholders and their
proxy holders to participate in meetings of the stockholders (whether such meetings are held at a
designated place or solely by means of remote communication) using one or more methods of remote
communication that satisfy the requirements of the DGCL. The Board of Directors may adopt such
guidelines and procedures applicable to participation in stockholders meetings by means of remote
communication as it deems appropriate. Participation in a stockholders meeting by means of a
method of remote communication permitted by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the DGCL,
shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
1.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of the place, if any, date and hour of any meeting of
stockholders shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice of a
meeting of stockholders shall state the means of remote communication, if any, by which
stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed present in person and vote at such meeting. The
notice shall also state 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. If the voting list for a meeting of stockholders is to be made available
by means of an
electronic network or if such meeting is to be held solely by remote communication, the notice
shall include the information required to access the reasonably accessible electronic network on
which the Corporation will make its voting list available either prior to such meeting or, in the
case of a meeting of stockholders held solely by remote communication, during such meeting. Notice
of a special meeting of stockholders shall also state the purpose or purposes for which such
meeting has been called. Unless otherwise provided in the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation,
notice of a meeting of stockholders shall be given at least 10 days but not more than 60 days
before the date of such meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the
record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting. Without limiting
the manner by which notice may otherwise be given, notice may be given by a form of electronic
transmission that satisfies the requirements of the DGCL and has been consented to by the
stockholder to whom notice is given. If mailed, notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the
United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholders address as it appears in the
Corporations records. If given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the
stockholder to whom notice is given, notice shall be deemed given at the times specified with
respect to the giving of notice by electronic transmission in the DGCL. An affidavit of the
Corporations Secretary, Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent or other agent of the
Corporation that notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of
the facts stated in the affidavit.
1.5 Voting List. At least 10 days before a meeting of stockholders, the Secretary of the
Corporation shall prepare a complete alphabetical list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such
meeting showing each stockholders address and the number of shares registered in his or her name;
provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less
than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as
of the 10th day before the meeting date. This voting list need not include electronic
mail addresses or other electronic contact information for any stockholder. For a period of at
least 10 days before a meeting of stockholders, the voting list shall be open to the examination of
any stockholder for any purpose germane to such meeting either on a reasonably accessible
electronic network (provided that the information required to gain access to the list is provided
with the notice of the meeting) or during ordinary business hours at the Corporations principal
place of business. If the list is made available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take
reasonable steps to ensure that it is available only to stockholders. If the meeting of
stockholders is held at a place, the voting list shall be produced and kept at that place for the
entire duration of such meeting. If the meeting of stockholders is held solely by means of remote
communications, the voting list shall be made available for inspection on a reasonably accessible
electronic network for the entire duration of such meeting. In either case, any stockholder may
inspect the voting list at any time during the meeting of stockholders. The list shall
presumptively determine (i) the identity of the stockholders entitled to examine such stock list
and to vote at the meeting and (ii) the number of shares held by each of them.
1.6 Quorum. Unless a larger number is required by the DGCL, the Certificate of
Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporations
securities are listed, at any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority of the voting
power of all of the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote at the meeting of stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Where a separate vote by a class or classes
or series is required, a
majority of the voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series present in person or
represented by proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on
that matter. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn
the meeting to another place, if any, date, or time.
1.7 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned by the holders of a majority
of the voting power of the stock present, in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote at the
meeting, or by any officer of the Corporation entitled to preside at or to act as secretary of such
meeting. At any adjourned meeting of stockholders, the stockholders may transact any business that
they might have transacted at the original meeting of stockholders. Notice of an adjourned meeting
of stockholders need not be given if the time and place, if any, and/or means of remote
communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to present in person
and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken;
provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than 30 days after the date
for which the meeting was originally noticed, notice of the place, if any, date, and time of the
adjourned meeting 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 adjourned meeting, shall be given to
each stockholder in conformity herewith. 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, which record date shall not precede the
date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and,
except as otherwise required by law, shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the
date 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.
