EXHIBIT A
to
Reorganization
Agreement
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CONCENTRA MANAGED CARE, INC.
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Concentra Managed Care, Inc.
SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is
Corporation Trust Center, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ in New
Castle County, Delaware. The name of its registered agent at such address is
The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted
by the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which
corporations may be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
FOURTH: The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred and Twenty (120), of
which (a) One Hundred (100) shares shall be designated as Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share, and (b) Twenty (20) shares shall be designated as
Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share.
The following is a statement of the designations, preferences, limitations
and relative rights, including voting rights in respect of the classes of stock
of the Corporation and of the authority with respect thereto expressly vested in
the Board of Directors of the Corporation:
A. COMMON STOCK
1. Each share of Common Stock of the Corporation shall have identical
rights and privileges in every respect. The holders of shares of Common Stock
shall be entitled to vote upon all matters submitted to a vote of the
stockholders of the Corporation and shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of Common Stock held.
2. Subject to the prior rights and preferences, if any, applicable to
shares of the Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of
the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends (payable in cash,
stock or otherwise) as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors at any
time and from time to time out of any funds of the Corporation legally available
therefor.
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3. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding-up of the Corporation, after distribution in full of the preferential
amounts, if any, to be distributed to the holders of shares of the Preferred
Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of the Common Stock shall be
entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for
distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares
of the Common Stock held by them. A liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the Corporation, as such terms are used in this Paragraph (3), shall not be
deemed to be occasioned by or to include any merger of the Corporation with or
into one or more corporations or other entities, any acquisition or exchange of
the outstanding shares of one or more classes or series of the Corporation or
any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or a part of the assets of
the Corporation.
B. PREFERRED STOCK
1. Shares of the Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one
or more series, the shares of each series to have such voting powers,
designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or
restrictions, as shall be stated and expressed herein or in a resolution or
resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof). Each
such series of Preferred Stock shall be designated so as to distinguish the
shares thereof from the shares of all other series and classes. The Board of
Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee thereof) is hereby
expressly authorized, subject to the limitations provided by law, to establish
and designate series of the Preferred Stock, to fix the number of shares
constituting each series and to fix the voting powers, designations,
preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the
shares of each series and the variations of the relative rights and preferences
as between series, and to increase and to decrease the number of shares
constituting each series, provided that the Board of Directors (or a duly
authorized committee thereof) may not decrease the number of shares within a
series to less than the number of shares within such series that are then
issued. The relative powers, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitation
or restrictions may vary between and among series of Preferred Stock in any and
all respects so long as all shares of the same series of identical in all
respects, except that shares of any such series issued at different times may
have different dates from which dividends thereon cumulate. The authority of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation (or a duly authorized committee
thereof) with respect to each series shall include, but shall not be limited to,
the authority to determine the following:
(a) The designation of such series;
(b) The number of shares initially constituting such series;
(c) The rate or rates and the time at which dividends on the shares of
such series shall be paid, the periods in respect of which dividends are
payable, the conditions upon such dividends, the relationship and
preferences, if any, of such dividends to dividends payable on any other class
or series of shares, whether or not such dividends shall be cumulative,
partially cumulative or
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noncumulative, if such dividends shall be cumulative or partially cumulative,
the date or dates from and after which, and the amounts in which, they shall
accumulate, whether such dividends shall be share dividends, cash or other
dividends or any combination thereof, and if such dividends shall include
share dividends, whether such share dividends shall be payable in shares of
the same or any other class or series of shares of the Corporation (whether
now or hereafter authorized), or any combination thereof and the other terms
and conditions, if any, applicable to dividends on shares of such series;
(d) Whether or not the shares of such series shall be redeemable or
subject to repurchase at the option of the Corporation or the holder thereof or
upon the happening of a specified event, if such shares shall be redeemable, the
terms and conditions or such redemption, including but not limited to the date
or dates upon or after which such shares shall be redeemable, the amount per
share which shall be payable upon such redemption, which amount may vary under
different conditions and at different redemption dates and whether such amount
shall be payable in cash, property or rights, including securities of the
Corporation or another corporation;
(e) The rights of the holders of shares of such series (which may vary
depending upon the circumstances or nature of such liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation and the relationship or preference,
if any, of such rights to rights of holders of stock of any other class or
series. A liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, as such
terms are used in this subparagraph (e), shall not be deemed to be occasioned by
or to include any merger of the Corporation with or into one or more
corporations or other entities, any acquisition or exchange of the outstanding
shares of one or more classes or series of the Corporation or any sale, lease,
exchange or other disposition of all or a part of the assets of the
Corporation.
