SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
ARROW STOCK HOLDING CORPORATION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
82-0543156
(State of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4211 South 102nd Street
Omaha, Nebraska 68127
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. | If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. |
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-88632
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class to be so Registered
Name of Each Exchange on Which
Each Class is to be Registered
None
None
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
Item 1. Description of Registrants Securities to Be Registered
A complete description of the common stock of the Registrant is contained under the captions DESCRIPTION OF NEW AMERITRADE CAPITAL STOCK and COMPARISON OF THE RIGHTS OF NEW AMERITRADE, OLD AMERITRADE AND DATEK STOCKHOLDERS in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) forming a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (File No. 333-88632) (the Registration Statement), filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) on August 6, 2002, under Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). Such description is hereby incorporated by reference.
The Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be used by Ameritrade Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (Ameritrade), and Datek Online Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (Datek), to solicit proxies in connection with special stockholder meetings of Ameritrade and Datek being held to vote on adoption of a Second Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 26, 2002, among Ameritrade, Datek, the Registrant, Arrow Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation, and Dart Merger Corp., a Delaware corporation (the Merger Agreement). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Registrant will become a new holding company, Ameritrade will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant and Datek will be acquired and will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant. Upon the consummation of such transactions, the Registrant will change its name to Ameritrade Holding Corporation.
The Registrants common stock will become registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), upon the filing of this Form 8-A with the Commission. Ameritrades Class A common stock currently is registered pursuant to Section 12(g) under the Exchange Act. If the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are consummated, the Registrant will become a successor to Ameritrade pursuant to the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and will assume various registration statements filed by Ameritrade prior to consummation of such transactions under the Securities Act and all reports filed by Ameritrade prior to the consummation of such transactions under the Exchange Act.
If the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are not consummated, the Registrant will issue no securities, and this Form 8-A will be immediately withdrawn.
Item 2. Exhibits
A list of exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference is set forth on the Index to Exhibits, which is incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Date: September 5, 2002
ARROW STOCK HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph H.
Moglia
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Name: Joseph H. Moglia
Title: Chief Executive Officer |
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Arrow Stock Holding Corporation.
3.2
By-Laws of Arrow Stock Holding Corporation.
4.1
Form of common stock certificate of Arrow Stock Holding Corporation.
Exhibit 3.1
RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
1. First. The name of the corporation is Ameritrade Holding Corporation
(the Corporation).
2. Second. The address of the Corporations registered office in the
State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City
of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the Corporations registered
agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
3. Third. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or
promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for
which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the DGCL).
4. Fourth.
5. Fifth.
6. Sixth.
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7. Seventh.
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8. Eighth. No director or stockholder, in such capacity, shall have any
obligation to the Corporation to refrain from competing with the Corporation,
making investments in competing businesses or otherwise engaging in any
commercial activity that competes with the Corporation, the Corporation shall
not have any right, interest or expectancy with respect to any such particular
investments or activities undertaken by such directors or stockholders, and
such investments or activities shall not be deemed wrongful or improper, and no
director or stockholder shall be obligated to present any such investment
opportunity to the Corporation even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Corporation, could be taken by the Corporation (so long as
such investment, activity or opportunity did not arise by virtue of the
director being a member of the Board of Directors, an officer or an employee of
the Corporation, or the stockholder having a representative on the Board of
Directors). The provisions of this Article 8 shall in no way limit or
eliminate a directors or stockholders duties, responsibilities and
obligations with respect to any proprietary information of the Corporation,
including the duty to not disclose or use such proprietary information
improperly or to obtain therefrom an improper personal benefit. Except as
otherwise set forth in this Article 8, this Article 8 shall not limit or
eliminate the fiduciary duties of any director or otherwise be deemed to
exculpate any director from any breach of his or her fiduciary duties to the
Corporation. No amendment or
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repeal of this Article 8 shall apply to or have
any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director or stockholder
of the Corporation for or with respect to any investments, activities or
opportunities of which such director or stockholder becomes aware prior to such
amendment or repeal.
