Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
ENTREMED, INC.
(A Delaware corporation)
Adopted by the Board of Directors on December 6, 2007
ENTREMED, INC.
BYLAWS
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
The Corporation shall at all times maintain a registered office in the State of Delaware and a
registered agent at that address but may have other offices located in or outside of the State of
Delaware as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the Board) may determine.
ARTICLE 2
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS
2.1
Time and Place of Meetings
. All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such
time or times and at such date or dates, place or places in or outside the State of Delaware as the
Board may determine or, in the absence of a determination by the Board, the Chairman of the Board
(Chairman), and as stated in the notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board
may, in its sole discretion, determine that meetings of stockholders shall not be held at any
place, but may instead be held by means of remote communications, subject to the applicable
provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and such guidelines and procedures as the
Board may adopt. The Board may postpone and reschedule any previously scheduled annual or special
meeting of stockholders.
2.2
Annual Meetings
. The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors
and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held
when designated by the Board. If the annual meeting is not held on the date designated, it may be
held as soon thereafter as convenient and shall be called the annual meeting.
2.3
Special Meetings
. Special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the
Chairman within 10 days after the receipt of a written request of a majority of the Board. Any such
request by a majority of the Board must be sent to the Chairman and must state the purpose of the
proposed meeting.
2.4
Notice of Meetings; Adjournment of Meetings
. Written notice of the time, date,
place, if any, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders
may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and, in the case of a special
meeting, the specific purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, shall be given to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the
date of such meeting, unless such notice is waived as provided in Section 6.2 of these Bylaws. If
mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail, postage
prepaid, directed to such stockholders at such stockholders address as it appears on the records
of the Corporation. When a meeting is adjourned to the same or another place, written notice need
not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of
remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present
in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment
is taken; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than 30 calendar days, of if after
the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place,
if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned
meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting must be provided to each stockholder of record entitled
to vote at the meeting. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which properly
could have been transacted at the original meeting.
2.5
Inspectors
. The Board, Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer may appoint one or
more inspectors of elections to act as judges of the voting and to determine those persons entitled
to vote at any meeting of the stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, in advance of such meeting.
The Board, the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer may designate one or more persons as
alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is
able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the presiding officer of the meeting may appoint one or
more substitute inspectors.
2.6
Quorum
. At any meeting of stockholders, the holders of a majority of the number of
shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any
meeting of stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting, and the meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice, until a quorum is present or represented. Shares of its own
capital stock belonging on the record date for the meeting to the Corporation or to another
corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such
other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to
vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the
right of the Corporation to vote stock, including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a
fiduciary capacity.
2.7
Voting; Proxies
. At all meetings of stockholders, each stockholder entitled to
vote on the record date, as determined under Section 5.3 of these Bylaws or, if not so determined,
as prescribed under the laws of the State of Delaware, shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of stock standing of record in his name, subject to any restrictions or qualifications set forth in
the Corporations Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Certificate of
Incorporation) or any amendment thereto or any Certificate of Designations for any class of
Preferred Stock. Each such vote may be cast either in person or by proxy. Every proxy must be
authorized in a manner permitted by Section 212 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware of any successor provision. Without affecting any vote previously taken, a stockholder may
revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person of by
providing written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation at the Corporations principal
executive offices. When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, the affirmative vote of
a majority of the number of shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote thereon shall decide any question brought before such meeting unless
the question is one upon which a different vote is required by express provision of the laws of the
State of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, in which case such express
provision shall govern.
2.8
Order of Business
.
(a) The Chairman, or such officer of the Corporation as designated by a majority of the Board,
will call meetings of stockholders to order and will act as the presiding officer thereof. Unless
determined by the Board prior to the meeting, the presiding officer of the meeting of stockholders
will also determine the order of business and have the authority in his or her sole discretion to
regulate the conduct of any such meeting, including without limitation by imposing restrictions on
the persons (other than stockholders of the Corporation or their duly appointed proxies) that may
attend such stockholders meeting, by ascertaining whether any such stockholder or his or her proxy
may be excluded from any meeting of stockholders based upon any determination by the presiding
officer, in his or her sole discretion, that any such person has disrupted or is likely to disrupt
the proceedings thereat, and by determining the circumstances in which any person may make a
statement or ask questions at any meeting of stockholders.