1.8 Voting and Proxies. Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of capital
stock entitled to vote that is held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each
fractional share so held, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person or by proxy
authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance
with the procedure established for the meeting. Any copy, facsimile, telecommunication, or other
reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this Section 1.8 may be
substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for
which the original writing or transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile,
telecommunication, or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
writing or transmission. No such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from the
date of its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period.
1.9 Action at Meeting. In all matters other than the election of directors, when a quorum
is present at any meeting, a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively shall decide
any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting, except when a different vote is
required by express provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, or the
rules of any stock exchange upon which the Corporations securities are listed. All elections of
directors by the stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the
stockholders entitled to vote at the election. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the
stockholders may be effected without a meeting by a written consent in accordance with Section 8.1
of the Certificate of Incorporation.
1.10 Advance Notice of Stockholder Business or Director Nominations. Nominations of persons
for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be transacted by the
stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporations
proxy materials, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized
committee thereof), or (iii) by any stockholder of record (the Record Stockholder) of the
Corporation at the time of the giving of the notice required in this Section 1.10 and in Section
1.11 hereof who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures
set forth in this Section 1.10 and in Section 1.11 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the
foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or
propose business (other than business included in the Corporations proxy materials pursuant to
Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, the 1934 Act), at an annual meeting of stockholders.
1.11 Advance Notice Requirements. For nominations or business to be properly brought before
an annual meeting by a Record Stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 1.10 hereof, (i) the
Record Stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation, (ii) any such business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under Delaware
law, and (iii) the Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf any such
proposal or nomination is made must have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in
the Solicitation Statement required by these Bylaws. To be timely, a Record Stockholders notice
must: (i) in the case of a proposal submitted for inclusion in the Corporations proxy statement
and form of proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act, meet the deadline for
proposals submitted under such rule; or (ii) in the case of all other matters, be received by the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days prior to the
one-year anniversary of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials in
connection with the previous years annual meeting of the stockholders except that if no annual
meeting was held in the previous year or the date of the annual meeting has been changed by more
than 30 days from the one-year anniversary of the previous years annual meeting, a Record
Stockholders notice must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of (a) the 90th day before
such annual meeting or (b) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement
of the date of such meeting is first made. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding sentence to
the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected by the Board of Directors is
increased and there has been no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or
indicating the increase in the size of the Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 10
days before the last day a Record Stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with
the preceding sentence, a Record Stockholders notice required by these Bylaws shall also be
considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than the close business on the 10th day following the day on which
public announcement is first made by the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in this Section
1.11 to the contrary, in no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting for
which notice has been given commence a new time period for the giving of a Record Stockholders
notice. Such Record Stockholders notice shall set forth: (i) if
such notice pertains to the nomination of directors, as to each person whom the Record Stockholder
proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director the name, age, business address,
residence address, and principal occupation of such person, all information relating to such person
as would be required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominees
as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act, and such persons written consent to
serve as a director if elected; (ii) as to any business that the Record Stockholder proposes to
bring before the meeting, a complete description of the business desired to be brought before the
annual meeting, and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting; (iii) the name
and record address of the Record Stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
proposal or nomination is made, and any Associated Person if any information with respect to such
Associated Person is required to be disclosed under any other provision of this Section 1.11; (iv)
the class, series, and number of shares of the Corporations capital stock that are owned, directly
or indirectly, beneficially or of record by the Record Stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any,
on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made, any Associated Person (as defined below) of
such Record Stockholder, and any nominee for election or reelection as a director; (v) any option,
warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or
conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series
of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any
class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be
subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or
otherwise (a Derivative Instrument) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by the Record
Stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made, any
Associated Person of such Record Stockholder, or any nominee for election or reelection as a
director, and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived
from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation; (vi) any proxy, contract,
arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which the Record Stockholder, a beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any Associated Person of such
Record Stockholder, or any nominee for election or reelection as a director has a right to vote,
directly or indirectly, any shares of any security of the Corporation; (vii) any short interest in
any security of the Corporation held by the Record Stockholder, a beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any Associated Person of such Record Stockholder,
or any nominee for election or reelection as a director (for purposes of this Section 1.11, a
person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the
opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject
security); (viii) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially
directly or indirectly by the Record Stockholder, a beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
