By-Laws of Computer Associates
International, Inc.
(As Amended, Effective as of
February 1, 2005)
The By-Laws copied below were filed with
the SEC as
Exhibit 3.1 to a
February 4, 2005 Form 8-K report. These By-Laws, effective as of
February 1, 2005, replace By-Laws effective since May 11, 2005 which had
been filed with the SEC as
Exhibit 3.2 to the company's
Form 10-K annual report for 2004, filed June 14, 2005. |
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EX-3.1 BY-LAWS AS AMENDED EFFECTIVE 2/1/05
EXHIBIT 3.1
BY-LAWS
OF
COMPUTER ASSOCIATES
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(As Amended, Effective as of
February 1, 2005)
ARTICLE I. OFFICES
The registered office of the
Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at 2711 Centerville
Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware, New Castle County, 19808, and the
resident agent of the Corporation thereat shall be Corporation Service
Company. The Corporation may have such other offices, either within or
without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may designate or
as the business of the Corporation may require from time to time.
ARTICLE II. STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting.
An annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of
directors at such date, time and place, either within or without the State
of Delaware, as may be designated by resolution of the Board of Directors
from time to time. Any other proper business may be transacted at the
annual meeting.
Section 2. Special Meeting.
Special meetings of the stockholders, for any proper purpose or purposes,
may be called only by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Place of
Meeting. The place of meeting for any annual meeting or special
meeting of stockholders shall be designated by or under the authority of
the Board of Directors. If no such designation is made, the place of
meeting shall be the registered office of the Corporation in the State of
Delaware.
Section 4. Notice of
Meeting. Written or printed notice stating the place, date and time of
the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes
for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered, unless otherwise
provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation,
or by these By-laws, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the
date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, to each stockholder of
record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be
deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail, addressed
to the stockholder at his or her address as it appears on the stock
transfer books of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. When a
meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of
the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the
meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless the adjournment is for
more than 30 days or unless, after adjournment, a new record date is fixed
for the adjourned meeting, in either of which cases notice of the
adjourned meeting will be given to each stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting. Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders
may be postponed, and (except as otherwise provided by law or by the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation) any special meeting of
stockholders may be canceled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon
public notice given prior to the date previously scheduled for such
meeting.
Section 5. Record Date.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment
thereof, or 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 may fix a
record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and
which record date: (a) in the case of determination of stockholders
entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof,
shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than 60 nor less than
10 days before the date of such meeting; (b) in the case of determination
of stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, shall not be more than 10 days from the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors; and (c) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than
60 days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (x) the
record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day
next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived,
at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the
meeting is held; (y) the record date for determining stockholders entitled
to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting when
no prior action of the Board of Directors is required by law, shall be the
first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action
taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation in
accordance with applicable law, or, if prior action by the Board of
Directors is required by law, shall be at the close of business on the day
on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior
action; and (z) 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. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the
stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall,
by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix
a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events
within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a
resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the
Board of Directors within 10 days of the date on which such a request is
received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent
to corporate action in writing without a meeting 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, as provided in the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 6. Voting Lists.
The officer or agent having charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall make or cause to be made, at least 10 days before each meeting of
the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at
such meeting, or any adjournment thereof, arranged in alphabetical order
with the address of and the number of shares held by each, which list,
shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to such meeting, for a period of at least 10 days prior to such
meeting, during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of
business of the Corporation. In addition, such list shall be produced and
kept at the time and place of such meeting during the whole time of such
meeting, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock
ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled
to examine the stock ledger or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.
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Section 7. Quorum;
Adjournment; Required Votes. A majority of the outstanding shares of
the Corporation entitled to vote, present or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority
of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, the Chair of the
meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
At 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. 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. In the election of directors, a plurality of the
votes cast shall be sufficient to elect. Unless otherwise provided by law,
by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, in all matters
other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority
of shares present or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to
vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders.
Section 8. Proxies. At
all meetings of stockholders, a stockholder may vote by proxy (a) executed
in writing by the stockholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney in
fact; or (b) by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a
telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission to the
person who will be the holder of the proxy or an agent duly authorized by
the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such
transmission, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other means of
electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with
information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram
or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder; or
(c) as otherwise permitted pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation
Law. Such proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation
before or at the time of the meeting. No proxy shall be valid after three
years from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the
proxy.