(b) At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business will be conducted or considered
as is properly brought before the annual meeting. To be properly bought an annual meeting, business
must be (i) specified in the notice of the annual meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or
at the direction of the Board in accordance with Section 2.4 of these Bylaws, (ii) otherwise
properly bought before the annual meeting by the presiding officer or at the direction of a
majority of the Board, or (iii) otherwise properly requested to be brought before the annual
meeting by a stockholder of the Corporation in accordance with Section 2.8(c).
(c) For business to be properly requested by a stockholder to be brought before an annual
meeting, (i) the stockholder must be a stockholder of the Corporation of record at the time of the
giving of the notice for such annual meeting provided for in these Bylaws, (ii) the stockholder
must be entitled to vote at such meeting, and (iii) the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary. Except as otherwise provided by law, to be timely a
stockholders notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices
of the Corporation not less than 60, nor more than 90, calendar days prior to the first anniversary
of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding years
annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if there was no annual meeting in the
preceding year or the date of the annual meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to,
or delayed by more than 30 calendar days after, the anniversary of the preceding years annual
meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of
business on the later of the 90
th
calendar day prior to such annual meeting and the
10
th
calendar day following the
day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall the
public disclosure of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving
of a stockholders notice as described above. A stockholders notice to the Secretary must set
forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (A) a
description in reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting
and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (B) the name and address, as
they appear on the Corporations books, of the stockholder proposing such business and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (C) the class and series and number
of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and/or of record by the
stockholder proposing such business and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
proposal is made, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings among 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
(E) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual
meeting to bring such business before the annual meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section 2.8(c), a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder (the Exchange Act) with
respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.8(c), including without limitation any such
rules or regulations relating to the delivery of a proxy statement and form of proxy. For purposes
of this Section 2.8(c) and Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, public disclosure means disclosure in a
press release report by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, or comparable national news
service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC) pursuant to the Exchange Act or furnished by the Corporation to stockholders. Nothing in
this Section 2.8(c) will be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of
proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(d) At a special meeting of stockholders, only such business may be conducted or considered as
is properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting, business
must be (i) specified in the notice of the meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the
direction of the Chairman or a majority of the Board in accordance with Section 2.4 of these Bylaws
or (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by the presiding officer or by or at the
direction of a majority of the Board.
(e) Except as otherwise provided by law, the determination of whether any business sought to
be brought before any annual or special meeting of stockholders is properly brought before such
meeting in accordance with this Section 2.8 will be made by the presiding officer of such meeting.
If the presiding officer determines that any business is not properly brought before such meeting,
he or she will so declare to the meeting and any such business will not be conducted.
ARTICLE 3
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
3.1
Function
. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of the Board, which shall have all the powers authorized by the laws of the State of
Delaware, subject to such limitations as may be provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws.
3.2
Number, Qualification, Election and Terms; Resignation
.
(a) The number of Directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution duly adopted by
the Board. As described in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Directors shall be classified,
with respect to the term for which they hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number
as possible. At each annual meeting of stockholders, the successor or successors of the class of
Directors whose terms expires at that meeting shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at
such meeting and shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held
in the third year following the year of their election. The Directors elected to each class shall
hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier
resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders, nor need they be residents of the State
of Delaware.
(b) Any Director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic
transmission of his or her resignation to the Board or to the Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Any such resignation will be effective
upon actual receipt by any such person or, if later, as of the date and time specified in such
written notice.
(c) Any employee of the Corporation or a subsidiary of the Corporation who serves on the Board
shall be deemed to have tendered his resignation from the Board at the time such employee gives
notice of termination of his employment with the Corporation or any subsidiary, as the case may be,
or upon the termination of such employment for any reason, whichever occurs first; provided,
however, that the Board, in its sole discretion, may decline to accept the resignation of the
former employee from the Board if the former employee agrees to continue to serve on the Board
notwithstanding the termination of his employment and if the Board determines that the continued
service of the former employee on the Board is in the best interests of the Corporation and its
stockholders.
3.3
Vacancies
. Consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation, any vacancy in the
Board caused by reason of death, incapacity, resignation, removal, increase in the authorized
number of Directors or otherwise, shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by the sole remaining Director. Any
Director so filling such a vacancy shall serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and
the election and qualification of his successor or until his earlier resignation or removal as
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. When the number of Directors is
increased or decreased, the Board shall determine the class or classes to which the increased or
decreased number of Directors shall be appointed so as to maintain each class as nearly equal in
number as possible; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of Directors shall shorten
the term of any incumbent Director.