(f) Whether or not the shares of such series shall having voting powers
and, if such shares shall have such voting powers, the terms and condition
thereof, including, but not limited to, the right of the holders of such shares
to vote as a separate class either alone or with the holders of shares of one or
more other classes or series of stock and the right to have more (or less) than
one vote per shares;
(g) Whether or not a sinking fund shall be provided for the redemption of
the shares of such series and, if such a sinking fund shall be provided, the
terms and conditions thereof;
(h) Whether or not a purchase fund shall be provided for the shares of
such series and, if such a purchase fund shall be provided, the terms and
conditions thereof;
(i) Whether or not the shares of such series, at the option of either the
Corporation or the holder or upon the happening of a specified event, shall be
convertible into stock of any other class or series and, if such shares shall be
so convertible, the terms and conditions of conversion,
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including, but not limited to, any provision for the adjustment of the
conversion rate or the conversion price;
(j) Whether or not the shares of such series, at the option of either the
Corporation or the holder or upon the happening of a specified event, shall be
exchangeable for securities, indebtedness or property of the Corporation and, if
such shares shall be so exchangeable, the terms and conditions of exchange,
including, but not limited to, any provision for the adjustment of the exchange
rate or the exchange price; and
(k) Any other preferences, limitations and relative rights as shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Article Fourth or the limitations
provided by law.
2. Except as otherwise provided herein, as required by law or in any
resolution of the Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof)
creating any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Preferred
Stock and all series thereof who are entitled to vote shall vote together with
the holders of shares of Common Stock, and not separately by class.
FIFTH: The name of the incorporator is ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ and her mailing
address is c/o Vinson & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇
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SIXTH: The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors
is two (2), and the name of each person who is to serve as director until the
first annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and
qualified is ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇. The mailing address of each
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SEVENTH: Directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written
ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation otherwise provide.
EIGHTH: In furtherance of, and not in limitation of, the powers conferred
by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or
repeal the bylaws of the corporation.
NINTH: Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the
corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the
corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable
jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary
way of the corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the
application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the corporation under
the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code or on the
application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers
appointed for the corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8
of the Delaware Code order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors,
and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the corporation, as the
case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a
majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or
class of
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creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the
corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to
any reorganization of the corporation as a consequence of such compromise or
arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization
shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made,
be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the
stockholders or class of stockholders, of the corporation, as the case may be,
and also on the corporation.
TENTH: No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more
of its directors, officers, or stockholders or between the Corporation and any
person (as used herein "person" means other corporation, partnership,
association, firm, trust, joint venture, political subdivision, or
instrumentality) or other organization in which one or more of the directors,
officers, or stockholders of the Corporation are directors, officers, or
stockholders, 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 which authorizes the
contract or transaction, or solely because his, her, or their votes are counted
for such purpose, if: (1) 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 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 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 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. 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 which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ELEVENTH: No director of the corporation shall be liable to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit. In addition to the circumstances in which a director of the
corporation is not personally liable as set forth in the preceding sentence, a
director of the corporation shall not be liable to the fullest extent permitted
by any amendment to the Delaware General Corporation Law hereafter enacted that
further limits the liability of a director.
TWELFTH: The corporation shall have the right, subject to any express
provisions or restrictions contained in this Certificate of Incorporation or
bylaws of the corporation, from time to time, to amend this certificate of
incorporation or any provision hereof in any manner now or hereafter provided by
law, and all rights and powers of any kind conferred upon a director or
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stockholder of this corporation by this Certificate of Incorporation or any
amendment hereof are subject to such right of the Corporation.
I, the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the
purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation
Law, do make this certificate, hereby declaring that this is my act and deed and
that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand
this 21st day of April, 1997.
