Exhibit 3.8
BY-LAWS OF ACQUISITION SUB 2007-3, INC.
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Article I General |
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Section 1.1. Drafters Note |
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Section 1.2. Relationship to Charter, etc. |
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Section 1.3. Seal |
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Section 1.4. Fiscal Year |
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Article II Stockholders |
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Section 2.1. Place of Meetings |
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Section 2.2. Annual Meeting |
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Section 2.3. Quorum |
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Section 2.4. Right to Vote; Proxies |
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Section 2.5. Voting |
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Section 2.6. Notice of Annual Meetings |
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Section 2.7. Stockholders List |
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Section 2.8. Special Meetings |
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Section 2.9. Notice of Special Meetings |
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Section 2.10. Inspectors |
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Section 2.11. Stockholders Consent in Lieu
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Article III Directors |
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Section 3.1. Number of Directors |
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Section 3.2. Change in Number of Directors;
Vacancies |
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Section 3.3. Resignation |
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Section 3.4. Removal |
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Section 3.5. Place of Meetings and Books |
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Section 3.6. General Powers |
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Section 3.7. Committees |
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Section 3.8. Powers Denied to Committees |
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Section 3.9. Substitute Committee Member |
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Section 3.10. Compensation of Directors |
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Section 3.11. Annual Meeting |
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Section 3.12. Regular Meetings |
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Section 3.13. Special Meetings |
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Section 3.14. Quorum |
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Section 3.15. Telephonic Participation in
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Section 3.16. Action by Consent |
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Article IV Officers |
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Section 4.1. Selection ; Statutory Officers |
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Section 4.2. Time of Election |
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Section 4.3. Additional Officers |
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Section 4.4. Terms of Office |
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Section 4.5. Compensation of Officers |
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Section 4.6. Chairman of the Board |
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Section 4.7. President |
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Section 4.8. Vice-Presidents |
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Section 4.9. Treasurer |
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Section 4.10. Secretary |
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Section 4.11. Assistant Secretary |
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Section 4.12. Assistant Treasurer |
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Section 4.13. Subordinate Officers |
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Article V Stock |
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Section 5.1. Stock |
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Section 5.2. Fractional Share Interests |
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Section 5.3. Transfers of Stock |
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Section 5.4. Record Date |
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Section 5. 5. Transfer Agent and Registrar |
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Section 5.6. Dividends |
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Section 5.7. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
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Section 5.8. Inspection of Books |
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Article VI Miscellaneous Management Provisions |
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Section 6.1. Execution of Papers |
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Section 6.2. Notices |
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Section 6.3. Conflict of Interest |
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Section 6.4. Voting of Securities Owned by
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Article VII Indemnification |
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Section 7.1. Right to Indemnification |
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Article VIII Amendments |
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Section 8.1. Amendments |
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BY-LAWS OF ACQUISITION SUB 2007-3, INC.
Article I General
Section 1.1. Drafters Note. Although these by-laws have been drafted to conform
generally to corporate law requirements, specific corporate law requirements should be
consulted in the event of any significant corporate action. If any provision of these
by-laws shall conflict with applicable law, such law shall control.
Section 1.2. Relationship to Charter, etc. These by-laws are subject to applicable
corporate law and to the Corporations certificate of incorporation, articles of
organization or similar document (the charter). In these by-laws, references to law, the
charter and by-laws mean the law, the provisions of the charter and the by-laws as from time
to time in effect.
Section 1.3. Seal. The board of directors may provide for a seal of the Corporation,
which, if so provided, shall be in the form of a circle and shall have inscribed thereon the
name of the Corporation, the state of its incorporation, and such other words, dates or
images as may be approved from time to time by the directors.
Section 1.4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31
of each year, unless otherwise fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Article II Stockholders
Section 2.1. Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at the
principal executive office of the Corporation, except such meetings as the Board of
Directors expressly determine shall be held elsewhere, in which case meetings may be held
upon notice as hereinafter provided at such other place or places within or without the
state of incorporation of the Corporation as the Board of Directors shall have determined
and as shall be stated in such notice.
