UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2008
CyberOptics Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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5900 Golden Hills Drive
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(763) 542-5000
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On September 8 2008, the Compensation Committee of CyberOptics Corporation approved a new incentive compensation plan for Steven K. Case, its Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. Dr. Case, who has been responsible for much of the CyberOptics product innovation and principal customer relationships, has foregone salary increases, new equity-based benefits, increased participation in bonus plans, or any other form of compensation increase since 2003 and the Compensation Committee has been studying ways of creating appropriate incentives for him for the past 18 months.
The new plan will be effective in 2009 but will include personal incentive objectives that are effective immediately. As part of the new plan, Dr. Cases salary for 2009 will be increased to $300,000, his participation in the CyberOptics Incentive Plan will increase to $95,000 if targeted objectives are achieved, and he will have the opportunity to earn up to $200,000 of additional compensation based on personal incentive objectives, including new contracts with significant customers, and release to production of a new inspection system using technology from a new inspection module he has developed. Half of any of the up to $200,000 incentive compensation that may be earned upon personal incentive objectives will be payable in cash and half in the form of the CyberOptics stock based on the closing price on the date that the Compensation Committee determines that the personal objective is achieved. Further, in recognition of the development of this new technology and the period of the compensation committees deliberations, and consistent with the incentive plan based on personal objectives for future years, Dr. Case was awarded a one-time cash bonus of $100,000 and is eligible to receive $100,000 of common stock on the regular annual date of grant of stock based incentives to executives in December 2008.
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On September 8, 2008, the Board of Directors of CyberOptics amended the CyberOptics Corporation Bylaws to make clear that (i) any shareholder who presents a proposal for the annual meeting of shareholders must, in addition to information previously required by the Bylaws, provide information regarding indirect shareholdings through derivatives, hedged positions and other economic and voting interests, and (ii) any nomination from a shareholder for a director to stand for election at the annual meeting must be received 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the previous years annual meeting.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
3.1 Restated Bylaws, as amended September 8, 2008
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION |
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Kathleen P. Iverson, Chief Executive Officer |
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September 11, 2008 |
Exhibit 3.1
As adopted: January 18, 1984
and amended: October 22, 1998,
November 9, 2007 and September 8, 2008
BYLAWS
OF
CYBEROPTICS CORPORATION
ARTICLE I.
OFFICES, CORPORATE SEAL
Section 1.01. Registered Office . The registered office of the corporation in Minnesota shall be that set forth in the Articles of Incorporation or in the most recent amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or resolution of the directors filed with the Secretary of State of Minnesota changing the registered office.
Section 1.02. Other Offices . The corporation may have such other offices, within or without the State of Minnesota, as the directors shall, from time to time, determine.
Section 1.03. Corporate Seal . The corporation shall have no seal. |
ARTICLE II.
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 2.01. Place and Time of Meetings . Except as provided otherwise by Minnesota Statutes Chapter 302A, meetings of the shareholders may be held at any place, within or without the State of Minnesota, as may from time to time be designated by the directors and, in the absence of such designation, shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Minnesota. The directors shall designate the time of day for each meeting and, in the absence of such designation, every meeting of shareholders shall be held at ten oclock a.m.
Section 2.02. Regular Meetings . |
(a) A regular meeting of the shareholders shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors shall by resolution establish.
(b) At a regular meeting the shareholders, voting as provided in the Articles of Incorporation and these Bylaws, shall designate the number of directors to constitute the Board of Directors (subject to the authority of the Board of Directors thereafter to increase or decrease the number of directors as permitted by law and these Bylaws), shall elect qualified successors for directors who serve for an indefinite term or whose terms have expired or are due to expire within six months after the date of the meeting and shall transact such other business as may properly come before them.
Section 2.03. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the shareholders may be held at any time and for any purpose and may be called by the President, Treasurer, any two directors, or by a shareholder or shareholders holding 10% or more of the shares entitled to vote on the matters to be presented to the meeting; except that a special meeting for the purpose of considering any action to directly or indirectly facilitate or affect a business combination, including any action to change or otherwise affect the composition of the board of directors for that purpose, must be called by 25% or more of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote. A shareholder or shareholders holding the requisite percentage of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote may demand a special meeting of the shareholders by written notice of demand given to the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of the corporation and containing the purposes of the meeting. Within 30 days after receipt of demand by one of those officers, the board of directors shall cause a special meeting of shareholders to be called and held on notice no later than 90 days after receipt of the demand, at the expense of the corporation. Special meetings shall be held on the date and at the time and place fixed by the chief executive officer or the board of directors, except that a special meeting called by or at demand of a shareholder or shareholders shall be held in the county where the principal executive office is located. The business transacted at a special meeting shall be limited to the purposes as stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.04. Quorum, Adjourned Meetings . The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those present may adjourn the meeting to such day as they shall, by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment and the date and time at which such meeting shall be reconvened shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote at least 5 days before such adjourned meeting. If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum.