nomination or proposal is made, any Associated Person of such Record Stockholder, or any nominee
for election or reelection as a director that are separated or separable from the underlying shares
of the Corporation; (ix) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative
Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited par
tnership in which the Record
Stockholder, a beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any
Associated Person of such Record Stockholder, or any nominee for election or reelection as a
director is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a
general partner; (x) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that the Record
Stockholder, beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any
Associated Person of such Record Stockholder, or any nominee for election or reelection as a
director is directly or indirectly entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of
shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice,
including without limitation any such interests held by members of each such partys immediate
family sharing the same household; (xi) any material interest of the Record Stockholder, the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made, or any Associated
Person of such Record Stockholder in such business or nomination including any agreements the
Record Stockholder or any Associated Person of such record stockholder may have with others in
connection with such business; (xii) a representation that the Record 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 introduce the business or nomination or nominations specified in the
notice; (xiii) any other information relating to the Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the proposal or nomination is made that would be required to be disclosed
in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of
proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or the election of directors in a contested election
pursuant to Section 14 of the 1934 Act; (xiv) if such notice pertains to the nomination of
directors, a description of all arrangements, understandings, or material relationships between the
Record Stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons)
pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the Record Stockholder; and (xv) a statement
whether or not each of the Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
such nomination or proposal is made will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of,
in the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital
stock of the Corporation required under applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a
nomination or nominations, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the shares of capital
stock of the Corporation reasonably believed by the Record Stockholder or beneficial owner, as the
case may be, to be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be nominated by the
Record Stockholder (such statement, a Solicitation Statement). If any of the foregoing
information changes in any material respect from the date the notice is received through the date
of the meeting, the Record Stockholder shall promptly supplement such information to reflect such
change by notice in writing and delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary of the
Corporation at the Corporations principal executive offices. For purposes of this Section 1.11,
Associated Person of any stockholder or proposed nominee shall mean (i) any member of the
immediate family of such stockholder or proposed nominee sharing the same household with such
stockholder or proposed nominee; (ii) any person controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with, such stockholder or proposed nominee; (iii) any person acting in concert or as part
of a group (within the meaning of the 1934 Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder) with
such stockholder or proposed nominee; or (iv) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the
Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder or proposed nominee. No business
shall be conducted at any annual meeting except business brought before the annual meeting in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.11 and in Section 1.10 hereof
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to the rights of any holders of a class of preferred stock of the Corporation, no person shall be
eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless (i) the person is nominated by a
Record Stockholder in accordance with this Section 1.11 and in Section 1.10 hereof or (ii) the
person is nominated by or at the direction of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the meeting
shall have the power and
the duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the
meeting has been made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any
proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such
defectively proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the
meeting and shall be disregarded. For purposes of these Bylaws, public announcement shall mean
disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, or a
comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.11, a stockholder shall also comply with
all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect
to matters set forth in this Section 1.11 and in Section 1.10 hereof. Nothing in this Section 1.11
shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the
Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.
1.12 Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, special meetings of
stockholders may be called only by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of
Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole
Board. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term Whole Board shall mean the total number of
authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized
directorships. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, stockholders of the Corporation shall not
have the right to request or call a special meeting of the stockholders. Only such business shall
be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by
or at the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule
any previously scheduled special meeting. The notice of such special meeting shall include the
purpose for which the meeting is called. 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 (i)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of record at the time
of giving of notice provided for in this paragraph, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting
and who delivers a written notice to the Secretary setting forth the information required for
nominations by a stockholder of record in Section 1.11 hereof. Nominations by stockholders of
persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of
stockholders only if such stockholder of records notice required by the preceding sentence shall
be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than
the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the
10th 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 an adjournment, or postponement of a special meeting for which notice
has been given, commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder of records notice. A
person shall not be eligible for election or reelection as a director at a special meeting unless
the person is nominated (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by a
stockholder of record in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this Article 1.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a stockholder shall also comply with
all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to matters set forth in this Section 1.12. Nothing in this Section 1.12 shall be deemed to
affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
1.13 Organization. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, or, in his or her absence, such person as may be designated by the Board of Directors, or,
in his or her absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the voting
power of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order
any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the
Secretary of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of
the meeting appoints.