Section 2.2. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held each
year on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting
the stockholders entitled to vote shall elect a Board of Directors by plurality vote by
ballot, and they may transact such other corporate business as may properly be brought
before the meeting. At the annual meeting any business may be transacted, irrespective of
whether the notice calling such meeting shall have contained a reference thereto, except
where notice is required by law, the charter, or these by-laws. If the election of directors
shall not be
held on the day designated in accordance with these by-laws, the directors shall cause
the election to be held as soon thereafter as convenient, and to that end, if the annual
meeting is omitted on the day herein provided therefore or if the election of directors
shall not be held thereat, a special meeting of the stockholders may be held in place of
such omitted meeting or election, and any business transacted or election held at such
special meeting shall have the same effect as if transacted or held at the annual meeting;
and in such case all references in these by-laws to the annual meeting of the stockholders,
or to the annual election of directors, shall be deemed to refer to or include such special
meeting. Any such special meeting shall be called as provided in Section 2.9.
Section 2.3. Quorum. At all meetings of the stockholders, the holders of a majority by
voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in
person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum requisite for the transaction of
business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the charter or by these by-laws. If,
however, such majority shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the
stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or by proxy, by a
majority vote, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice
other than announcement at the meeting until the requisite amount of voting stock shall be
present. 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 the meeting. At such adjourned
meeting, at which the requisite amount of voting stock shall be represented, any business
may be transacted which might have been transacted if the meeting had been held as
originally called.
Section 2.4. Right to Vote; Proxies. Each holder of a share or shares of capital stock
of the Corporation having the right to vote at any meeting shall be entitled to one vote for
each such share of stock held by him, unless otherwise provided in the charter. Any
stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders may vote either in person or by
proxy, but no proxy which is dated more than three years prior to the meeting at which it is
offered shall confer the right to vote thereat unless the proxy provides that it shall be
effective for a longer period. Subject to applicable statutory provisions, a proxy may be
granted by a writing executed by the stockholder or his authorized officer, director,
employee or agent or by transmission or authorization of transmission of a telegram,
cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of
the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent
duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such
transmission.
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Section 2.5. Voting. At all meetings of stockholders, except as otherwise expressly
provided for by statute, the charter or these by-laws, (a) in all matters other than the
election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on such matter shall be the act of
the stockholders and (b) directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the
shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the
election of directors. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the charter or these
by-laws, at all meetings of stockholders the voting shall be by voice vote, but any
stockholder qualified to vote on the matter in question may demand a stock vote, by shares
of stock, upon such question, whereupon such stock vote shall be taken by ballot, each of
which shall state the name of the stockholder voting and the number of shares voted by him,
and, if such ballot be cast by a proxy, it shall also state the name of the proxy.
Section 2.6. Notice of Annual Meetings. Written notice of the annual meeting of the
stockholders shall be mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at such address as
appears on the stock books of the Corporation at least 10 days (and not more than 60 days)
prior to the meeting. It shall be the duty of every stockholder to furnish to the Secretary
of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, if any, of the class of stock owned by him,
his post-office address and to notify said Secretary or transfer agent of any change
therein.
Section 2.7. Stockholders List. A complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote
at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of
each stockholder, and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder,
shall be prepared by the Secretary and made available 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, at least 10 days
before such meeting, and shall at all times during the usual hours for business, and during
the whole time of said election, be open to the examination of any stockholder for a
purpose germane to the meeting.
Section 2.8. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise provided by statute, may be called by the Board of Directors or
the Chairman of the Board.
Section 2.9. Notice of Special Meetings. Written notice of a special meeting of
stockholders, stating the time and place and object thereof shall be mailed, postage
prepaid, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before such meeting, to each stockholder
entitled to vote thereat,
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at such address as appears on the books of the Corporation. No business may be
transacted at such meeting except that referred to in said notice, or in a supplemental
notice given also in compliance with the provisions hereof or such other business as may be
germane or supplementary to that stated in said notice or notices.