Section 2.05. Voting . At each meeting of the shareholders every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy. Each shareholder, unless the Articles of Incorporation or statute provide otherwise, shall have one vote for each share having voting power registered in such shareholders name on the books of the corporation. Jointly owned shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the corporation receives written notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote those shares. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote and represented at the meeting at the time of the vote except if otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
Section 2.06. Closing of Books . The Board of Directors may fix a time, not exceeding 60 days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board of Directors may close the books of the corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be the 20th day preceding the date of such meeting.
Section 2.07. Notice of Meetings . There shall be mailed to each shareholder, shown by the books of the corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at his address as shown by the books of the corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of each regular meeting and each special meeting, except where the meeting is an adjourned meeting and the date, time and place of the meeting were announced at the time of adjournment, which notice shall be mailed at least five days prior thereto; except that notice of a meeting at which an agreement of merger or exchange is to be considered shall be mailed to all shareholders of record, whether entitled to vote or not, at least fourteen days prior thereto. Every notice of any special meeting called pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purpose stated in the notice.
Section 2.08. Waiver of Notice . Notice of any regular or special meeting may be waived by any shareholder either before, at or after such meeting orally or in a writing signed by such shareholder or a representative entitled to vote the shares of such shareholder. A shareholder, by his attendance at any meeting of shareholders, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, except where the shareholder objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the item may not lawfully be considered at that meeting and does not participate in the consideration of the item at that meeting.
Section 2.09. Written Action . Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken without a meeting if done in writing and signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote on that action.
Section 2.10. Conduct of Shareholder Meetings . The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for conduct of the meeting. To the extent not prohibited by law, such rules, regulations or procedures may include, without limitation, establishment of (i) an agenda or order of business for the meeting and the method by which business may be proposed, (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine, (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Any proposed business contained in the notice of a regular meeting is deemed to be on the agenda and no further motions or other actions shall be required to bring such proposed business up for consideration. Unless and to the extent otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, it shall not be necessary to follow Roberts Rules of Order or any other rules of parliamentary procedure at the meeting of the shareholders. Following completion of the business of the meeting as determined by the chairman of the meeting, the chairman of the meeting shall have the exclusive authority to adjourn the meeting.
Section 2.11. Shareholder Proposals . To be properly brought before a regular meeting of shareholders, business must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting, (ii) directed to be brought before the meeting by the Board of Directors or (iii) proposed at the meeting by a shareholder who (A) was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these bylaws, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) gives prior notice of the matter, which must otherwise be a proper matter for shareholder action, in the manner herein provided. For business to be properly brought before a regular meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must give written notice to the Secretary of the corporation so as to be received at the principal executive offices of the corporation at least 90 days before the date that is one year after the date of the prior years regular meeting. Such notice shall set forth (i) the name and record address of the shareholder and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal will be made, (ii) the class and number of shares of the corporation owned by the shareholder and beneficially owned by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal will be made, and any other ownership interest in the corporation of such shareholder or beneficial owner, including derivatives, hedged positions, and other economic and voting interests, (iii) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the regular meeting and the reasons for conducting such business and (iv) any material interest in such business of the shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect to a shareholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a shareholders meeting, shareholders must provide notice as required by, and otherwise comply with the requirements of, the Exchange Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of the shareholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.15. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge any proposed business not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
Section 2.12. Advance Notice of Director Nominations . Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors. To be properly brought before a regular meeting of the shareholders, or any special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors, nominations for the election of a director must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting, (ii) made by or at the direction of the board of directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (iii) made by any shareholder of the corporation (A) who is a shareholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.12 and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.12. For a nomination to be made by a shareholder, such shareholder must have given notice, addressed to the secretary of the corporation and delivered to or mailed and received at the corporations principal executive offices, in the case of a regular meeting, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 2.11, and in the case of a special meeting of the shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on 10th day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. To be in proper written form, a shareholders notice to the secretary must set forth, (i) as to such shareholder giving notice, the information required to be provided pursuant to Section 2.11, and (ii) as to each nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence
address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person, (D) a description of all arrangements, understandings or material relationships between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the shareholder, and (E) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act (including without limitation such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected and a completed questionnaire concerning such persons business experience, beneficial ownership, relationships and transactions with the corporation, independence and other matters typically contained in the corporations questionnaire for directors and officers). No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.12. If the chairperson of the meeting properly determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairperson shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE III.