1.14 Conduct of Business. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the
order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of
voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him or her in order. The chairman shall have the
power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date and time. The date and time of the
opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the
meeting shall be announced at the meeting.
1.15 Inspectors. The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance
of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a
written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more alternate inspectors to replace
any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of
stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall,
appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the
discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. Every vote
taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or inspectors.
ARTICLE 2
DIRECTORS
2.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all of the powers of the Corporation
except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. In the
event of a vacancy on the Board of Directors, the remaining directors, except as otherwise provided
by the DGCL, may exercise the powers of the full Board of Directors until the vacancy is filled.
2.2 Number; Election; Tenure and Qualification. Subject to the rights of the holders of any
series of preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of directors
of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant
to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, but the total number of directors shall
not be less than three nor more than 15. Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.
Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders or, if, in accordance with Section
1.9 hereof, no such annual meeting is held, by written consent in lieu of meeting pursuant to
Section 1.9 hereof, and each director shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected
and qualified, or until his or her earlier death or resignation or removal in the manner
hereinafter provided.
2.3 Vacancies. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL and subject to the rights of the
holders of shares of Preferred Stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors for any reason and any
newly-created directorship resulting by reason of any increase in the number of directors may be
filled only by the Board of Directors (and not by the stockholders), by resolution adopted by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a
quorum (or by a sole remaining director); provided, however, that if not so filled, any such
vacancy shall be filled by the stockholders at the next annual meeting or at a special meeting
called for that purpose; provided further, that a vacancy created by the removal of a director by
the vote of the stockholders or by court order may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the shares of the Corporations capital stock represented and voting at a duly held
meeting at which a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute a majority
of the required quorum) or by written consent in accordance with Section 1.9 hereof. Any director
so elected shall hold office until the next meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of authorized
directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
2.4 Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Corporation. Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery
unless it is specified to be effective at some later effective date or upon the happening of some
other event.
2.5 Removal. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, only as
permitted by the DGCL and Section 5 of the Certificate of Incorporation.
2.6 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
at such times and places as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors,
provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made shall be given notice of
the determination. A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice
immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.
2.7 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the
Chairman of the Board, the President, a majority of the Whole Board, or by one director in the
event that there is only a single director then in office and shall be held at such place, on such
date, and at such time as he or she or they shall fix. Notice of any special meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be given to each director by whom it is not waived and shall state the time and
place for the special meeting.
2.8 Notice of Special Meetings. Any time it is necessary to give notice of a meeting of the
Board of Directors, notice shall be given: (i) in person or by telephone to each director at least
24 hours in advance of such meeting; (ii) by personally delivering written notice to each
directors last known business or home address at least 24 hours in advance of such meeting; (iii)
by delivering an electronic transmission (including, without limitation, via telefacsimile or
electronic mail) to each directors last known number or address for receiving electronic
transmissions of that type at least 24 hours in advance of such meeting; (iv) by depositing written
notice with a reputable delivery service or overnight carrier addressed to each directors last
known business or home address for delivery to that address no later than the second business day
preceding the date of such meeting; or (v) by depositing written notice in the United States mail,
postage prepaid,
addressed to each directors last known business or home address no later than the fourth business
day preceding the date of such meeting. Notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not be
given to any director who attends such meeting without objecting prior to such meeting or at its
commencement to the lack of notice to that director. A notice of a meeting of the Board of
Directors need not specify the purposes of such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice
hereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.
2.9 Use of Communications Equipment. Directors may participate in meetings of the Board of
Directors or any committee of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other. Participation in a meeting in this manner shall constitute presence in person at the
meeting.
2.10 Quorum. A majority of the total number of the Whole Board, as established pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereof, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Board of Directors. In the
absence of a quorum at any such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the
meeting to another place, date or time, without further notice or waiver thereof other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
2.11 Action at Meeting. At any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is
present, the vote of a majority of those present shall be sufficient to take any action, unless a
different vote is specified by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws. For so
long as the Corporations Board of Directors consists of an even number of directors, a majority of
the Board of Directors for purposes of these Bylaws shall equal one or more than are half of the
directors then in office.