Section 2.10. Inspectors. One or more inspectors may be appointed by the Board of
Directors before or at any meeting of stockholders, or, if no such appointment shall have
been made, the presiding officer may make such appointment at the meeting. At the meeting
for which the inspector or inspectors are appointed, he or they shall open and close the
polls, receive and take charge of the proxies and ballots, and decide all questions touching
on the qualifications of voters, the validity of proxies and the acceptance and rejection of
votes. If any inspector previously appointed shall fail to attend or refuse or be unable to
serve, the presiding officer shall appoint an inspector in his place.
Section 2.11. Stockholders Consent in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in
the charter, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special
meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and
without a vote, in the manner, and to the fullest extent, provided by applicable law.
Article III
Directors
Section 3.1. Number of Directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, the charter
or these by-laws, the property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of a board of not less than two nor more than thirteen directors. No decrease
in the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent
director. Within the limits specified, the number of directors shall be determined by
resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting. Directors
need not be stockholders, residents of the Corporations state of incorporation or citizens
of the United States. The directors shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the
stockholders and each director shall be elected to serve until his successor shall be
elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal; provided that in the
event of failure to hold such meeting or to hold such election at such meeting, such
election may be held at any special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose. If
the office of any director becomes vacant by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal, failure to elect, or otherwise, the remaining directors, although more or less
than a quorum, by a majority vote of such
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remaining directors may elect a successor or successors who shall hold office for the
unexpired term.
Section 3.2. Change in Number of Directors; Vacancies. The maximum number of directors
may be increased by an amendment to these by-laws adopted by a majority vote of the Board of
Directors or by a majority vote of the capital stock having voting power, and if the number
of directors is so increased by action of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders or
otherwise, then the additional directors may be elected in the manner provided above for the
filling of vacancies in the Board of Directors or at the annual meeting of stockholders or
at a special meeting called for that purpose.
Section 3.3. Resignation. Any director of this Corporation may resign at any time by
giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, if any, the President or the Secretary
of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein, at the
time of receipt if no time is specified therein and at the time of acceptance if the
effectiveness of such resignation is conditioned upon its acceptance. Unless otherwise
specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
Section 3.4. 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.
Section 3.5. Place of Meetings and Books. The Board of Directors may hold their
meetings and keep the books of the Corporation inside or outside the Corporations state of
incorporation, at such places as they may from time to time determine.
Section 3.6. General Powers. In addition to the powers and authority expressly
conferred upon them by these by-laws, the board may exercise all such powers of the
Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the charter
or by these by-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 3.7. Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees by
resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole board. Such committee or
committees shall consist of one or more directors of the Corporation, and, to the extent
provided in the resolution or resolutions designating them, shall have and may exercise
specific powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of
the Corporation to the extent permitted by statute and shall have power to authorize the
seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Such committee or
committees
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shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted
by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.8. Powers Denied to Committees. Committees of the Board of Directors shall
not, in any event, have any power or authority to amend the charter, adopt an agreement of
merger, or consolidation, recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all
or substantially all of the Corporations property and assets, recommend to the stockholders
a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution or to amend the by-laws of
the Corporation unless the resolution or resolutions designating such committee expressly so
provides. Further, no committee of the Board of Directors shall have the power or authority
to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate of
ownership and merger unless the resolution or resolutions designating such committee
expressly so provides.
Section 3.9. Substitute Committee Member. In the absence or on the disqualification of
a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously
appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of such
absent or disqualified member. Any committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings
and report the same to the board as may be required by the board.
Section 3.10. Compensation of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have the power
to fix the compensation of directors and members of committees of the Board. The directors
may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors
and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or a
stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or
standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Section 3.11. Annual Meeting. The newly-elected board may meet at such place and time
as shall be fixed and announced by the presiding officer at the annual meeting of
stockholders, for the purpose of organization or otherwise, and no further notice of such
meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the
meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or they may meet at such place and time as
shall be stated in a notice given to such directors two (2) days prior to such meeting, or
as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.