3.4
Nomination of Directors
.
(a) Stockholders may elect Directors at, and only at, an annual meeting of stockholders, and
only persons who are nominated in accordance with this Section 3.4 will be eligible for election as
Directors at a meeting of stockholders.
(b) Nominations of persons for election as Directors may be made only at an annual meeting of
stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board or a committee thereof or (ii) by any
stockholder that is a stockholder of record at the time it gives the notice provided for in this
Section 3.4, who is entitled to vote for the election of Directors at such annual meeting, and who
complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.4. All nominations by stockholders must be
made pursuant to timely notice in proper written form to the Secretary.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, to be timely a stockholders notice must be delivered
to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 60,
nor more than 90, calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the Corporation
first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding years annual meeting of stockholders; provided,
however, that if there was no annual meeting in the preceding year or if the date of the annual
meeting is advanced more than 30 calendar days prior to or delayed by more than 30 calendar days
after the anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the
90
th
calendar day prior to such annual meeting and the 10
th
calendar day
following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event
shall the public disclosure of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for
the giving of a stockholders notice as described above. To be in proper written form, such
stockholders notice must be set forth or include: (i) the name and address, as they appear on the
Corporations books, of the stockholder giving the notice and of the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the nomination is made; (ii) a representation that the stockholder giving the notice
is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such annual meeting and
intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate the person or persons
specified in the notice; (iii) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation owned
beneficially and/or or record by the stockholder giving the notice and by the beneficial owner, if
any, on whose behalf the nomination is made; (iv) a description of all arrangements or
understandings between or among any of (A) the stockholder giving the notice, (B) the beneficial
owner on whose behalf the notice is given, (C) each nominee, and (D) any other person or persons
(naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by
the stockholder giving the notice; (v) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by
the stockholder giving the notice as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed
pursuant to the proxy rules of the SEC had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated,
by the Board; and (vi) the signed consent of each nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation
if so elected.
(d) Except as otherwise provided by law, the presiding officer of any annual meeting shall
have the power and duty to determine whether any nomination was made in accordance with the
procedures set forth in these Bylaws
and, if any nomination is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare to the meeting that such
defective nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be
disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.4, a stockholder must also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to the matters set forth
in this Section 3.4, including without limitation any such rules or regulations relating to the
delivery of a proxy statement and form of proxy.
3.5
Compensation
. The Board, or a committee thereof, may establish the compensation
for, and the reimbursement of expenses of, Directors for services as such to the Corporation,
including, but not limited to, fees for attendance at meetings of the Board or any committee
thereof.
3.6
Meetings and Quorum
.
(a) Meetings of the Board may be held either in or outside of the State of Delaware. At all
meetings of the Board, a quorum shall be one-half of the then authorized number of Directors, but
not less than two Directors unless a Board of one Director is authorized, in which event one
Director shall constitute a quorum. Except for the designation of committees as hereinafter
provided and except for actions required by these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation, the
act of a majority of the Board present at any meeting at which a quorum is present will be the act
of the Board. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present thereat
may adjourn the meeting to another place, time or date, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting.
(b) The Board may hold a regular meeting immediately after each annual meeting of stockholders
and without further notice other than these Bylaws. The Board may provide for the holding of
additional regular meetings with or without notice and may fix the times and places at which such
meetings are to be held.
(c) Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer, or President on one days notice to each Director by whom such notice is not waived, and
will be called by the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President, on like notice, upon the
request of a majority of the Board. Notice of special meetings may be given by written, electronic,
telegraphic or telephonic means. Notice of any meeting shall state the time and place of such
meeting, but need not state the purposes thereof unless otherwise required by the laws of the State
of Delaware, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
3.7
Committees
. The Board, by resolution passed by a majority of the Board, may
designate one or more committees. Except as provided in these Bylaws or by law, any committee of
the Board, to the extent provided by resolution adopted by the Board, will have and may exercise
all powers and authority of the Board in the direction or the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation. Each such committee shall have such name and such powers and perform
such duties, not inconsistent with law, as may be assigned to it by the Board. Unless otherwise
prescribed by the Board, a majority of the members of any committee of the Board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at the
meeting at which there is a quorum will be the act of such committee.