DIRECTORS
Section 3.01. General Powers . The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as otherwise permitted by statute.
Section 3.02. Number, Qualification and Term of Office . The number of directors of the corporation shall not exceed eight (8), the precise number to be established by resolution of the shareholders (subject to the authority of the Board of Directors to increase or decrease, the number of directors as permitted by law and these bylaws). In the absence of such shareholder resolution, the number of directors shall be the number last fixed by the shareholders, the Board of Directors, the incorporator or the Articles of Incorporation. Directors need not be shareholders. Each of the directors shall hold office until the regular meeting of shareholders next held after such directors election and until such directors successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until the earlier death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of such director; provided, however, that no director shall be elected to a term in excess of five years.
Section 3.03. Board Meetings . Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at such time and place within or without the State of Minnesota as may be designated in the notice of such meeting.
Section 3.04. Calling Meetings; Notice . Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board by giving at least twenty-four hours notice, or by any other director by giving at least five days notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each director by mail, telephone, telegram or in person.
Section 3.05. Waiver of Notice . Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived by any director either before, at, or after such meeting orally or in a writing signed by such director. A director, by his attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, except where the director objects at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and does not participate thereafter in the meeting.
Section 3.06. Quorum . A majority of the directors holding office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting.
Section 3.07. Absent Directors . A director may give advance written consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on at a meeting of the Board of Directors. If such director is not present at the meeting, consent or opposition to a proposal does not constitute presence for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum, but consent or opposition shall be counted as a vote in favor of or against the proposal and shall be entered in the minutes or other record of action at the meeting, if the proposal acted on at the meeting is substantially the same or has substantially the same effect as the proposal to which the director has consented or objected.
Section 3.08. Conference Communications . Any or all directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action at the meeting, such directors participating pursuant to this Section 3.08 shall be deemed present in person at the meeting, and the place of the meeting shall be the place of origination of the conference communication.
Section 3.09. Vacancies; Newly Created Directorships . Vacancies in the Board of Directors of this corporation occurring by reason of death, resignation, removal or disqualification shall be filled for the unexpired term by a majority of the remaining directors of the Board although less than a quorum; newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors by action of the Board of Directors as permitted by Section 3.02 may be filled by a two-thirds vote of the directors serving at the time of such increase; and each director elected pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be a director until such directors successor is elected by the shareholders at their next regular or special meeting.
Section 3.10. Removal . Any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors except, as otherwise provided by Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.223, as amended, when the shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes. A director named by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of the remaining directors if the shareholders have not elected directors in the interim between the time of the appointment to fill such vacancy and the time of the removal. In the event that the entire Board or any one or more directors be so removed, new directors shall be elected at the same meeting.
Section 3.11. Committees . A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors may establish committees having the authority of the board in the management of the business of the corporation to the extent provided in the resolution. A committee shall consist of one or more persons, who need not be directors, appointed by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present. Committees are subject to the direction and control of, and vacancies in the membership thereof shall be filled by, the Board of Directors, except as provided by Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.243.
A majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting is a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger or smaller proportion or number is provided in a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present.
Section 3.12. Written Action . Any action which might be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any duly constituted committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if done in writing and signed by all of the directors or committee members, unless the Articles provide otherwise and the action need not be approved by the shareholders.
Section 3.13. Compensation . Directors who are not salaried officers of this corporation shall receive such fixed sum per meeting attended or such fixed annual sum as shall be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, provide that all directors shall receive their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving this corporation in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.