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BYLAWS
OF
CONCENTRA MANAGED CARE, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
SECTION 1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the Corporation
required by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to be
maintained in the State of Delaware, shall be the registered office named in the
original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as the same may be
amended and restated from time to time, the "Certificate of Incorporation"), or
such other office as may be designated from time to time by the Board of
Directors in the manner provided by law. Should the Corporation maintain a
principal office within the State of Delaware such registered office need not be
identical to such principal office of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. OTHER OFFICES. The Corporation may also have offices at
such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may
require.
ARTICLE II
STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. All meetings of the stockholders shall
be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other place
within or without the State of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the
notices or waivers of notice thereof.
SECTION 2. QUORUM; ADJOURNMENT OF MEETINGS. Unless otherwise required
by law or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws, the
holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote
thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at
any meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business and the act of a
majority of such stock so represented at any meeting of stockholders at which a
quorum is present shall constitute the act of the meeting of stockholders. The
stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact
business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or
these bylaws, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the
issued and outstanding stock, present in person or represented by proxy, at any
meeting of stockholders, whether or not a quorum is present, shall have the
power to adjourn such meeting from time to time, without any notice other than
announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the holding of the
adjourned meeting;
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PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if
after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at such meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a
quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which
might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
SECTION 3. ANNUAL MEETINGS. An annual meeting of the stockholders, for
the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the
transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting,
shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, on such
date, and at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix and set forth in the
notice of the meeting, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months
subsequent to the later of the date of incorporation or the last annual meeting
of stockholders.
SECTION 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if
any), by the President or by a majority of the Board of Directors, or by a
majority of the executive committee (if any), and shall be called by the
Chairman of the Board (if any), by the President or the Secretary upon the
written request therefor, stating the purpose or purposes of the meeting,
delivered to such officer, signed by the holder(s) of at least ten percent (l0%)
of the issued and outstanding stock entitled to vote at such meeting.
SECTION 5. RECORD DATE. For the purpose of determining stockholders
entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or any
adjournment thereof, or entitled 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 of the Corporation
may fix, in advance, a date as the record date for any such determination of
stockholders, which date shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than
ten (l0) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days
prior to any other action.
If the Board of Directors does not fix a record date for any meeting of the
stockholders, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at such meeting shall be at the close of business on the day next
preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if in accordance with
Article VIII, Section 3 of these bylaws notice is waived, at the close of
business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. If, in
accordance with Section 12 of this Article II, corporate action without a
meeting of stockholders is to be taken, the record date for determining
stockholders entitled to express consent to such corporate action in writing,
when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on
which the first written consent is expressed. 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.
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SECTION 6. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Written notice of the place, date and
hour of all meetings, and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called, shall be given by or at the direction of the
Chairman of the Board (if any) or the President, the Secretary or the other
person(s) calling the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat not
less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting.
Such notice may be delivered either personally or by mail. If mailed, notice is
given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
SECTION 7. STOCK LIST. A complete list of stockholders entitled to
vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each
class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number
of shares registered in the name of such stockholder, shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during
ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The stock list shall
also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole
time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
SECTION 8. PROXIES. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of
stockholders or to express consent or dissent to a corporate action in writing
without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by
proxy. Proxies for use at any meeting of stockholders shall be filed with the
Secretary, or such other officer as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine by resolution, before or at the time of the meeting. All proxies
shall be received and taken charge of and all ballots shall be received and
canvassed by the secretary of the meeting who shall decide all questions
touching upon the qualification of voters, the validity of the proxies, and the
acceptance or rejection of votes, unless an inspector or inspectors shall have
been appointed by the chairman of the meeting, in which event such inspector or
inspectors shall decide all such questions.
No proxy shall be valid after three (3) years from its date, unless the
proxy provides for a longer period. Each proxy shall be revocable unless
expressly provided therein to be irrevocable and coupled with an interest
sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power.
Should a proxy designate two or more persons to act as proxies, unless such
instrument shall provide the contrary, a majority of such persons present at any
meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may
exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if
only one be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one; or, if an
even number attend and a majority do not agree on any particular issue, each
proxy so attending shall be entitled to exercise such powers in respect of the
same portion of the shares as he is of the proxies representing such shares.