The members of each committee of the Board shall serve in such capacity at the pleasure of the
Board or as may be specified in any resolution adopted by the Board. The Board may designate one or
more Directors as alternate members of any such committee, who may replace any absent or other
disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.
Each committee of the Board may prescribe its own rules for calling and holding meetings and
its method of procedure, subject to any rules prescribed by the Board, and will keep a written
record of all actions taken by it.
3.8
Participation in Meetings by Remote Communications
. Any one or more members of the
Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or any such committee by
means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting.
3.9
Action Without Meeting
. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the
Board or committee, as the case may be,
consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such consent is filed with the
minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
ARTICLE 4
OFFICERS
4.1
Titles and Election
. The officers of the Corporation shall be selected by the
Board and will consist of the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary and the
Treasurer. The Board, in its discretion, may also at any time elect or appoint one or more Vice
Presidents, a Chief Operating Officer and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers and such other officers as it may deem advisable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, by
specific action the Board may authorize any committee or the Chairman to appoint any person to any
office other than Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary or Treasurer. Any number of offices
may be held by the same person.
4.2
Authority and Duties
. Each officer of the Corporation shall have such authority
and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices or as may be
prescribed or determined by the Board.
4.3
Resignations, Removals and Vacancies
.
(a) Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Board, the
President, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at
the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified, upon receipt thereof; and unless
otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of any resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
(b) Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until his or her successor is elected
and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation, disqualification or removal. Subject to the
provisions of any validly existing agreement, any officer may be removed at any time by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Board, with or without cause.
(c) Any office may be left vacant as the Board may determine, and the Board may at any time
fill any vacancy among the officers of the Corporation. The Board may at any time delegate the
powers and duties of any officer for the time being to any other officer, any employee, or any
Director.
4.4
Compensation
. The compensation of the executive officers of the Corporation shall
be fixed by the Board or a committee thereof. The Board or a committee thereof may fix, or delete
the power to fix, the compensation of other officers and agents of the Corporation to an officer of
the Corporation.
4.5
Execution of Documents and Action with Respect to Securities of Other
Corporations
. The President and the Chief Executive Officer shall each have, and each is hereby
given, full power and authority, except as otherwise required by law or directed by the Board or
the stockholders of the Corporation, (i) to execute, on behalf of the Corporation, all duly
authorized contracts, agreements, deeds, conveyances or other obligations of the Corporation,
applications, consents, proxies and other powers of attorney, and other documents and instruments
and (ii) to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any
meeting of stockholders (or with respect to any action of such stockholders) of any other
corporation in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all
rights and powers which the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities of
such other corporations. The President or the Chief Executive Officer may delegate to other
officers, employees and agents of the Corporation the power and authority to take any action which
the President or the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to take under this Section 4.5, with
such limitations as the President or the Chief Executive Officer may specify; such authority so
delegated by the President or the Chief Executive Officer shall not be re-delegated by the person
to whom such execution authority has been delegated.
ARTICLE 5
CAPITAL STOCK
5.1
Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares
. Every stockholder shall be entitled
to a certificate or certificates representing shares of the capital stock of the Corporation in
such form as may be prescribed or authorized by the Board, subject to applicable statutory
requirements. Each such certificate will be duly numbered and its issuance
recorded in the books of the Corporation, and such certificate will set forth the holders name and
the number and kind of shares represented thereby. Such certificates shall be signed by the
President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary. Any or all of such signatures may be in facsimile.
In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature
has been placed on a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before
the certificate has been issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued and delivered by the
Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the
date of issue.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions regarding certificates for stock, the Board may
provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the
corporations stock be uncertificated. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented
by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the corporation (or the transfer agent or
registrar, as the case may be).
5.2
Transfer of Stock
. Shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be
transferable only upon the books of the Corporation upon the surrender of the certificate or
certificates properly assigned and endorsed for transfer. If the Corporation has a transfer agent
or registrar acting on its behalf, the signature of any officer or representative thereof may be in
facsimile. The Board may appoint a transfer agent and one or more co-transfer agents and a
registrar and one or more co-registrars and may make or authorize such agents to make all such
rules and regulations deemed expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of shares of
the stock. Uncertificated shares of stock may be transferred in accordance with such rules and
regulations as the Chairman of the Board, the President, or any Vice President and the Treasurer or
the Secretary of the corporation may deem expedient concerning such transfer.