Section 9. Voting of
Shares. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation, each outstanding share entitled to vote shall be
entitled to one vote upon each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of
stockholders. Shares standing in the name of another corporation may be
voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the by-laws of such corporation
may prescribe, or, in the absence of such provision, as the board of
directors of such corporation may determine. Shares of its own capital
stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a
majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of
such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the
Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum
purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right
of any corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own
stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.
Section 10. Consent of
Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting; Inspectors of Election; Procedures for
Counting Consents.
(a) Subject to Section 5
of this Article II, any action required to be taken at a meeting of the
stockholders, or any other action which may be taken at a meeting of the
stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and
without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the
action so taken shall be signed by the holders of outstanding 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. The Corporation shall give prompt
notice of the taking of corporate action without a meeting by less than
unanimous written consent to stockholders who have not consented in
writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have
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entitled to notice of the meeting
if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written
consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action
were delivered to the Corporation in the manner provided in the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
(b) Within three
(3) business days after receipt of the earliest dated consent delivered to
the Corporation in the manner provided in the Delaware General Corporation
Law or the determination by the Board of Directors of the Corporation that
the Corporation should seek corporate action by written consent, as the
case may be, the Secretary shall engage nationally recognized independent
inspectors of elections for the purpose of performing a ministerial review
of the validity of the consents and revocations. The cost of retaining
inspectors of election shall be borne by the Corporation. No action by
written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such date as
the inspectors certify to the Corporation that the consents delivered to
the Corporation in accordance with this Section 10 represent at least 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.
Consents and revocations
shall be delivered to the inspectors upon receipt by the Corporation, the
soliciting stockholders or their proxy solicitors or other designated
agents. As soon as consents and revocations are received, the inspectors
shall review the consents and revocations and shall maintain a count of
the number of valid and unrevoked consents. The inspectors shall keep such
count confidential and shall not reveal the count to the Corporation, the
soliciting stockholder or their representatives or any other entity. As
soon as practicable after the earlier of (i) 60 days after the date of the
earliest dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner provided
in the Delaware General Corporation Law or (ii) a written request therefor
by the Corporation or the soliciting stockholders (whichever is soliciting
consents), notice of which request shall be given to the party opposing
the solicitation of consents, if any, which request shall state that the
Corporation or soliciting stockholders, as the case may be, have a good
faith belief that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents to
authorize or take the action specified in the consents has been received
in accordance with these By-laws, the inspectors shall issue a preliminary
report to the Corporation and the soliciting stockholders stating: (i) the
number of valid consents; (ii) the number of valid revocations; (iii) the
number of valid and unrevoked consents; (iv) the number of invalid
consents; (v) the number of invalid revocations; (vi) whether, based on
their preliminary count, the requisite number of valid and unrevoked
consents has been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in
the consents.
Unless the Corporation
and the soliciting stockholders shall agree to a shorter or longer period,
the Corporation and the soliciting stockholders shall have 48 hours to
review the consents and revocations and to advise the inspectors and the
opposing party in writing as to whether they intend to challenge the
preliminary report of the inspectors. If no written notice of an intention
to challenge the preliminary report is received within 48 hours after the
inspectors’ issuance of the preliminary report, the inspectors shall issue
to the Corporation and the soliciting stockholders their final report
containing the inspectors’ determination with respect to whether the
requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents was obtained to authorize
and take the action specified in the consents. If the Corporation or the
soliciting stockholders issue written notice of an intention to challenge
the inspectors’ preliminary report within 48 hours after the issuance of
that report, a challenge session shall be scheduled by the inspectors as
promptly as practicable. Following completion of the challenge session,
the inspectors shall as promptly as practicable issue their final report
to the soliciting stockholders and the Corporation, which report shall
contain the information included in the preliminary report, plus all
changes in the vote totals as a result of the challenge and a
certification of whether the requisite number of
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valid and unrevoked consents was
obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents. A copy
of the final report of the inspectors shall be filed with the proceedings
of meetings of stockholders.
Section 11. Nominations of
Directors.
(a) Only persons who are
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in these By-laws
shall be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at a
meeting of stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a
stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this
Section 11, who shall be entitled to vote for the election of directors at
the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 11.