SECTION 9. VOTING; ELECTIONS; INSPECTORS. Unless otherwise required by
law or provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall have
one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in his
name on the record date for the meeting. Shares registered
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in the name of another corporation, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such
officer, agent or proxy as the bylaw (or comparable instrument) of such
corporation may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the Board
of Directors (or comparable body) of such corporation may determine. Shares
registered in the name of a deceased person may be voted by his executor or
administrator, either in person or by proxy.
All voting, except as required by the Certificate of Incorporation or where
otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote; provided, however, that upon
demand therefor by stockholders holding a majority of the issued and outstanding
stock present in person or by proxy at any meeting a stock vote shall be taken.
Every stock vote shall be taken by written ballots, each of which shall state
the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may be
required under the procedure established for the meeting. All elections of
directors shall be by ballot, unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
At any meeting at which a vote is taken by ballots, the chairman of the
meeting may appoint one or more inspectors, each of whom shall subscribe an oath
or affirmation to execute faithfully the duties of inspector at such meeting
with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. Such
inspector shall receive the ballots, count the votes and make and sign a
certificate of the result thereof. The chairman of the meeting may appoint any
person to serve as inspector, except no candidate for the office of director
shall be appointed as an inspector.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, cumulative
voting for the election of directors shall be prohibited.
SECTION 10. CONDUCT OF MEETINGS. The meetings of the stockholders shall
be presided over by the Chairman of the Board (if any), or if he is not present,
by the President, or if neither the Chairman of the Board (if any), nor
President is present, by a chairman elected at the meeting. The Secretary of
the Corporation, if present, shall act as secretary of such meetings, or if he
is not present, an Assistant Secretary shall so act; if neither the Secretary
nor an Assistant Secretary is present, then a secretary shall be appointed by
the chairman of the meeting. 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
in order. Unless the chairman of the meeting of stockholders shall otherwise
determine, the order of business shall be as follows:
(a) Calling of meeting to order.
(b) Election of a chairman and the appointment of a secretary if
necessary.
(c) Presentation of proof of the due calling of the meeting.
(d) Presentation and examination of proxies and determination of a quorum.
(e) Reading and settlement of the minutes of the previous meeting.
(f) Reports of officers and committees.
(g) The election of directors if an annual meeting, or a meeting called
for that purpose.
(h) Unfinished business.
(i) New business.
(j) Adjournment.
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SECTION 11. TREASURY STOCK. The Corporation shall not vote, directly or
indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it and such shares shall not be
counted for quorum purposes.
SECTION 12. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation, any action permitted or required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws to be taken at a meeting of
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a
vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum
number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.
Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less
than a unanimous written consent shall be given by the Secretary to those
stockholders who have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. POWER; NUMBER; TERM OF OFFICE. The business and affairs of
the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of
Directors, and subject to the restrictions imposed by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, they may exercise all the powers of the Corporation.
The number of directors of the Corporation shall be determined from time to
time by resolution of the Board of Directors, unless the Certificate of
Incorporation fixes the number of directors, in which case a change in the
number of directors shall be made only by amendment of the Certificate of
Incorporation. Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is
elected, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified or until
his earlier death, resignation or removal.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, directors
need not be stockholders nor residents of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 2. QUORUM. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
Incorporation, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business of the Board of Directors and the vote of
a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. PLACE OF MEETINGS; ORDER OF BUSINESS. The directors may
hold their meetings and may have an office and keep the books of the
Corporation, except as otherwise provided by law, in such place or places,
within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time
to time determine by resolution. At all meetings of the Board of Directors
business shall be transacted in such order as shall from time to time be
determined by the Chairman of the Board (if any), or in his absence by the
President, or by resolution of the Board of Directors.
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SECTION 4. 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. Notice of such meeting shall not be
required. 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 times and places as shall be designated from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of such regular
meetings shall not be required.
SECTION 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board (if any), the President or,
on the written request of any two directors, by the Secretary, in each case on
at least twenty-four (24) hours personal, written, telegraphic, cable or
wireless notice to each director. Such notice, or any waiver thereof pursuant
to Article VIII, Section 3 hereof, need not state the purpose or purposes of
such meeting, except as may otherwise be required by law or provided for in the
Certificate of Incorporation or these bylaws.