Section 3.14. Nomination of Directors . Nominations of persons for election as directors may be made at a regular meeting of shareholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any shareholder who (A) was a shareholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in these bylaws, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) gives prior notice of the nomination in the manner herein provided. For a nomination to be properly made by a shareholder, the shareholder must give written notice to the Secretary of the corporation so as to be received at the principal executive offices of the corporation at least 120 days before the date that is one year after the date of the corporations proxy statement for the prior years regular meeting. Such notice shall set forth (i) as to the shareholder giving the notice: (A) the name and record address of the shareholder and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination will be made, and (B) the class and number of shares of the corporation owned by the shareholder and beneficially owned by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination will be made and (ii) as to each person the shareholder proposes to nominate: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person and (C) the class and number of shares of the corporations capital stock beneficially owned by the person. The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS
Section 4.01. Number . The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the Board (if one is elected by the Board), a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary (if one is elected by the Board) and such other officers and agents as may, from time to time, be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 4.02. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications . The Board of Directors shall elect or appoint, by resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, from within or without their number, the President, Treasurer and such other officers as may be deemed advisable, each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, and terms in office provided for in these Bylaws or a resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent therewith. The President and all other officers who may be directors shall continue to hold office until the election and qualification of their successors, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their directorship.
Section 4.03. Removal and Vacancies . Any officer may be removed from his office by the Board of Directors at any time, with or without cause. Such removal, however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the person so removed. If there be a vacancy among the officers of the corporation by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.04. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.05. President . The President shall be the chief executive officer and shall have general active management of the business of the corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He shall execute and deliver, in the name of the corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or Bylaws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. He shall maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders, and in general, shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of the President. He shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.06. Vice President . Each Vice President, if one or more are elected, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. In the event of the absence or disability of the President, Vice Presidents shall succeed to his power and duties in the order designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.07. Secretary . The Secretary, if one is elected, shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors and shall record all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the corporation. He shall give proper notice of meetings of shareholders and directors. He shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.
Section 4.08. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall be the chief financial officer and shall keep accurate financial records for the corporation. He shall deposit all moneys, drafts and checks in the name of, and to the credit of, the corporation in such banks and depositories as the Board of Directors shall, from time to time, designate. He shall have power to endorse, for deposit, all notes, checks and drafts received by the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation, as ordered by the Board of Directors, making proper vouchers therefor. He shall render to the President and the directors, whenever requested, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President.
Section 4.09. Compensation . The officers of this corporation shall receive such compensation for their services as may be determined, from time to time, by resolution of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE V.
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 5.01. Stock Certificates . The shares of the corporation may be either certificated shares or uncertificated shares or a combination thereof. A resolution approved by a majority of the directors may provide that some or all of any or all classes and series of the shares of the corporation will be uncertificated shares. Each holder of duly issued certificated shares of the corporation shall be entitled to a certificate for such shares, to be in such form as shall be prescribed by law and adopted by the board of directors. Certificates for such shares shall be numbered in the order in which they shall be issued and shall be signed, in the name of the corporation, by the president, the secretary or any assistant secretary, if there be one, or by such officers as the board of directors may designate. If a certificate is signed by a transfer agent or registrar, the signature of any such officer of the corporation may be a facsimile signature. If a person signs or has a facsimile signature placed upon a certificate while an officer, transfer agent or registrar of the corporation, the certificate may be issued by the corporation even if the person has ceased to serve in that capacity before the certificate is issued, with the same effect as if the person had that capacity at the date of its issue. Every certificate surrendered to the corporation or its transfer agent for exchange or transfer shall be canceled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so canceled, except in cases provided for in Section 5.03 .
Section 5.02. Transfer of Shares . The transfer of shares on the stock transfer books of the corporation may be authorized only by the shareholder of record thereof, or by such shareholders legal representative, who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by such shareholders duly authorized attorney-in-fact, and, in the case of certificated shares, upon surrender of the certificate or the certificates for such shares to the corporation or its transfer agent duly endorsed. The corporation may treat as the exclusive owner of shares of the corporation for all purposes, the person or persons in whose name shares are registered on the books of the corporation .
Section 5.03. Lost or Destroyed Certificates . Any shareholder claiming a certificate for shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit of that fact in such form as the board of directors shall require and shall, if the board of directors so requires, give the corporation a bond of indemnity in form, in an amount, and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the board of directors, to indemnify the corporation against any claim which may be made against it on account of the reissue of such certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
ARTICLE VI.
DIVIDENDS, RECORD DATE
Section 6.01. Dividends . Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, of these Bylaws, and of law, the Board of Directors may declare dividends whenever, and in such amounts as, in its opinion, are deemed advisable.