2.12 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting
of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all of the directors consent to the
action in writing or by electronic transmission. The writing or writings or electronic transmission
or transmissions shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. 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.
2.13 Committees. The Board of Directors may from time to time 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 and any alternate member in his or her place, the
member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether
or not constituting 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 and subject to the provisions of
the DGCL, 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. Each such committee shall keep minutes
and make such reports as the Board of Directors may from time to time request. Except as the Board
of Directors may otherwise determine or as otherwise provided herein or required by the DGCL, any
committee may make
rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise so provided, its business shall be
conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these Bylaws for the Board of
Directors. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all meetings; one-third of the
members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one or two members, in
which event one member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority
vote of the members present. Action may be taken by any committee without a meeting if all members
thereof consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or
electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such
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.
2.14 Compensation for Directors. Directors may be paid such compensation for their services
and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from
time to time determine. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation or
any of its parent or subsidiary Corporations in any other capacity and receiving compensation for
such service. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed compensation for attending
committee meetings.
ARTICLE 3
OFFICERS
3.1 Enumeration; Qualification. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chairman
of the Board, a President, a Secretary, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer and such other
officers with such other titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, including one or more
Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries. Any officer may be, but need not
be, a director or stockholder of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same
person.
3.2 Election; Term of Office. The Board of Directors may elect officers at any time. Each
officer shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless a different
term is specified in the resolution electing the officer, or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal.
3.3 Resignation and Removal. Any officer may resign by delivering his or her written
resignation to the Corporation at its principal office or to the President or the Secretary. Such
resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some other
time or upon the happening of some other event. The Board of Directors, or a committee duly
authorized to do so, may remove any officer with or without cause. Except as the Board of Directors
may otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any
compensation as an officer for any period following his or her resignation or removal, or any right
to damages on account of such removal, whether his or her compensation be by the month or by the
year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided in a duly authorized written
agreement with the Corporation.
3.4 Vacancies. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any
reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any offices
other than those of President, Treasurer and Secretary. Each such successor shall hold office for
the unexpired term of his or her predecessor and until his or her successor is elected and
qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
3.5 Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall,
when present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and, unless otherwise provided by
the Board of Directors, at all meetings of stockholders. He or she shall perform such duties and
possess such powers as are usually vested in the office of the Chairman of the Board or as may be
vested in him or her by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors appoints a Vice Chairman
of the Board, he or she shall, in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, and
unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
Chairman of the Board and shall perform such other duties and possess such other powers as may from
time to time be vested in him or her by the Board of Directors.
3.6 President. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the President shall
be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall, subject to these Bylaws and
the direction of the Board of Directors, have general supervision and control of the business and
affairs of the Corporation. He or she shall have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts
and other instruments of the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general supervision
and direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation. The President
shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from
time to time prescribe.
3.7 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform such duties and
shall have such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe.
In addition, the Chief Financial Officer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are
incident to the office of the chief financial officer, including without limitation the duty and
power to be responsible for the financial affairs of the Corporation and to render, as required by
the Board of Directors or the President, statements of the financial condition of the Corporation.
3.8 Vice Presidents. Any Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such powers
as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe. In the event of the
absence, inability or refusal to act of the President, the Vice President (or if there shall be
more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of
Directors) shall perform the duties of the President and when so performing shall have all the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The Board of Directors may
assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any
other title selected by the Board of Directors.
3.9 Secretary and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall
have such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe. In
addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the
office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give notices of all
meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to attend all meetings of
stockholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record of the proceedings, to maintain a
stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required and to be the
custodian of corporate books and records. Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and
possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the President or the Secretary may from time to time
prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant
Secretary (or if there shall be more than one Assistant Secretary, the Assistant Secretaries in the
order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
Secretary. In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of
stockholders or directors, the person presiding at the meeting shall designate a temporary
Secretary to keep a record of the meeting.