9. Ninth. Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between the
Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between the
Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable
jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary
way of the Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the
application of any receiver or receivers appointed for the Corporation under
§291 of Title 8 of the DGCL or on the application of trustees in dissolution or
of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under §279 of Title
8 of the DGCL order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of
the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may
be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in
number representing three fourths in value of the creditors or class of
creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of the
Corporation, as the case may by, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to
any reorganization of the Corporation as consequence of such compromise or
arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization
shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made,
be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the
stockholders or class of stockholders, of the Corporation, as the case may be,
and also on the Corporation.
10. Tenth. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred
by the DGCL, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter,
amend or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
11. Eleventh. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change,
add to or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation,
in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the DGCL, and all rights conferred
herein upon stockholders of the Corporation are granted subject to this
reservation.
(formerly Arrow Stock Holding Corporation)
a.
The total number of shares of capital stock
which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is
six-hundred fifty million (650,000,000) shares of common
stock, at $.01 par value per share, and one-hundred million
(100,000,000) shares of preferred stock, at $.01 par value
per share.
b.
Authority is hereby expressly granted to
the Board of Directors to authorize the issuance of one or
more series of preferred stock and with respect to each
such series to fix by resolution or resolutions providing
for the issuance of such series the designation of and
number of shares comprising such series, the voting powers,
full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series and
the preferences and relative, participating, optional or
other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations
or restrictions thereof, of such series.
a.
Special meetings of the stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes, shall be called by the Secretary
of the Corporation at the request in writing delivered to
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or
the Secretary of the Corporation by stockholders owning 25%
or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of the
Corporation. Any special meeting so requested shall be
held on such date, at such time and for such purpose or
purposes as shall be set forth in the request; provided,
that the request shall be delivered not less than sixty and
not more than ninety days before the date of the meeting.
Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, also may be called by the Chairman of the Board
or the Chief Executive Officer and shall be called by the
Secretary of the Corporation at the direction of a majority
of the directors of the Corporation.
b.
The stockholders of the Corporation may act
by written consent in lieu of a meeting in the manner now
or hereafter prescribed by Section 228 of the DGCL.
a.
The number of directors which shall
constitute the whole Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall be nine (9).
b.
The directors shall be divided into three
classes, of three directors each, designated as Class I,
Class II and Class III.
c.
At the annual meeting of stockholders of
the Corporation in 2003, the term of office of the Class I
directors shall expire and Class I directors shall be
elected for a full term of three years. At the annual
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation in 2004, the
term of office of the Class II directors shall expire and
Class II directors shall be elected for a full term of
three years. At the annual meeting of stockholders of the
Corporation in 2005, the term of office of the Class III
directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be
elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected
for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of
the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting.
d.
The holders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation may
remove directors of the Corporation at any time:
(i) with cause; and
(ii) until the Termination Date,
without cause.
e.
Notwithstanding any provisions in the
Corporations By-laws, until the Termination Date, one or
more Significant Stockholders who collectively own at least
5% of the Corporations outstanding common stock, if any,
may nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors
(to the extent such Significant Stockholders are entitled
to designate one or more directors under the terms of the
Stockholders Agreement) to be voted upon by stockholders at
any meeting of the stockholders without complying with any
advance notice provisions in the certificate of
incorporation or By-laws of the Corporation. Each person
so nominated will not be ineligible to be nominated or
elected to the Board of Directors by virtue of a failure to
comply with any such advance notice provisions.
f.
The following terms have the following
meanings for purposes of this Article 6:
Significant Stockholder means each stockholder that is
a party to the Stockholders Agreement and its permitted
assigns under the terms thereof.
Stockholders Agreement means the Stockholders
Agreement dated as of April 6, 2002 (as may be amended from
time to time) by and among Arrow Stock Holding Corporation
and the stockholders named therein, a copy of which will be
provided to any stockholder of the Corporation upon written
request.