(b) Nominations by
stockholders shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the
Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall
be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices
of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than
90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the
preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that
the date of the annual meeting is changed by more than 30 days from such
anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so
received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following
the earlier of the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was
mailed or public disclosure was made, and (ii) in the case of a special
meeting at which directors are to be elected, not later than the close of
business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which notice
of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was made. Such
stockholder’s notice shall set forth (1) as to each person whom the
stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director
all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed
in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise
required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such person’s written consent
to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a
director if elected); (2) as to the stockholder giving the notice (A) the
name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of such
stockholder and (B) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that
are beneficially owned by such stockholder and also that are owned of
record by such stockholder; and (3) as to the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination is made, (A) the name and address of such
person and (B) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are
beneficially owned by such person. At the request of the Board of
Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as
a director shall furnish the Secretary of the Corporation that information
required to be set forth in the stockholder’s notice of nomination which
pertains to the nominee.
(c) No person shall be
eligible to serve as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 11. The Chair of
the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the
meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures
prescribed by these By-laws, and if he or she should so determine, he or
she shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be
disregarded.
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Section 12. Notice of
Stockholder Business.
(a) At an annual meeting
of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have
been brought before the meeting (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice
of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
(iii) by a stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record
at the time of giving of the notice provided for in this Section 12, who
shall be entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this Section 12.
(b) For business to be
properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to
clause (iii) of paragraph (a) of this Section 12, the stockholder must
have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice with respect to an
annual meeting must be delivered to or mailed and received at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor
more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s
annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
meeting is changed by more than 30 days from such anniversary date, notice
by the stockholder to be timely must be received no later than the close
of business on the 10th day following the earlier of the day on which
notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure was
made. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth as to each
matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (i) a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and
the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting, (ii) the name and
address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder
proposing such business, and the name and address of the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iii) the class and number
of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by
such stockholder of record and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the proposal is made and (iv) any material interest of such
stockholder of record and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the proposal is made in such business.
(c) No business shall be
conducted at an annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Section 12; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 12 shall be deemed to affect the right of any stockholder to
request the inclusion of a proposal in a proxy statement of the
Corporation pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any successor thereto. Only such
matters provided for in the Corporation’s notice of meeting shall be
properly brought before a special meeting of stockholders. The Chair of
the meeting shall, if the fact warrant, determine and declare to the
meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by these By-laws, and if he or
she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any
such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted.
Section 13. Conduct of
Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt such
rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of meetings of
stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent
inconsistent with any such rules and regulations, the Chair of any meeting
of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such
rules, regulations and procedures and to take all such actions as, in the
judgment of such Chair, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the
meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the
Board of Directors or prescribed by the Chair of the meeting, may include,
without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda and
order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for
maintaining order at the meeting and the
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safety of those present;
(c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and
constituted proxies or such other persons as the Chair shall permit;
(d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the
commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to
questions or comments by participants. Unless, and to the extent,
determined by the Board of Directors or the Chair of the meeting, meetings
of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules
of parliamentary procedure.
ARTICLE III. BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Section 1. General Powers.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by its Board
of Directors.
Section 2. Number and
Tenure. The Board of Directors shall consist of three or more members,
the number thereof to be determined from time to time by resolution of the
Board of Directors. Directors need not be stockholders. Each director
shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until
his or her successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified.
Section 3. Annual and
Regular Meetings. An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be
held, without other notice, immediately after, and at the same place as,
the annual meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may also
provide, by resolution, the time and place, either within or without the
State of Delaware, for the holding of other regular meetings without
notice other than such resolution.
Section 4. Special
Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
or at the request of the Chairman, the President, or the Secretary upon
the written request of any two directors. The persons authorized to call
special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place, either
within or without the State of Delaware, as the place for holding any
special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them.
Section 5. Notice.