3.10 Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall
have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors or
the President. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are
incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be
responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to deposit funds of the Corporation in
depositories selected in accordance with these Bylaws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the
Board of Directors, to make proper accounts of such funds and to render, as required by the Board
of Directors, statements of all such transactions. Any Assistant Treasurers shall perform such
duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the President or the Treasurer may from
time to time prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer,
the Assistant Treasurer (or if there shall be more than one Assistant Treasurer, the Assistant
Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise
the powers of the Treasurer.
3.11 Bonded Officers. The Board of Directors may require any officer to give the
Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the
Board of Directors upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may specify, including
without limitation a bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the restoration
to the Corporation of all property in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging
to the Corporation.
3.12 Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation
or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors or a
committee of the Board of Directors or by such officers as may be designated by resolution of the
Board of Directors.
3.13 Delegation of Authority. The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the
powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding any provision
hereof.
ARTICLE 4
CAPITAL STOCK
4.1 Certificates of Stock. The Corporations shares of stock shall be represented by
certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may, subject to the limits imposed by law,
provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series shall be
uncertificated shares. Shares of stock represented by certificates shall be in such form as shall
be approved by
the Board of Directors, to the extent consistent with applicable law. Stock certificates shall be
numbered in the order of their issue and shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by:
(i) the chairperson or vice chairperson, if any, of the Board of Directors, or the president or a
vice president; and (ii) the treasurer, an assistant treasurer, the secretary or an assistant
secretary. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer,
transfer agent or registrar who signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be an 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. Each certificate that is subject to any
restriction on transfer shall have conspicuously noted on its face or back either the full text of
the restriction or a statement of the existence of the restriction.
4.2 Transfers of Stock. Subject to the restrictions, if any, stated or noted on the stock
certificates, shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of
the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or by his or her attorney, (i) with regard to
certificated shares, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of shares,
with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed, and
with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may
reasonably require, and (ii) with regard to uncertificated shares, upon delivery of an instruction
duly executed, and with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its
agents may reasonably require. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral
security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer if, when the
certificates are presented to the Corporation for transfer or uncertificated shares are requested
to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. Except as
may be otherwise required by the DGCL, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws, the
Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of shares of capital stock as shown on its
books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the
payment of dividends and
the right to vote with respect to such capital stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other
disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in
accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
4.3 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Corporation may issue (i) a new stock
certificate or (ii) uncertificated shares in place of any certificates previously issued by the
Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as the
Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss,
theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity as the Board of Directors may require for the
protection of the Corporation or any transfer agent or registrar.
4.4 Record Date. 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,
except as otherwise required by law, fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the
date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and
which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 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 and to vote at a meeting of
stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is
given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which
the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at
a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that
the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote
at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders
entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for
determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this
Section 4.4 at the adjourned meeting. 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 10 days
after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when
no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the DGCL, shall be the first date on which
a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the
Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of 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 Corporations registered office
shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date
has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by
the DGCL, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in
writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. 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.
4.5 Regulations. The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates of stock
shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish.
ARTICLE 5
INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
5.1 Indemnification.
(a) Subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 5.1 and the Certificate of Incorporation, the
Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to 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 she 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, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against all expenses (including attorneys
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement or other disposition actually and reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in
good faith and in a manner he or she 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 or her 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 he or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful.
(b) Subject to paragraph (d) of this Section 5.1 and the Certificate of Incorporation, the
Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to 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 she 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, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against all
expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, 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 of the State of Delaware 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 that the Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the
Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.1, or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.1 (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 director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Section 5.1. Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by
a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such
action, suit or proceeding, (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(iii) by the stockholders of the Corporation.
(e) Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may 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 or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation
pursuant to this Article 5. Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by other employees
and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems
appropriate.
(f) If a claim under this Article 5 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after
a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an
advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the indemnitee may
at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the
claim. To the fullest extent permitted by law, if successful in whole or in part in any such suit,
or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms
of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or
defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to
indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an
advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit brought by the
Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the
Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the
indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither
the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a
committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is
proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are
not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a
presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of
such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the
indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or
brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to
such advancement of expenses, under this Article 5 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
(g) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, other
subsections of this Article 5 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding office.