Termination Date means the date when no party to the
Stockholders Agreement has the right to designate a director
to the Board of Directors of the Corporation pursuant to the
terms of the Stockholders Agreement as may be determined by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation, such determination
to be certified by an officer of the Corporation and to be
provided to any stockholder of the Corporation upon written
request.
a.
To the fullest extent permitted under the
DGCL as it currently exists or as it may hereafter be
amended, a director of the Corporation shall have no
personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director.
b.
The Corporation shall indemnify, in
accordance with and to the fullest extent now or hereafter
permitted by the DGCL, any person who is or was a party, or
is or was threatened to be made a party, to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(including, without limitation, an action by or in the
right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation (and
the Corporation, in the sole discretion of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation, may so indemnify a person who
is or was a party, or is or was threatened to be made a
party, to any such action, suit or proceeding by reason of
the fact that he or she is or was an employee or agent of
the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation in any other capacity for or on behalf of the
Corporation) against any liability or expense actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in respect thereof;
provided, that the Corporation shall be required to
indemnify a director or officer of the Corporation in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding initiated by
such person only if such action, suit or proceeding was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Such indemnification is not exclusive of any other right to
indemnification provided by the DGCL or otherwise. The
right to indemnification conferred by this Article 7(b)
shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation
and each person entitled to the benefits referred to
herein.
c.
No amendment or repeal of this Article 7
shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or
alleged liability of any director or officer of the
Corporation for or with respect to any act or omission of
such director or officer occurring prior to such amendment
or repeal.
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Exhibit 3.2
BY-LAWS
OF
AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION
ARTICLE I.
Section 1. Registered Office and Agent. The registered office of the
Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the registered agent of the
Corporation at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. The Corporation
may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of
Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE II.
Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders
for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such
time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated
by the Board of Directors. In the absence of a designation of a place for any
such meeting by the Board of Directors, each such meeting shall be held at the
principal office of the Corporation.
Section 2. Annual Meetings. An annual meeting of stockholders shall be
held for the purpose of electing directors and transacting such other business
as may properly be brought before the meeting. The date of the annual meeting
shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for
any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by the Certificate of
Incorporation, shall be called by the Secretary at the request in writing
delivered to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the
Secretary of the Corporation by stockholders owning 25% or more of the stock of
the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Any special
meeting so requested shall be held on such date, at such time and for the
purpose or purposes as shall be set forth in the request; provided, that the
request shall be given not less than twenty nor more than sixty days before the
date of the meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
purposes, may also be called by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief
Executive Officer and shall be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at
the direction of a majority of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of each meeting of the
stockholders stating the place, date and time of the meeting shall be given,
not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to
each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice of any special
meeting of stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes for which the
meeting is called. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders
shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. Neither the business to
be transacted at, nor the purpose of, an annual or special meeting of
stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice.
Section 5. List of Stockholders. The officer who has charge of the stock
ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before each
meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote
at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of 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, at the registered office of the Corporation. The list
shall 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.
Section 6. Quorum; Adjournments. The holders of a majority of the stock
issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or
represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the
stockholders for the transaction of business, except as otherwise required by
these By-Laws, the Certificate of Incorporation, or the Delaware General
Corporation Law as from time to time in effect (Delaware Law). If a quorum
is not represented, the holders of the stock present in person or represented
by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereat shall have power, by the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of such stock, to adjourn the
meeting to another time and/or place, without notice other than announcement at
the meeting, except as hereinafter provided, until a quorum shall be present or
represented. At such adjourned meeting, at which a quorum shall be present or
represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if
after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting. Withdrawal of stockholders from any meeting
shall not cause the failure of a duly constituted quorum at such meeting.
Section 7. Organization. At each meeting of stockholders, the Chairman
of the Board or, in his absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in
his absence, the Chief Executive Officer shall act as chairman of the meeting.