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Section 3.12. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the board may be held without
notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the board.
Section 3.13. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the board may be called by the
Chairman of the Board on 2 days notice to each director, or such shorter period of time
before the meeting as will nonetheless be sufficient for the convenient assembly of the
directors so notified. Special meetings shall be called by the Secretary in like manner and
on like notice, on the written request of two or more directors.
Section 3.14. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the
total number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting
at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be
otherwise specifically permitted or provided by statute, or by the charter, or by these
by-laws. If at any meeting of the board there shall be less than a quorum present, a
majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum is
obtained, and no further notice thereof need be given other than by announcement at said
meeting which shall be so adjourned.
Section 3.15. Telephonic Participation in Meetings. Members of the Board of
Directors or any committee designated by such board 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 shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting.
Section 3.16. Action by Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by law, the charter or
these by-laws, 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 written consent
thereto is signed by all members of the board or of such committee as the case may be and
such written consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
Article IV Officers
Section 4.1. Selection; Statutory Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be
chosen by the Board of Directors. There shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer,
and there may be a Chairman of
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the Board of Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant
Secretaries, and one or more Assistant Treasurers, as the Board of Directors may elect.
Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Subject to law, the charter and to
the other provisions of these by-laws, each officer shall have, in addition to the duties
and powers herein set forth, such duties and powers as are commonly incident to his office
and such additional duties and powers as the board of directors may from time to time
designate.
Section 4.2. Time of Election. The officers above named shall be chosen by the Board
of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders. None of said
officers need be a director or stockholder.
Section 4.3. Additional Officers. The board may appoint such other officers and agents
as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise
such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board.
Section 4.4. Terms of Office. Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until
his successor is chosen and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or removal. Any
officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the
Board of Directors, with or without cause.
Section 4.5. Compensation of Officers. The Board of Directors shall have power to fix
the compensation of all officers of the Corporation. It may authorize any officer, upon
whom the power of appointing subordinate officers may have been conferred, to fix the
compensation of such subordinate officers.
Section 4.6. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors, and shall have such other duties
as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.7. President. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, the
President shall be the chief executive officer and head of the Corporation. Unless there is
a Chairman of the Board, the President shall preside at all meetings of directors and
stockholders. Under the supervision of the Board of Directors and of any applicable
committee thereof, the President shall have the general control and management of its
business and affairs, subject, however, to the right of the Board of Directors and of any
applicable committee to confer any specific power, except such as may be by statute
exclusively conferred on the President, upon any other officer or officers of the
Corporation. The
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President shall perform and do all acts and things incident to the position of
President and such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of
Directors or any applicable committee thereof.
Section 4.8. Vice-President. The Vice-Presidents shall perform such of the duties of
the President on behalf of the Corporation as may be respectively assigned to them from time
to time by the Board of Directors or by the executive committee or by the President. The
Board of Directors or any applicable committee may designate one of the Vice -Presidents as
the Executive Vice-President, and in the absence or inability of the President to act, such
Executive Vice-President shall have and possess all of the powers and discharge all of the
duties of the President, subject to the control of the board and of any applicable
committee.
Section 4.9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of all the funds
and securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands as Treasurer, and the power
and authority to endorse checks, drafts and other instruments for the payment of money for
deposit or collection when necessary or proper and to deposit the same to the credit of the
Corporation in such bank or banks or depository or depositories as the Board of Directors or
any applicable committee, or the officers or agents to whom the Board of Directors or any
applicable committee may delegate such authority, may designate, and he may endorse all
commercial documents requiring endorsements for or on behalf of the Corporation. He may sign
all receipts and vouchers for the payments made to the Corporation. He shall render an
account of his transactions to the Board of Directors or to any applicable committee as
often as the board or such committee shall require the same. He shall enter regularly in the
books to be kept by him for that purpose full and adequate account of all moneys received
and paid by him on account of the Corporation. He shall perform all acts incident to the
position of Treasurer, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and of any
applicable committee. He shall, when requested pursuant to vote of the Board of Directors
or any applicable committee, give a bond to the Corporation conditioned for the faithful
performance of his duties, the expense of which bond shall be borne by the Corporation.