Notice of any special meeting or notice of a change in the time or place
of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be given to each
director at his or her business or residence (a) in writing, by hand
delivery, first-class or overnight mail or courier service, telegram,
facsimile transmission, or electronic mail; or (b) orally, by telephone to
the director or his or her representative. If mailed by first-class mail,
such notice shall be deemed adequately given when deposited in the U.S.
mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least five days before
such meeting. If by telegram, overnight mail or courier service, such
notice shall be deemed adequately given when the telegram is delivered to
the telegraph company or the notice is delivered to the overnight mail or
courier service company at least 24 hours before such meeting. If by
electronic mail or facsimile transmission, such notice shall be deemed
adequately given when transmitted at least 12 hours before such meeting.
If by telephone or hand delivery, such notice shall be deemed adequately
given when delivered or given at least 12 hours before such meeting. A
director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at
a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except
where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting 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 Board of Directors need be specified
in the notice or any waiver of notice of such meeting. A meeting may be
held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if
those not present waive notice of the meeting.
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Section 6. Quorum. A
majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, but if less than such
majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
Section 7. Manner of
Acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting
at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors;
provided, however, that any action required or permitted to be taken at
any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be
taken without a meeting if all the members of the Board of Directors or
such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or writings
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such
committee.
Section 8. Vacancies.
Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors, including a vacancy
resulting from enlargement of the Board of Directors, may be filled by the
directors by vote of a majority of the directors then in office though
less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by the plurality of the
votes cast at a meeting of stockholders. A director elected to fill a
vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor
in office, or in the case of an enlargement of the Board of Directors,
until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her
successor shall have been elected and shall have qualified.
Section 9. Compensation.
Directors who are not employees of the Corporation may be paid such fees
or other compensation for service on the Board of Directors or any
Committee of the Board of Directors as may be approved by the Board of
Directors. Such directors may also be reimbursed for the expenses they
incur in attending or participating in meetings of the Board of Directors
or any Committee of the Board.
Section 10. Telephonic
Meetings. Members of the Board of Directors, or any Committee thereof,
may participate in a meeting of the Board or Committee by means of
conference telephone or similar communications equipment, by means of
which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 10 shall constitute
presence in person at the meeting.
Section 11. Committees.
(a) Powers and
Authority. The Corporation shall be governed by the provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, as that statute may be amended from time
to time, in respect to the powers and authority of any committee of the
Board of Directors.
(b) Formation. The Board of
Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist
of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board of Directors
may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee,
who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the
committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the
committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors
to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent permitted by law and to the extent
provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may
exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the
management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may
authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which
may require it.
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(c) Committee Rules.
Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee
designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for
the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee
shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board of Directors
conducts its business pursuant to Article III of these By-laws.
ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS
Section 1. Number. The
officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, President,
one or more Vice Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the
Board of Directors), a Secretary, and a Treasurer, each of whom shall be
elected by the Board of Directors. One or more Assistant Secretaries and
Assistant Treasurers and such other officers and assistant officers as may
be deemed necessary may also be elected from time to time by the Board of
Directors. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except
the offices of President and Secretary.
Section 2. Election and
Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation to be elected by the
Board of Directors shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at
the first meeting of the Board of Directors held after each annual meeting
of the stockholders. If the election of officers shall not be held at such
meeting, such election shall be held as soon thereafter as practicable.
Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been
duly elected and shall have qualified or until his or her death or until
he or she shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner
hereinafter provided.
Section 3. Removal.
Any officer or agent elected by the Board of Directors may be removed by
the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the
Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.
Section 4. Vacancies.
A vacancy in any office, whether caused by death, resignation, removal,
disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board of Directors for
the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5. Chairman of the
Board and Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may
appoint a Chairman of the Board. If the Board of Directors appoints a
Chairman of the Board, he or she shall perform such duties and possess
such powers as are assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors and
these By-laws. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of
the Board of Directors and the stockholders at which he or she is present.
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, 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.
Section 6. President.
Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the President
shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation; shall, subject to
the direction of the Board, have general charge and supervision of the
business of the Corporation; and shall perform all duties incidental to
his or her office which may be required by law and all such other duties
as are properly required of him or her by the Board. The President shall,
when present and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice
Chairman of the Board, if one shall be appointed, or the Chief Executive
Officer, if other than the President, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors. He or she may sign, with the
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Secretary or any other proper
officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors,
certificates for shares of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds,
contracts, or other instruments which the Board has authorized to be
executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-laws to some other officer
or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise
signed or executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to
the office of President and such other duties as may be prescribed by the
Board from time to time.