The Secretary or, in his absence or inability to act, the person whom the
chairman of the meeting shall appoint secretary of the meeting, shall act as
secretary of the meeting and keep the minutes thereof.
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Section 8. Order of Business. The order of business at all meetings of
the stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting.
Section 9. Voting.
(a) At all meetings of the stockholders, each stockholder shall be
entitled to vote, in person, or by proxy appointed in an instrument in writing
subscribed by the stockholder or otherwise appointed in accordance with Section
212 of the Delaware Law, each share of voting stock owned by such stockholder
of record on the record date for the meeting. Each stockholder shall be
entitled to one vote for each share of voting stock held by such stockholder,
unless otherwise provided in the Delaware Law or the Certificate of
Incorporation.
(b) When a quorum is present at any meeting, the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy and voting shall decide any question brought before such
meeting, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of law or
of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which
case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such
question. Any stockholder who is in attendance at a meeting of stockholders
either in person or by proxy, but who abstains from the vote on any matter,
shall not be deemed present or represented at such meeting for purposes of the
preceding sentence with respect to such vote, but shall be deemed present or
represented at such meeting for all other purposes.
Section 10. Inspectors. The Board of Directors may, in advance of any
meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at such meeting
or any adjournment thereof. If any of the inspectors so appointed shall fail
to appear or act, the chairman of the meeting shall, or if inspectors shall not
have been appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more
inspectors. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties,
shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at
such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability.
The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares
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 results, 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 meeting, the inspectors shall
make a report in writing of any challenge, request or matter determined by them
and shall execute a certificate of any fact found by them. No director or
candidate for the office of director shall act as an inspector of an election
of directors. Inspectors need not be stockholders.
Section 11. Informal Action by Stockholders. Any action required to be
taken at a meeting of the stockholders, or any other action which may be taken
at a meeting of the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior
notice and without a
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vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so
taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such
action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present
and voted. 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 have not consented in writing.
ARTICLE III.
Section 1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed and controlled by or under the direction of its Board of
Directors, which may exercise all such powers of, and do all such acts and
things as may be done by, the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and
things as are not by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these
By-laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2. Number, Qualification and Tenure. The Board of Directors of
the Corporation shall consist of nine (9) members. The directors shall be
elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation or Section 3 of this Article, and each director
elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified
or until his or her earlier death, termination, resignation or removal from
office. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3. Vacancies and Newly-Created Directorships. Vacancies and
newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of
directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although
less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each director so
chosen shall hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified or
until his or her earlier death, termination, resignation, retirement,
disqualification or removal from office. If there are no directors in office,
then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by Delaware
Law.
Section 4. Place of Meetings. The Board of Directors may hold meetings,
both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 5. Meetings. The Board of Directors shall hold a regular
meeting, to be known as the annual meeting, immediately following each annual
meeting of the stockholders. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined
by the Board. No notice of regular meetings need be given, other than by
announcement at the immediately preceding regular meeting. Special meetings of
the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive
Officer or by the Secretary on the written request of a majority of the Board
of Directors. Notice of any special meeting of the Board shall be given at
least one day prior thereto, either in writing, or telephonically if
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promptly in writing, to each director at the address shown for such director on
the records of the Corporation.
Section 6. Waiver of Notice; Business and Purpose. Notice of any meeting
of the Board of Directors may be waived in writing signed by the person or
persons entitled to such notice either before or after the time of the meeting.
The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened and at the beginning of the meeting
records such objection with the person acting as secretary of the meeting and
does not thereafter vote on any action taken at the meeting. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special
meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of
such meeting, unless specifically required by the Delaware Law.
Section 7. Quorum and Manner of Acting. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any
meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn
the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum shall be present. The act of a majority of the
directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of
the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the
Delaware Law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. Withdrawal of directors
from any meeting shall not cause the failure of a duly constituted quorum at
such meeting. A director who is in attendance at a meeting of the Board of
Directors but who abstains from the vote on any matter shall not be deemed
present at such meeting for purposes of the preceding sentence with respect to
such vote, but shall be deemed present at such meeting for all other purposes.