SECTION 7. REMOVAL. Any director or the entire Board of Directors may
be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares
then entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided that, unless the
Certificate of Incorporation otherwise provides, if the Board of Directors is
classified, then the stockholders may effect such removal only for cause; and
provided further that, if the Certificate of Incorporation expressly grants to
stockholders the right to cumulate votes for the election of directors and if
less than the entire board is to be removed, no director may be removed without
cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if
then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if
there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which
such director is a part.
SECTION 8. VACANCIES; INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. Unless
otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although
less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director; and any director so chosen
shall hold office until the next annual election and until his successor shall
be duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced.
If the directors of the Corporation are divided into classes, any directors
elected to fill vacancies or newly created directorships shall hold office until
the next election of the class for which such directors shall have been chosen,
and until their successors shall be duly elected and shall qualify.
SECTION 9. COMPENSATION. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to
fix the compensation of directors.
SECTION 10. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING; TELEPHONE CONFERENCE MEETING.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action
required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or
any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may be
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taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee,
as the case may be consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.
Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote at a
meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or instrument filed with
the Secretary of State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, subject to
the requirement for notice of meetings, members of the Board of Directors, or
members of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate
in a meeting of such Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, by
means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express
purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
SECTION 11. APPROVAL OR RATIFICATION OF ACTS OR CONTRACTS BY
STOCKHOLDERS. The Board of Directors in its discretion may submit any act or
contract for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders,
or at any special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of
considering any such act or contract, and any act or contract that shall be
approved or be ratified by the vote of the stockholders holding a majority of
the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
and present in person or by proxy at such meeting (provided that a quorum is
present), shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all the
stockholders as if it has been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the
Corporation. In addition, any such act or contract may be approved or ratified
by the written consent of stockholders holding a majority of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote and such
consent shall be as valid and as binding upon the Corporation and upon all the
stockholders as if it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION; POWERS. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more
committees, including, if they shall so determine, an executive committee, each
such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation.
Any such designated committee shall have and may exercise such of the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation as may be provided in such resolution, except that no
such committee shall have the power or authority of the Board of Directors in
reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of
merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or
exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets,
recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution of the Corporation, or amending, altering or
repealing the bylaws or adopting new bylaws for the Corporation and, unless such
resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provides, no such
committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock. Any such
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designated committee may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed
to all papers which may require it. In addition to the above such committee or
committees shall have such other powers and limitations of authority as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. PROCEDURE; MEETINGS; QUORUM. Any committee designated
pursuant to Section 1 of this Article shall choose its own chairman, shall keep
regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors
when requested, shall fix its own rules or procedures, and shall meet at such
times and at such place or places as may be provided by such rules, or by
resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board of Directors. At every
meeting of any such committee, the presence of a majority of all the members
thereof shall constitute a quorum and the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members present shall be necessary for the adoption by it of any resolution.
SECTION 3. SUBSTITUTION OF MEMBERS. 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 such committee. In
the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or
members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not
constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of
Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified
member.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. NUMBER, TITLES AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the
Corporation shall be a President, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more
of whom may be designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), a
Treasurer, a Secretary and, if the Board of Directors so elects, a Chairman of
the Board 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
be duly elected and shall qualify or until his death or until he shall resign or
shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any number of
offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation
provides otherwise. Except for the Chairman of the Board, if any, no officer
need be a director.
SECTION 2. SALARIES. The salaries or other compensation of the
officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. REMOVAL. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the
Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the vote of
a majority of the whole Board of Directors at a special meeting called for the
purpose, or at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, provided the
notice for such meeting shall specify that the matter of any such proposed
removal will be considered at the meeting 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.
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SECTION 4. VACANCIES. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 5. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. The
President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation unless the
Board of Directors otherwise unanimously designates the Chairman of the Board as
chief executive officer. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors and
the executive committee (if any), the chief executive officer shall have general
executive charge, management and control of the properties, business and
operations of the Corporation with all such powers as may be reasonably incident
to such responsibilities; he may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts,
evidences of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation
and may sign all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation;
and shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with
these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 6. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. If elected,
the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and
of the Board of Directors; and he shall have such other powers and duties as
designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by
the Board of Directors.