Section 4.10. Secretary. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all meetings of the
Board of Directors and of the stockholders. He shall attend to the giving and serving of
all notices of the Corporation. Except as otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors or
any applicable committee, he shall attest the seal of the Corporation upon all contracts
and instruments executed under such seal and shall affix the seal of the Corporation thereto
and to all certificates of shares of capital stock of the Corporation. He shall have charge
of the stock certificate book, transfer book and stock ledger, and such other books and
papers as the Board of
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Directors or any applicable committee may direct. He shall, in general, perform all the
duties of Secretary, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and of any applicable
committee.
Section 4.11. Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may appoint or remove one or
more Assistant Secretaries of the Corporation. Any Assistant Secretary upon his appointment
shall perform such duties of the Secretary, and also any and all such other duties as the
Board of Directors, any applicable committee, the President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer
or the Secretary may designate.
Section 4.12. Assistant Treasurer. The Board of Directors may appoint or remove one or
more Assistant Treasurers of the Corporation. Any Assistant Treasurer upon his appointment
shall perform such of the duties of the Treasurer, and also any and all such other duties as
the Board of Directors or any applicable committee may designate.
Section 4.13. Subordinate Officers. The Board of Directors may select such subordinate
officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall hold office for such period, have
such authority, and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The Board
of Directors may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate
officers and to prescribe the powers and duties thereof.
Article V Stock
Section 5.1. Stock. Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates
of stock of the Corporation in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time
prescribe. The certificates of stock of the Corporation shall be numbered and shall be
entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall certify the holders
name and number and class of shares and shall be signed by both of (a) either the President
or a Vice-President, and (b) any one of the Treasurer or the Secretary, and shall be sealed
with the corporate seal of the Corporation. If such certificate is countersigned (1) by a
transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or, (2) by a registrar other than
the Corporation or its employee, the signature of the officers of the Corporation and the
corporate seal may be facsimiles. In case any officer or officers who shall have signed, or
whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or
certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because
of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been
delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted
by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed
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certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had
not ceased to be such officer or officers or the Corporation.
Section 5.2. Fractional Share Interests. The Corporation may, but shall not be
required to, issue fractions of a share. If the Corporation does not issue fractions of a
share, it shall (a) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled
thereto, (b) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those
entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or (c) issue scrip or warrants in
registered or bearer form which shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full
share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate
for a fractional share shall, but scrip or warrants shall not unless otherwise provided
therein, entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon, and to
participate in any of the assets of the Corporation in the event of liquidation. The Board
of Directors may cause scrip or warrants to be issued subject to the conditions that they
shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a
specified date, or subject to the conditions that the shares for which scrip or warrants are
exchangeable may be sold by the Corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the
holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to any other conditions which the Board of
Directors may impose.
Section 5.3. Transfers of Stock. Subject to any transfer restrictions then in force,
the shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable only upon its books by the
holders thereof in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal representatives and
upon such transfer the old certificates shall be surrendered to the Corporation by the
delivery thereof to the person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers or to
such other person as the directors may designate by whom they shall be canceled and new
certificates shall thereupon be issued . The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the
holder of record of any share or shares of stock 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 on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof save as expressly provided by applicable law.
Section 5.4. Record Date. For the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to
express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or the 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, in advance, a
record date, which shall not be more than 60 days nor less
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than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other
action. If no such record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
be the day on which the first written consent is expressed; and 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 any meeting of stockholders shall
apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may
fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 5.5. Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Board of
Directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one or more
registrars and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature or signatures of
any of them.
Section 5.6. Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to
the provisions of the charter, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any
regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or
in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the charter and applicable law.
Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation
available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their
absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for
equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or
for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the
Corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which
it was created.