Section 8. Organization. The Chairman of the Board shall act as chairman
at all meetings of the Board of Directors. If the Chairman of the Board is not
present, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall act as chairman of such
meeting of the Board of Directors, and if the Chairman of the Board and the
Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, are not present, a director chosen by a
majority of the directors present shall act as chairman at such meeting of the
Board of Directors.
Section 9. Removal of Directors. Unless otherwise prescribed by the
Certificate of Incorporation, any director may be removed, either with or
without cause, at any time, by stockholders owning a majority of the stock of
the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.
Section 10. Committees. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by
a majority of the whole Board, may designate two or more directors to
constitute an Executive Committee. The Board of Directors, by resolution
adopted by a majority of the whole Board, may create one or more other
committees and appoint two or more directors to serve on such committee or
committees. Each director appointed to serve
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on any such committee shall
serve, unless the resolution designating the respective committee is sooner
amended or rescinded by the Board of Directors, until the next annual meeting
of the Board or until their respective successors are designated. The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole Board, may also
designate additional directors as alternate members of any committee to serve
as members of such committee in the place and stead of any regular member or
members thereof who may be unable to attend a meeting or otherwise unavailable
to act as a member of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a
member and all alternate members designated to serve in the place and stead of
such member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a
quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the
place and stead of such absent or disqualified member.
The Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all the powers and
authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation between the meetings of the Board of Directors, and
any other committee may exercise the power and authority of the Board of
Directors to the extent specified by the resolution establishing such
committee, or the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws; provided, that
no committee may take any action that is expressly required by the Delaware Law
or the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws to be taken by the Board
of Directors and not by a committee thereof. Each committee shall keep a
record of its acts and proceedings, which shall form a part of the records of
the Corporation in the custody of the Secretary, and all actions of each
committee shall be reported to the Board of Directors at the next meeting of
the Board.
Meetings of committees may be called at any time by the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the chairman of the respective committee.
A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business and, except as expressly limited by this section, the
act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which there is a
quorum shall be the act of such committee. Except as expressly provided in
this section or in the resolution designating the committee, a majority of the
members of any such committee may select its chairman, fix its rules of
procedure, fix the time and place of its meetings and specify what notice of
meetings, if any, shall be given.
Section 11. Action without Meeting. Unless otherwise specifically
prohibited by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, any action
required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or
of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the
Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, execute a consent
thereto in writing setting forth the action so taken, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or
such committee.
Section 12. Attendance by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors,
or any committee thereof, may participate in and act at any meeting of the
Board of
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Directors, or such committee, as the case may be, through the use of a
conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in
such meeting shall constitute attendance and presence in person at the meeting
of the person or persons so participating.
Section 13. Compensation. Directors may be paid such compensation for
their services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as
the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. These payments shall
not preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity
and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE IV.
Section 1. Enumeration. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen
by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board, a Chief
Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may
also elect a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Divisional Presidents, one or
more Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant
Treasurers and such other officers and agents as it may deem appropriate. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person. No officer need be a
stockholder.
Section 2. Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be
elected at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors and shall hold office
until their successors are elected and qualified, or until their earlier death,
termination, resignation or removal from office. Any officer or agent of the
Corporation may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors, with or
without cause. Any vacancy in any office because of death, resignation,
termination, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by the Board
of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 3. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be a
member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation and shall preside at
meetings of the Board of Directors and of stockholders. The Chairman of the
Board shall oversee the overall strategic business management of the
Corporation and shall have such other functions, authority and duties as
customarily appertain to the office of the chairman of a business corporation
or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be
the chief executive officer of the Corporation and, as such, shall have general
supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the
Corporation, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, and shall have
such other functions, authority and duties as customarily appertain to the
office of the chief executive of a business corporation or as may be prescribed
by the Board of Directors.