SECTION 7. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. Unless the Board of
Directors otherwise determines, the President shall have the authority to agree
upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences of indebtedness and other
obligations in the name of the Corporation; and, unless the Board of Directors
otherwise determines, he shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or
if there be no Chairman of the Board, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and (should he be a director) of the Board of Directors; and he
shall have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these
bylaws and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 8. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence of the President, or in the
event of his inability or refusal to act, a Vice President designated by the
Board of Directors shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting
shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. In the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of a Vice
President to perform the duties of the President, or in the event of his absence
or inability or refusal to act, the Vice President who is present and who is
senior in terms of time as a Vice President of the Corporation shall so act.
The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have such other powers
as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
SECTION 9. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the
custody and control of all the funds and securities of the Corporation, and he
shall have such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as
from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors. He shall
perform all acts incident to the position of Treasurer, subject to the control
of the chief executive officer and 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.
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SECTION 10. ASSISTANT TREASURERS. Each Assistant Treasurer shall have
the usual powers and duties pertaining to his office, together with such other
powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be
assigned to him by the chief executive officer or the Board of Directors. The
Assistant Treasurers shall exercise the powers of the Treasurer during that
officer's absence or inability or refusal to act.
SECTION 11. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all
meetings of the Board of Directors, committees of directors and the
stockholders, in books provided for that purpose; he shall attend to the giving
and serving of all notices; he may in the name of the Corporation affix the seal
of the Corporation to all contracts of the Corporation and attest the affixation
of the seal of the Corporation thereto; he may sign with the other appointed
officers all certificates for shares of 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 inspection of any director upon
application at the office of the Corporation during business hours; he shall
have such other powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time
to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors; and he shall in
general perform all acts incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the
control of the chief executive officer and the Board of Directors.
SECTION 12. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. Each Assistant Secretary shall have
the usual powers and duties pertaining to his office, together with such other
powers and duties as designated in these bylaws and as from time to time may be
assigned to him by the chief executive officer or the Board of Directors. The
Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the powers of the Secretary during that
officer's absence or inability or refusal to act.
SECTION 13. ACTION WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.
Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer
shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in
person or by proxy, at any meeting of security holders of or with respect to any
action of security holders 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.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS,
OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
SECTION 1. RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a
party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she or a person
of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was or has agreed to become
a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving or has agreed to
serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director or officer or in any other capacity while serving or having agreed to
serve as a director or officer, shall be
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indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may
hereafter be amended, (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide
prior to such amendment) against all expense, liability and loss (including
without limitation, attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or
penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in the capacity which
initially entitled such person to indemnity hereunder and shall inure to the
benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification
in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof), other than a proceeding (or
part thereof) brought under Section 3 of this Article VI, initiated by such
person or his or her heirs, executors and administrators only if such
proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the board of directors of the
Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article VI shall
be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation
the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final
disposition; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law
requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a current, former or
proposed director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer
or proposed director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is or has been agreed to be rendered by such person while a
director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee
benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be
made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf
of such indemnified person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such indemnified person is not entitled to be
indemnified under this Section or otherwise.
SECTION 2. INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. The Corporation
may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees
and agents of the Corporation, individually or as a group, with the same scope
and effect as the indemnification of directors and officers provided for in this
Article.
SECTION 3. RIGHT OF CLAIMANT TO BRING SUIT. If a written claim
received by the Corporation from or on behalf of an indemnified party under
this Article VI is not paid in full by the Corporation within ninety days
after such receipt, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against
the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful
in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the
expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action
(other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in
defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the
required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the
Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make
it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation
to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving
such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of
such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the
circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by
the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
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counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable
standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption
that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
SECTION 4. NONEXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS. The right to indemnification and
the advancement and payment of expenses conferred in this Article VI shall not
be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any law (common or statutory), provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
SECTION 5. INSURANCE. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any person who is or was serving as 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
expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power
to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
SECTION 6. SAVINGS CLAUSE. If this Article VI or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then
the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify and hold harmless each director and
officer of the Corporation, as to costs, charges and expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement with respect
to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative to the full extent permitted by any applicable portion of this
Article VI that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law.