5.3
Record Dates
.
(a) For the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend,
or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or in order to make a
determination of stockholders for any other proper purposes, the Board may fix a record date, which
shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such meeting or prior to the date on which
the particular action requiring such determination of stockholders is to be taken. If no such
record date is fixed by the Board, the record date shall be that prescribed by the laws of the
State of Delaware.
(b) 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 may
fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
(c) The Corporation will be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share of its stock
is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, and will not be bound to recognize any other
claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not the
Corporation has notice thereof, except as expressly provided by applicable law.
5.4
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
. In case of loss or mutilation or
destruction of a stock certificate, a duplicate certificate (or uncertificated shares) may be
issued upon such terms as may be determined or authorized by the Board or a committee thereof, or
by the President or the Chief Executive Officer if the Board or a committee thereof does not do so.
As a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the Board, President
or Chief Executive Officer may require the owners of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the
Board, President or Chief Executive Officer may direct as indemnity against any claims that may be
made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed or the issuance of the new certificate.
ARTICLE 6
NOTICES
6.1
Requirements of Notice
. Whenever notice is required to be given to any Director or
stockholder by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, such notice may be given
(i) in person, (ii) by mail or courier service, postage prepaid, directed to the address of such
person as it appears on the record of the Corporation, or (iii) by telephone, facsimile, electronic
transmission or similar means; provided, however, that any stockholder provided notice by such
means has consented to receive notice by such means. Any notice shall be deemed to be given at the
time when such notice is deposited in the U.S. mail, to the extent mailed, or when transmitted, to
the extend transmitted by telephone, facsimile, electronic transmission or similar means.
6.2
Waivers
. Whenever notice or other formality is required by statute, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or
persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons
entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be
given, will be deemed equivalent to such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting will
constitute a waiver of notice of such a meeting, except where the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE 7
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
7.1
Definitions
. As used in this article, the term Person means any past, present or
future Director, officer or employee of the Corporation or a designated officer or employee of an
operating division or subsidiary of the Corporation.
7.2
Indemnification Granted
. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent and
under the circumstances permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law in effect, any Person as
defined above, made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of
the fact that he is or was a Director, officer, agent or employee of the Corporation or a
subsidiary of the Corporation, or designated officer of an operating division or subsidiary of the
Corporation, or is or was serving at the specific request of the Corporation as a Director,
officer, employee or agent of another company or other enterprise in which the Corporation should
own, directly or indirectly, an equity interest or of which it may be a creditor.
The right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a
person indemnified herein may be entitled by Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested Directors or otherwise, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
Director, officer, designated officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors, administrators and other legal representatives of such person. It is not intended
that the provisions of this article be applicable to, and they are not to be construed as granting
indemnity with respect to matters as to which indemnification would be in contravention of the laws
of Delaware or of the United States of America, whether as a matter of public policy or pursuant to
statutory provision.
7.3
Miscellaneous
. The Board may also on behalf of the Corporation grant
indemnification to any individual other than a person defined herein to such extent and in such
matter as the Board in its sole discretion may at any time determine.
ARTICLE 8
GENERAL
8.1
Fiscal Year
. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each
year or such other date as may be fixed by resolution of the Board.
8.2
Seal
. The corporate seal of the Corporation shall be in such form as the Board
shall determine and may consist of a facsimile thereof or the word Seal enclosed in parentheses.
8.3
Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records
. Each Director, each member of a
committee designated by the Board and each officer of the Corporation will, in the performance of
his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation
and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of
the Corporations officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person as to
the matters the Director, committee member or officer believes are within such other persons
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of
the Corporation.
8.4
Amendments
. Except as provided otherwise by the laws of the State of Delaware, the
Certificate of Incorporation or elsewhere in these Bylaws, these Bylaws may be amended or repealed
either:
(a) at any meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present by vote of a majority of the
number of shares of stock entitled to vote present in person or by proxy at such meeting as
provided in Sections 2.6 and 2.7 of these Bylaws, or
(b) at any meeting of the Board by a majority vote of the Directors then in office; provided
that the notice of such meeting of stockholders or Directors or waiver of notice thereof contains a
statement of the substance of the proposed amendment or repeal.