(h) For purposes of this Article 5, 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 that, if its separate existence had continued,
would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, 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 Article 5 with respect to
the resulting or surviving corporation as he or she would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued.
(i) For purposes of this Article 5, 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 that imposes
duties on, or involves service by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to any
employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and
in a manner he or she 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 Article 5.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this
Article 5 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.
5.2 Effect of Amendment. Neither the amendment, modification or repeal of this Article 5
nor the adoption of any provision in these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article 5 shall adversely
affect any right or protection of any director, officer, employee or agent with respect to any act
or omission that occurred prior to the time of such amendment, modification, repeal or adoption.
5.3 Insurance for Indemnification. 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 or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his
or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her
against such liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the DGCL.
ARTICLE 6
GENERAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Fiscal Year. Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board of
Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each year.
6.2 Execution of Instruments. The President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer
shall have power to execute and deliver on behalf of and in the name of the Corporation any
instrument requiring the signature of an officer of the Corporation, except as otherwise provided
in these Bylaws, or where the execution and delivery of such an instrument shall be expressly
delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
6.3 Waiver of Notice. A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or director,
or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether before, at or after the time of the
event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be
given to such person. Any such waiver shall be filed with the records of the Corporation. If any
stockholder or director shall be present at any meeting it shall constitute a waiver of notice of
the meeting, except when that stockholder or director attends for the express purpose of objecting
at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened. A waiver of notice of meeting need not specify the business or
purposes of the meeting.
6.4 Electronic Transmissions. For purposes of these Bylaws, electronic transmission shall
mean a form of communication that satisfies the requirements with respect to such communication
contained in the DGCL.
6.5 Voting of Securities. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate, the
President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the
Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer shall have the power to vote and otherwise act
on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy (or to appoint any person or persons to so vote
and otherwise act in person or by proxy), at any meeting of stockholders of any other corporation
in which this Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and
powers which this Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other
corporation.
6.6 Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a
temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, the Board of Directors, any
committee of the Board of Directors or any officer or representative of the Corporation shall, as
to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith, be conclusive evidence of such action.
6.7 Certificate of Incorporation. All references in these Bylaws to the Certificate of
Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
amended and in effect from time to time. These Bylaws are subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation, the DGCL and other applicable laws, rules and regulations.
6.8 Transactions with Interested Parties. 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 the
Corporations directors or officers serves as a director or officer, or has a financial interest,
shall be void or voidable solely for that reason, or solely because the director or officer is
present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee of the Board
of Directors that authorizes the contract or transaction or solely because his or her or their
votes are counted for such purpose, if:
(a) The material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the
Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested
directors may be less than a quorum;
(b) The material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by a vote of the
stockholders; or
(c) The contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is
authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee of the Board of
Directors or the stockholders. 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.
6.9 Facsimile Signatures. In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures
elsewhere specifically authorized in these Bylaws, facsimile signatures of any officer or officers
of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by the Board of Directors or a committee
thereof.
6.10 Corporate Seal. The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing the
name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary. If and when so
directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof, duplicates of the seal may be kept and
used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
6.11 Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records. Each director, each member of any committee
designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance
of his or her or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account
or other records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements
presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of
Directors so designated, or by any other person as to matters which such director, committee
member, or officer reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert
competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
6.12 Time Periods. Unless otherwise specified by these Bylaws, in applying any provision of
these Bylaws which requires that an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to
an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event,
calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded, and the day of the
event shall be included.
6.13 Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason
inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these
Bylaws.
6.14 Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine,
feminine or neuter gender, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may
require.
ARTICLE 7
AMENDMENTS
7.1 By the Board of Directors. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board.
7.2 By the Stockholders. Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation,
these Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all shares of the capital stock
of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting as a single
class, either by written consent or at any annual meeting of the stockholders, or at any special
meeting of the stockholders, provided notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of
new bylaws shall have been stated in the notice of such special meeting.