SECTION 7. DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Article, reference to the
"Corporation" shall include, in addition to the Corporation, any constituent
corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a
consolidation or merger prior to (or, in the case of an entity specifically
designated in a resolution of the Board of Directors, after) the adoption hereof
and which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the 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 Article with respect to the resulting or
surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent
corporation if its separate existence had continued.
ARTICLE VII
CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK. The certificates for shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form, not inconsistent with
that required by law and the Certificate of Incorporation, as shall be approved
by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board (if any), President or a
Vice President shall cause to be issued to each stockholder one or more
certificates, under the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof if the
Board of Directors shall have provided
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for such seal, and signed by the Chairman of the Board (if any), President or
a Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer
or an Assistant Treasurer certifying the number of shares (and, if the stock
of the Corporation shall be divided into classes or series, the class and
series of such shares) owned by such stockholder in the Corporation; provided,
however, that any of or all the signatures on the certificate may be
facsimile. The stock record books and the blank stock certificate books shall
be kept by the Secretary, or at the office of such transfer agent or transfer
agents as the Board of Directors may from time to time by resolution
determine. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who shall have
signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been placed upon
any such certificate or certificates shall have ceased to be such officer,
transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued by the
Corporation, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation
with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of issue. The stock certificates shall be consecutively
numbered and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are
issued and shall exhibit the holder's name and number of shares.
SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF SHARES. The shares of stock of the Corporation
shall be transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holders
thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives
upon surrender and cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares.
Upon surrender to the Corporation or a transfer agent of the Corporation of a
certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the
Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel
the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
SECTION 3. OWNERSHIP OF SHARES. The Corporation shall be entitled to
treat the holder of record of any share or shares of capital stock of the
Corporation as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound
to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares
on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of
Delaware.
SECTION 4. REGULATIONS REGARDING CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors
shall have the power and authority to make all such rules and regulations as
they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration or the
replacement of certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
SECTION 5. LOST OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may
determine the conditions upon which a new certificate of stock may be issued in
place of a certificate which is alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed;
and may, in their discretion, require the owner of such certificate or his legal
representative to give bond, with sufficient surety, to indemnify the
Corporation and each transfer agent and registrar against any and all losses or
claims which may arise by reason of the issue of a new certificate in the place
of the one so lost, stolen or destroyed.
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ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
such as established from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. CORPORATE SEAL. The Board of Directors may provide a
suitable seal, containing the name of the Corporation. The Secretary shall have
charge of the seal (if any). 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 the Assistant Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
SECTION 3. NOTICE AND WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is
required to be given by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or under the
provisions of these bylaws, said notice shall be deemed to be sufficient if
given (i) by telegraphic, cable or wireless transmission or (ii) by deposit of
the same in a post office box in a sealed prepaid wrapper addressed to the
person entitled thereto at his post office address, as it appears on the records
of the Corporation, and such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the
day of such transmission or mailing, as the case may be.
Whenever notice is required to be given by law, the Certificate of
Incorporation or under any of the provisions of these bylaws, a written waiver
thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the
time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a
person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except
when the person attends 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. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders,
directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any
written waiver of notice unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation
or the bylaws.
SECTION 4. RESIGNATIONS. Any director, member of a committee or
officer may resign at any time. Such resignation shall be made in writing and
shall take effect at the time specified therein, or if no time be specified, at
the time of its receipt by the chief executive officer or Secretary. The
acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective, unless
expressly so provided in the resignation.
SECTION 5. FACSIMILE SIGNATURES. In addition to the provisions for the
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.
SECTION 6. RELIANCE UPON BOOKS, REPORTS AND RECORDS. Each director and
each member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the
performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
books of account or reports made to the Corporation by any of its officers, or
by an independent certified public accountant, or by an appraiser selected with
reasonable care by the Board of Directors or by any such committee, or in
relying in good faith upon other records of the Corporation.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
If provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the
Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend and repeal from time to
time bylaws of the Corporation, subject to the right of the stockholders
entitled to vote with respect thereto to amend or repeal such bylaws as adopted
or amended by the Board of Directors.
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