Section 5.7. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. No certificates for shares of
stock of the Corporation shall be issued in place of any certificate alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, except upon production of such evidence of the loss, theft or
destruction and upon indemnification of the Corporation and its agents to such extent and in
such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 5.8. Inspection of Books. The Board of Directors shall have power from time to
time to determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what
conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation (other than the stock
ledger) or any of them, shall be open to inspection of stockholders and no stockholder shall
have any right to inspect any account or book or document of the Corporation except as
conferred by statute or authorized by the Board of Directors.
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Article VI Miscellaneous Management Provisions
Section 6.1. Execution of Papers. Except as the board of directors may generally or in
particular cases authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, all deeds, leases,
transfers, contracts, bonds, notes, checks, drafts or other obligations made accepted or
endorsed by the Corporation shall be signed by the chairman of the board, if any, the
president, a vice president or the treasurer.
Section 6.2. Notices. Notices to directors may, and notices to stockholders shall, be
in writing and delivered personally or mailed to the directors or stockholders at their
addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be
given 5 days after the same shall be mailed. Notice to directors may also be given by
telegram, telecopy or orally, by telephone or in person. Whenever any notice is required to
be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the charter of the Corporation or of
these by-laws, a written waiver of notice, signed by the person or persons entitled to said
notice, whether before or after the time stated therein or the meeting or action to which
such notice relates, 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.
Section 6.3. Conflict of Interest. No contract or transaction between the Corporation
and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other
corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its
directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void
or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at
or participates in the meeting of the board of or committee thereof which authorized the
contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose,
if: (a) the material facts as to this relationship or interest and as to the contract or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Director or the committee and the
board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors
be less than a quorum; or (b) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as
to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders of the
Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically
approved by vote of such stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction is fair as to the
Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified, by the Board of
Directors, a committee or the
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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.
Section 6.4. Voting of Securities Owned by This Corporation. Subject always to the
specific directions of the Board of Directors, (a) any shares or other securities issued by
any other Corporation and owned or controlled by this Corporation may be voted in person at
any meeting of security holders of such other corporation by the President, any Vice
President, or the Treasurer, and (b) whenever, in the judgment of the President or any other
appropriate officer, it is desirable for this Corporation to execute a proxy or written
consent in respect to any shares or other securities issued by any other Corporation and
owned by this Corporation, such proxy or consent shall be executed in the name of this
Corporation by the President or such officer, without the necessity of any authorization by
the Board of Directors, affixation of corporate seal or countersignature or attestation by
another officer. Any person or persons designated in the manner above stated as the proxy or
proxies of this Corporation shall have full right, power and authority to vote the shares or
other securities issued by such other corporation and owned by this Corporation the same as
such shares or other securities might be voted by this Corporation.
Article VII Indemnification
Section 7.1. The Corporation shall, to the maximum extent permitted from time to time
under the laws of the state of incorporation of the Corporation, indemnify, and upon
request shall advance expenses to any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, proceeding or claim,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such
person is or was or has agreed to be a director or officer of this Corporation or while a director or officer is or was serving at the request of this
Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, fiduciary, employee or agent of any
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys fees and
expenses), judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection
with such action, suit, proceeding or claim; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not
require this Corporation to indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with
any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on behalf of such
person, other than an action to enforce indemnification rights. Such indemnification shall
not be exclusive of other indemnification rights arising under any by-law, agreement, vote
of directors or stockholders or otherwise and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and
legal representatives of such person. Any
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such person seeking indemnification under this Section 7.1 shall be deemed to have met the
standard of conduct required for such indemnification unless the contrary shall be
established. The Corporation shall have the power to provide indemnification and advance
expenses to any other person, including employees and agents of the Corporation and
stockholders purporting to act on behalf of the Corporation, to the extent permitted by the
law of the state of incorporation of the Corporation.
Article VIII Amendments
Section 8.1. Amendments. The by-laws of the Corporation may be altered, amended or
repealed at any meeting of the Board of
Directors upon notice thereof in accordance with these by-laws, or at any meeting of
the stockholders by the vote of the holders of the majority of the stock issued and
outstanding and entitled to vote at such meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the
charter of the Corporation and applicable laws.
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