Section 6.02. Record Date . Subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may fix a date not exceeding 120 days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any dividend as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive payment of the dividend and, in such case, only shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to receive payment of such dividend notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after the record date. The Board of Directors may close the books of the corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period.
ARTICLE VII.
BOOKS AND RECORDS, FISCAL YEAR
Section 7.01. Share Register . The Board of Directors of the corporation shall cause to be kept at its principal executive office, or at another place or places within the United States determined by the board:
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a share register not more than one year old, containing the names and addresses of the shareholders and the number and classes of shares held by each shareholder; and |
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a record of the dates on which certificates or transaction statements representing shares were issued. |
Section 7.02. Other Books and Records . The Board of Directors shall cause to be kept at its principal executive office, or, if its principal executive office is not in Minnesota, shall make available at its registered office within ten days after receipt by an officer of the corporation of a written demand for them made by a shareholder or other person authorized by Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.461, originals or copies of:
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records of all proceedings of shareholders for the last three years; |
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records of all proceedings of the board for the last three years; |
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its articles and all amendments currently in effect; |
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its bylaws and all amendments currently in effect; |
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financial statements required by Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.463 and the financial statement for the most recent interim period prepared in the course of the operation of the corporation for distribution to the shareholders or to a governmental agency as a matter of public record; |
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reports made to shareholders generally within the last three years; |
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a statement of the names and usual business addresses of its directors and principal officers;. |
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any shareholder voting or control agreements of which the corporation is aware; and |
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such other records and books of account as shall be necessary and appropriate to the conduct of the corporate business. |
Section 7.03. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the corporation shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII.
LOANS, GUARANTEES, SURETYSHIP
Section 8.01. The corporation may lend money to, guarantee an obligation of, become a surety for, or otherwise financially assist a person if the transaction, or a class of transactions to which the transaction belongs, is approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present and:
(1) |
is in the usual and regular course of business of the corporation; |
(2) |
is with, or for the benefit of, a related corporation, an organization in which the corporation has a financial interest, an organization with which the corporation has a business relationship, or an organization to which the corporation has the power to make donations; |
(3) |
is with, or for the benefit of, an officer or other employee of the corporation or a subsidiary, including an officer or employee who is a director of the corporation or a subsidiary, and may reasonably be expected, in the judgment of the board, to benefit the corporation; or |
(4) |
has been approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds of the outstanding shares. |
The loan, guarantee, surety contract or other financial assistance may be with or without interest, and may be unsecured, or may be secured in the manner as a majority of the directors approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of or other security interest in shares of the corporation. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to deny, limit, or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at common law or under a statute of the State of Minnesota.
ARTICLE IX.
INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS
Section 9.01. The corporation shall indemnify such persons, for such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent as permitted by Minnesota Statutes Section 302A.521, as now enacted or hereafter amended.
ARTICLE X.
AMENDMENTS
Section 10.01. These Bylaws may be amended or altered by a vote of the majority of the whole Board of Directors at any meeting provided that notice of such proposed amendment shall have been given in the notice given to the directors of such meeting. Such authority in the Board of Directors is subject to the power of the shareholders to change or repeal such Bylaws by a majority vote of the shareholders present or represented at any regular or special meeting of shareholders called for such purpose, and the Board of Directors shall not make or alter any, Bylaws fixing a quorum for meetings of shareholders, prescribing procedures or removing directors or filling vacancies in the Board of Directors, or fixing the number of directors or their classifications, qualifications, or terms of office, except that the Board of Directors may adopt or amend by unanimous action any Bylaw to increase the number of directors.
ARTICLE XI.
SECURITIES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
Section 11.01. Voting Securities Held by the Corporation . Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation (a) to attend any meeting of security holders of other corporations in which the corporation may hold securities and to vote such securities on behalf of this corporation; (b) to execute any proxy for such meeting on behalf of the corporation; or (c) to execute a written action in lieu of a meeting of such other corporation on behalf of this corporation. At such meeting, the President shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such securities that the corporation possesses. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, grant such power and authority to one or more other persons and may remove such power and authority from the President upon any other person or persons.
Section 11.02. Purchase and Sale of Securities . Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the corporation to purchase, sell, transfer or encumber any and all securities of any other corporation owned by the corporation, and may execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer or encumbrance. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons.