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): March 24, 2008

STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                     000-23702                13-3588231
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(State or other jurisdiction of    (Registration Number)        (IRS Employer
         incorporation)                                      Identification No.)

52-16 Barnett Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11104
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (718) 446-1800


(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

Effective March 24, 2008, Jamieson Karson resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer, director and Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Steve Madden, Ltd. (the "Company"). Mr. Karson's resignation was not the result of any disagreement with the Company's operations, policies or practices. For the purposes of determining any payments to which Mr. Karson will be entitled following his resignation, the Company and Mr. Karson have agreed to treat his resignation as a termination without Cause (as defined under his employment agreement) by the Company. In addition, the Company agreed to pay all costs of Mr. Karson's use of the automobile currently leased by the Company for Mr. Karson through the end of the current lease term.

Effective March 24, 2008, the Company appointed Edward Rosenfeld to serve as interim Chief Executive Officer until his successor is duly appointed, or until his earlier death, incapacity, resignation or removal. Mr. Rosenfeld, 32, was formerly the Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Finance and has been a member of the executive management team since joining the Company in May 2005. Mr. Rosenfeld has also been serving as a member of the Board of Directors since February 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rosenfeld was a Vice President in the mergers and acquisitions group at Peter J. Solomon Company, an investment banking boutique, where he focused on the retail and apparel industries and supervised approximately 25 individuals. Mr. Rosenfeld graduated cum laude from Amherst College.

Concurrent with this appointment, Mr. Rosenfeld's salary was increased to $400,000 per annum and Mr. Rosenfeld was granted options to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company's common stock under the Company's 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, which options shall (i) have an exercise price equal to the closing trading price of the Company's common stock on The Nasdaq Stock Exchange on March 24, 2008, (ii) have a term of seven years, and (iii) vest in equal annual increments of 20% per year of service beginning on March 24, 2008, with the first 8,000 options vesting on March 24, 2009.

ITEM 5.03. AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.

Effective March 24, 2008, Article III of the By-Laws of the Company was amended to allow the Board to appoint a non-executive Chairman and a non-executive Vice-Chairman of the Board. A copy of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Steven Madden, Ltd. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.

                                              By:   /s/ Edward Rosenfeld
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 Name:   Edward Rosenfeld
                                                 Title:  interim Chief Executive
                                                         Officer

Date:  March 28, 2008


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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT
NUMBER          DESCRIPTION

Exhibit 99.1    Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company.


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EXHIBIT 99.1

AMENDED & RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
(A DELAWARE CORPORATION)

AS FURTHER AMENDED ON MARCH 24, 2008

ARTICLE I

STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. Certificates Representing Stock. Certificates representing stock in the corporation shall be signed by, or in the name of, the corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, if any, or by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice-President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation. Any or all the signatures on any such certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.

Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue any shares of its stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by the General Corporation Law. Any restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares.

The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of the lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

Section 2. Uncertificated Shares. Subject to any conditions imposed by the General Corporation Law, the Board of Directors of the corporation may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the corporation shall be uncertificated shares. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of any uncertificated shares, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof any written notice prescribed by the General Corporation Law.

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Section 3. 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 (1) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto, (2) 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 (3) issue scrip or warrants in registered form (either represented by a certificate or uncertificated) or bearer form (represented by a certificate) which shall entitle the holder to receive a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share or an uncertificated 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 the full shares or uncertificated 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 4. Stock Transfers. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and, in the case of shares represented by certificates, on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon.

Section 5. Record Date for Stockholders. 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, 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 shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no 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 at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion, or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

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Section 6. Meaning of Certain Terms. As used herein in respect of the right to notice of a meeting of stockholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat or to consent or dissent in writing in lieu of a meeting, as the case may be, the term "share" or "shares" or "share of stock" or "shares of stock" or "stockholder" or "stockholders" refers to an outstanding share or shares of stock and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock when the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock, and said reference is also intended to include any outstanding share or shares of stock and any holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock of any class upon which or upon whom the certificate of incorporation confers such rights where there are two or more classes or series of shares of stock or upon which or upon whom the General Corporation Law confers such rights notwithstanding that the certificate of incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares of stock, one or more of which are limited or denied such rights thereunder; provided, however, that no such right shall vest in the event of an increase or a decrease in the authorized number of shares of stock of any class or series which is otherwise denied voting rights under the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, except as any provision of law may otherwise require.

Section 7. Stockholder Meetings.

(a) Time.

(i) Annual Meetings. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors, provided, that the first annual meeting shall be held on a date within thirteen months after the organization of the corporation, and each successive annual meeting shall be held on a date within thirteen months after the date of the preceding annual meeting.

(ii) Special Meetings. Except as otherwise required by applicable law or the corporation's certificate of incorporation, special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called only by the directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office. Only such business as is specified in the notice of any special meeting of the stockholders shall come before such meeting.

(b) Place. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Delaware, as the directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware.

(c) Notice or Waiver of Notice; Adjournment. Written notice of all stockholder meetings shall be given, stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting and stating the place within the city or other municipality or community at which the list of stockholders of the corporation may be examined. The notice of an annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of directors and for the transaction of other business which may properly come before the meeting, and shall (if any other action which could be taken at a special meeting is to be taken at such annual meeting) state the purpose or purposes. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice of any meeting

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shall also include, or be accompanied by, any additional statements, information, or documents prescribed by the General Corporation Law. Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, a copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed period of time shall have been waived, and directed to each stockholder at his record address or at such other address which he may have furnished by request in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in the United States mail. The chairman of the meeting (as determined in paragraph (e) below), or the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders who are present in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting without notice other than announcement at the meeting, whether or not a quorum is present. If a meeting is adjourned to another time, not more than thirty days hence, and/or to another place, and if an announcement of the adjourned time and/or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the directors, after adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

(d) Stockholder List. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city or other municipality or community where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by this section or the books of the corporation, or to vote at any meeting of stockholders.

(e) Conduct of Meeting. At each meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman of the Board, if any, shall serve as chairman of the meeting, or in the absence of the Chairman of the Board, one of the following officers in the order of seniority shall serve as chairman of the meeting: the Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice-President. If none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, a person chosen by the stockholders shall serve as chairman of the meeting. The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and

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safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof, and the opening and closing of the voting polls. The Secretary of the corporation, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting.

(f) Business to be Brought Before an Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

(i) To be properly brought before the annual meeting of stockholders, business must be either (A) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (B) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (C) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by any stockholder of the corporation (1) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 7(f) of Article I and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (2) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in
Section 7(f)(ii) of this Article I. In addition to any other applicable requirements, including but not limited to the requirements of Rule 14a-8 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of this Section 7(f)(i) of Article I, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation.

(ii) To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary pursuant to clause (C) of Section 7(f)(i) of this Article I must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation, not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is made, whichever first occurs.

(iii) Subject to Section 5 of Article II, to be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary pursuant to clause
(C) of Section 7(f)(i) of this Article I must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual 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 and, in the event that such item of business shall include a proposal to amend these By-laws, the text of the proposed amendment (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder and all persons or entities acting in concert with the stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the

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Secretary of such beneficial ownership, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting. If such stockholder does not appear or send a qualified representative to present such proposal at such annual meeting, the corporation need not present such proposal for a vote at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before such meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 7(f) of Article I; provided, however, that, once business has been properly brought before such meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 7(f) of Article I shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the chairman of such meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

(g) Proxy Representation. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally.

(h) Inspectors. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If an inspector or inspectors are not appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the chairman of the meeting. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspectors at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots, or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the chairman of the

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meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question, or matter determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or them.

(i) Quorum. The holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders entitled to vote generally, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the stockholders; provided, however, that in the case of any vote to be taken by classes, the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders of a particular class shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by such class.

(j) Voting.

(i) Except as otherwise provided by General Corporation Law or by the corporation's certificate of incorporation, each stockholder of record of any class or series of capital stock of the corporation shall be entitled at each meeting of stockholders to such number of votes for each share of such stock as may be fixed in the corporation's certificate of incorporation or in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such stock, registered in such stockholder's name on the books of the corporation on the record date (as determined in accordance with Section 5 of Article I).

(ii) At each meeting of the stockholders, all corporate actions to be taken by vote of the stockholders (except as otherwise required by applicable law and except as otherwise provided in the corporation's certificate of incorporation or these By-laws) shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon who are present in person or represented by proxy, and where a separate vote by class is required, a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders of such class who are present in person or represented by proxy shall be the act of such class.

(iii) Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon who are present in person or represented by proxy.

(iv) Unless required by applicable law or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot. In the case of a vote by written ballot, each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder's proxy.

Section 8. Action by Written Consent of Stockholders.

(a) Anything in these By-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any action required by the General Corporation Law to be, or which may be, taken at any annual or special 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 in person or by proxy by the holder 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 and if the procedures in this Section 8 of Article I shall be complied with.

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(b) A record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to stockholder action in writing without a meeting shall be fixed by the Board of Directors of the corporation (a "Consent Record Date"). Any stockholder seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take action by written consent without a meeting shall give written notice either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary, of the intent of such stockholder to take action by written consent, which notice shall request that the Board of Directors fix a Consent Record Date. The Board of Directors shall, within 10 days of the receipt of such notice, fix as the Consent Record Date a date which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the Consent Record Date shall be adopted by the Board of Directors and which shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which such resolution shall have been adopted. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date as provided in this Section 8 of Article I, then the record date shall be the day on which the first written consent is duly delivered pursuant to Section 213(b) (or its successor provision) of the General Corporation Law, or, if prior action is required by the Board of Directors with respect to the matter to be acted upon by written consent without a meeting, the record date shall be the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) Every written consent pursuant to this Section 8 of Article I shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who shall sign such consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within 60 days of the date of the earliest dated consent delivered to the corporation in the manner required by this Section 8 of Article I, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, to its principal place of business or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the books in which meetings and proceedings of the stockholders shall be recorded. Delivery made to said registered office of the corporation shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

(d) In the event of the delivery to the corporation of a written consent or consents purporting to represent the requisite voting power to authorize or take corporate action and/or related revocations, the Secretary of the corporation shall provide for the safekeeping of such consents and revocations and shall promptly engage nationally recognized independent inspectors of election for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of the consents and revocations. No action by written consent without a meeting shall be effective until such inspectors of election have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents has been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents and certified such determination for entry in the records of the corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders.

(e) Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who shall not have consented in writing.

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ARTICLE II

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Functions and Definition. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of the members thereof. The use of the phrase "whole board" herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies.

Section 2. Qualifications and Number. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Delaware. The initial Board of Directors shall consist of two persons. Thereafter the number of directors constituting the whole board shall be at least one. Subject to the foregoing limitation and except for the first Board of Directors, such number may be fixed from time to time by action of the directors, or, if the number is not fixed, the number shall be two. The number of directors may be increased or decreased by action of the directors.

Section 3. Election and Term. The first Board of Directors, unless the members thereof shall have been named in the certificate of incorporation, shall be elected by the incorporator or incorporators and shall hold office until the first annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. Thereafter, directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.

Section 4. Vacancies. Subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock of the corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, removal or other cause, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled exclusively by the Board of Directors (and not by the stockholders), acting by a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director, and any directors so appointed shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor shall be duly elected and shall have qualified, unless sooner displaced as provided by the General Corporation Law.

Section 5. Notification of Nomination.

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation with respect to the right of holders of preferred stock of the corporation to nominate and elect a specified number of directors in certain circumstances. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders, or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof)

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or (ii) by any stockholder of the corporation (A) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 5 of Article II and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (B) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 5(b) of this Article II. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder pursuant to clause
(ii) of this Section 5(a) of Article II, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation.

(b) To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 5(a) of this Article II must 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 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the annual meeting is mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting is made, whichever first occurs, or
(ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the special meeting is mailed or public disclosure of the date of the special meeting is made, whichever first occurs.

(c) To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 5(a) of this Article II must set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the business experience during the past five years of such person, including his or her principal occupation or employment during such period, the name and principal business of any corporation or other organization in which such occupations and employment were carried on, and such other information as to the nature of his or her responsibilities and level of professional competence as may be sufficient to permit assessment of his or her prior business experience, (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 and (D) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, (A) the name and address of such stockholder and of all persons or entities acting in concert with the stockholder, (B) the name and address of such stockholder as they appear on the corporation's books (if they so appear), (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, together with evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary of such beneficial ownership, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (E) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (F) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies

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for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

(d) 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 5 of Article II. If the chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the chairman of the meeting shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

Section 6. Meetings.

(a) Time. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board of Directors shall fix, except that the first meeting of a newly elected Board of Directors shall be held as soon after its election as the directors may conveniently assemble.

(b) Place. Meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.

(c) Call. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, or of a majority of the directors in office.

(d) Notice or Actual or Constructive Waiver. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meetings in sufficient time for the convenient assembly of the directors thereat. Notice need not be given to any director or to any member of a committee of directors who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of any such person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when he attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice.

(e) Quorum and Action. A majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided, that such majority shall constitute at least one-third of the whole Board of Directors. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law, the vote 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. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting with any provisions of the General Corporation Law and these By-laws which govern a meeting of directors held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board of Directors or action of disinterested directors.

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Any member or members of the Board of Directors or of any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other.

(f) Chairman of Meetings of Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board, if any and if present and acting, shall preside at all meetings. Otherwise, the Vice-Chairman of the Board, if any and if present and acting, the Chief Executive Officer, if present and acting, or the President, if present and acting, or any other director chosen by the Board of Directors, shall preside.

Section 7. Removal of Directors. Except as may otherwise be provided by the General Corporation Law, 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 8. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, 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 any member of any such committee or committees, 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 any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation with the exception of any authority the delegation of which is prohibited by Section 141 of the General Corporation Law, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.

Section 9. Written Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.

ARTICLE III

OFFICERS

The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary, and, if deemed necessary, expedient, or desirable by the Board of Directors, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice-Chairman of the Board, an Executive Vice-President, one or more other Vice-Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers with such titles as the resolution of the

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Board of Directors choosing them shall designate; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may also appoint from its members (who are not officers or employees of the Corporation) a non-executive Chairman of the Board and a non-executive Vice-Chairman of the Board, and that any such non-executive Chairman or non-executive Vice Chairman so appointed shall not be deemed to be an officer of the corporation. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors choosing him, no officer other than the Chairman, non-executive Chairman, Vice- Chairman and non-executive Chairman of the Board, if any, need be a director. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, as the directors may determine.

Unless otherwise provided in the resolution choosing him, each officer shall hold his office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors and until such person's successor shall have been chosen and shall qualify, or until such person's death or resignation, or until such person's removal in the manner hereinafter provided.

All officers of the corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management and operation of the corporation as shall be prescribed in the resolutions of the Board of Directors designating and choosing such officers and prescribing their authority and duties, and shall have such additional authority and duties as are incident to their office except to the extent that such resolutions may be inconsistent therewith. The Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation shall record all of the proceedings of all meetings and actions in writing of stockholders, directors, and committees of directors, and shall exercise such additional authority and perform such additional duties as the Board of Directors shall assign to him. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE IV

CORPORATE SEAL

The corporate seal shall be in such form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

ARTICLE V

FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI

CONTROL OVER BY-LAWS

Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation and the provisions of the General Corporation Law, these By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed in whole or in part, and new By-laws may be adopted, by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors.

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