Section 7. The Vice
President. In the absence of the President or in the event of his or
her death, inability or refusal to act, the Vice President (or in the
event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the
order designated at the time of their election, or in the absence of any
designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties
of the President, and when so acting, shall have all powers of and be
subject to all the restrictions upon the President. Any Vice President may
sign, with the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certificates for
shares of the Corporation; and shall perform such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to him or her by or under the authority of
the Board of Directors.
Section 8. The Secretary.
The Secretary shall: (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for
that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with
the provisions of these By-laws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of
the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the
seal of the Corporation is affixed to all documents the execution of which
on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized; (d) sign,
with the President or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the
Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by
resolution of the Board of Directors; and (e) in general perform all
duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from
time to time may be assigned to him or her by or under the authority of
the Board of Directors.
Section 9. The Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for
all funds and securities of the Corporation; receive and give receipts for
moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever, and
deposit or cause to be deposited all such moneys in the name of the
Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall
be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article V of these
By-laws; (b) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the
Corporation, unless a transfer agent shall have been appointed; (c) sign,
with the President or a Vice President, certificates for shares of the
Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by
resolution of the Board of Directors; and (d) in general perform all the
duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as may
from time to time be assigned to him or her by or under the authority of
the Board of Directors.
Section 10. Assistant
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. The Assistant Secretaries, when
elected by the Board of Directors, may sign, with the President or a Vice
President, certificates for shares of the Corporation the issuance of
which shall have been authorized by a resolution of the Board of
Directors. The Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in general,
shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Secretary or
the Treasurer, respectively, or by or under the authority of the Board of
Directors.
Section 11. Salaries.
The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by or under
the authority of the Board of Directors, and no officer shall be prevented
from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that he or she is also a
director of the Corporation.
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ARTICLE V. CONTRACTS, LOANS,
CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section 1. Contract.
The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, agent or
agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument
in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be
general or confined to specific instances.
Section 2. Loans. No
loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation and no evidences of
indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless authorized by or under the
authority of the Board of Directors. Such authority may be general or
confined to specific instances.
Section 3. Checks, Drafts,
Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the
Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents
of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time be
determined by or under the authority of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Deposits.
All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited
from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust
companies or other depositories as may be selected by or under the
authority of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI. CERTIFICATES FOR
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 1. Certificates.
Shares of the Corporation shall be evidenced by certificates in such form
as the appropriate officers of the Corporation may from time to time
prescribe; provided, that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution
that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock of the
Corporation shall be uncertificated shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
each holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled, upon request, to a
certificate representing such shares. Shares represented by certificates
shall be numbered and registered in a share register as they are issued.
Share certificates shall exhibit the name of the registered holder and the
number and class of shares and the series, if any, represented thereby and
the par value of each share or a statement that such shares are without
par value, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the
rights and obligations of the holders of certificated shares of the same
class and series shall be identical.
Section 2. Signatures on
Certificates. Every share certificate shall be signed by the Chairman
of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer,
the President or a Vice President, and by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and shall be sealed
with the Corporation’s seal, which may be facsimile, engraved or printed.
Section 3. Transfer Agents
and Registrars; Facsimile Signatures. The Board of Directors may
appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars and may
require all certificates for shares to bear the signature or signatures of
any of them. Where a certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an
assistant or co-transfer agent, or (b) by a registrar or co-registrar, the
signature of any officer thereon may be facsimile. Where a certificate is
signed by a registrar or co-registrar, the certificate of any transfer
agent or co-transfer agent thereon may be by facsimile signature of the
authorized signatory of such transfer agent or co-transfer agent. In case
any officer or officers of the Corporation who have signed, or whose
facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate
or certificates shall cease to be
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such officer or officers, whether
because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or
certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or
certificates may, nevertheless, be issued and delivered as though the
person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose
facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to
be such officer or officers of the Corporation.
Section 4. Lost
Certificates. In case of the loss or destruction of any certificate of
stock or other security of the Corporation, another may be issued in its
place upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction and upon the
giving of a satisfactory bond of indemnity to the Corporation and to the
transfer agents and registrars, if any, of such stock or other security,
in such sum as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The Board of
Directors may delegate to any officer or officers of the Corporation the
authorization of the issuance of such new certificate or certificates and
the approval of the form and amount of such indemnity bond and the surety
thereon.
Section 5. Transfer 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, the
Corporation may issue a new certificate, or, upon request, evidence of the
equivalent uncertificated shares, to the person entitled thereto, cancel
the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Upon
receipt of proper transfer instructions from the holder of uncertificated
shares, the Corporation shall cancel such uncertificated shares and issue
new equivalent uncertificated shares, or, upon such holder’s request,
certificated shares, to the person entitled thereto, and record the
transaction upon its books.
Section 6. Registered
Shareholders. The Corporation and its transfer agents shall be
entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the
holder in fact thereof and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable
or other claims to, or interest in, such shares on the part of any other
person and shall not be liable for any registration or transfer of shares
which are registered, or to be registered, in the name of a fiduciary or
the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with actual knowledge that a
fiduciary, or nominee of a fiduciary, is committing a breach of trust in
requesting such registration or transfer, or with knowledge of such facts
that its participation therein amounts to bad faith.
ARTICLE VII. FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the
Corporation shall begin on the first day of April and end on the last day
of March in each year.
ARTICLE VIII. SEAL
The Board of Directors shall
approve a corporate seal which shall be circular in form and shall have
inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the state of
incorporation and the words, “Corporate Seal”.
ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS
Unless otherwise provided by
the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, these By-laws may be
amended or repealed, or new By-laws may be adopted, (1) at any annual or
special meeting of the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of the
holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of
the Corporation, present or represented by proxy
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and entitled to vote on such
action; provided, however, that the notice of such meeting shall have been
given as provided in these By-laws, which notice shall mention that the
amendment or repeal of these By-laws, or the adoption of new By-laws, is
one of the purposes of such meeting; (2) by written consent of the
stockholders pursuant to Section 10 of Article II of these By-laws; or (3)
by action of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE X. INDEMNIFICATION
To the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Corporation shall
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, and whether
brought by a third party or by or in the right of the Corporation, by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director or officer of, or in a similar capacity with respect to, any
subsidiary or joint venture of the Corporation or other entity or
enterprise, or as a fiduciary, trustee or administrator or in any similar
capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan or other plan or
program sponsored by the Corporation or any subsidiary of the Corporation,
against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liability, loss, judgment,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. Excise
taxes assessed on any such person with respect to an employee benefit plan
shall be deemed to be indemnifiable expenses, and action by any such
person with respect to an employee benefit plan which he or she reasonably
believes to be in the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of
such plan shall be deemed to be action not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation.
Expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by any such person in
defending any such threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding shall be paid on behalf of such person by the Corporation in
advance of the final disposition of such action, suit, or proceeding and
within 30 days of receipt by the Secretary of the Corporation of (1) an
application from such person setting forth the basis for such
indemnification, and (2) an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is
not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this
Article. A plea of guilty to a felony charge arising out of misconduct
committed by such person in his or her capacity (a) as a director or
officer of the Corporation, (b) as a director or officer of, or in a
similar capacity with respect to, any subsidiary or joint venture of the
Corporation or other entity or enterprise referred to in the preceding
paragraph of this Article, or (c) as a fiduciary, trustee or administrator
or in a similar capacity with respect to any employee benefit plan or
other plan or program sponsored by the Corporation or any subsidiary of
the Corporation shall, for purposes of the mandatory advancement of
expenses provided in the preceding sentence, constitute a final
disposition of such action or proceeding. The financial ability of any
person to make a repayment contemplated by this provision shall not be a
prerequisite to the making of an advance.
Such indemnity and right to
advancement of expenses shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of any person so indemnified pursuant to this Article.
The right to indemnification and to advancement of expenses under this
Article shall be a contract right. Such indemnification and advancement of
expenses shall be in addition to any other rights to which those persons
seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under
any law, agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise.
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Any repeal or amendment of
this Article by the Board of Directors or stockholders of the Corporation
or by changes in applicable law shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any
right to indemnification or advancement of expenses of any person existing
at the time of such repeal or amendment. In addition to the foregoing, the
right to indemnification and advancement of expenses shall be to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law or any
other applicable law and all amendments to such laws as hereafter enacted
from time to time.
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