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Section 5. Divisional President. When and if elected, each Divisional
President shall be the chief operating officer of the designated division of
the Corporation and shall have such functions, authority and duties as may from
time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
Officer.
Section 6. Vice President. Each Vice President shall perform such duties
and have such other powers as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board
of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 7. Secretary. The Secretary shall: (a) keep a record of all
proceedings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and any committees
thereof in one of more books provided for that purpose; (b) give, or cause to
be given, all notices that are required by law or these By-laws to be given by
the Secretary; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and, if the
Corporation has a corporate seal, of the seal of the Corporation; (d) have
authority to affix the seal of the Corporation to all instruments the execution
of which requires such seal and to attest such affixing of the seal; (e) keep a
register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be
furnished to the Secretary by such stockholder; (f) sign, with the Chairman of
the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President, or any other
officer thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, any certificates for
shares of the Corporation, or any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other
instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed by the
signature of more than one officer; (g) have general charge of the stock
transfer books of the Corporation; (h) have authority to certify as true and
correct, copies of the By-laws, or resolutions of the stockholders, the Board
of Directors and committees thereof, and of other documents of the Corporation;
and (i) in general, perform the duties incident to the office of secretary and
such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors or the Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may give
general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and
to attest such affixing of the seal.
Section 8. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if any, or if
there shall be more than one, each Assistant Secretary in the absence of the
Secretary or in the event of the Secretarys inability or refusal to act, shall
have the authority to perform the duties of the Secretary, subject to such
limitations thereon as may be imposed by the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary.
Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the principal accounting
and financial officer of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall: (a) have
charge of and be responsible for the maintenance of adequate books of account
for the Corporation; (b) have charge and custody of all funds and securities of
the Corporation, and be responsible therefor and for the receipt and
disbursement thereof; and (c) perform the duties incident to the office of
treasurer and such other duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the
Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. The Treasurer may sign,
with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice
President, or any other officer thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors,
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certificates for shares of the Corporation. If required by the Board of
Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or
her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of
Directors may determine.
Section 10. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, if any, or if
there shall be more than one, each Assistant Treasurer, in the absence of the
Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers inability or refusal to act, shall
have the authority to perform the duties of the Treasurer, subject to such
limitations thereon as may be imposed by the Board of Directors, and such other
duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer.
Section 11. Other Officers and Agents. Any officer or agent who is
elected or appointed from time to time by the Board of Directors and whose
duties are not specified in these By-laws shall perform such duties and have
such powers as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
the Chief Executive Officer.
ARTICLE V.
Section 1. Form. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates in such form as any officer may approve; provided, the Board of
Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or
all classes or series of the Corporations stock shall be uncertificated
shares. Each certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or
otherwise identified. Certificates of stock in the Corporation, shall be
signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an
Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation. Where a certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent, other
than the Corporation or an employee of the Corporation, or by a registrar, the
signatures of one or more officers of the Corporation may be facsimiles. 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, the
certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such
officer, transfer agent or registrar were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of its issue.
Section 2. Transfer. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer
agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or
accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate of
stock or uncertificated shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued
by the Corporation to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate
and record the transaction in its stock transfer books.
Section 3. Replacement. In case of the loss, destruction, mutilation or
theft of a certificate for any stock of the Corporation, a new certificate of
stock or uncertificated shares in place of any certificate theretofore issued
by the Corporation may be issued
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upon the surrender of the mutilated
certificate or, in the case of loss, destruction or theft of a certificate,
upon satisfactory proof of such loss, destruction or theft and upon such terms
as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The Board of Directors may in its
discretion require the owner of the lost, destroyed or stolen certificate, or
his legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond, in such sum and in
such form and with such surety or sureties as it may direct, to indemnify the
Corporation against any claim that may be made against it with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen.
Section 4. Fixing the Record Date. In order that the Corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate
action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any
dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock
or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix,
in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten
days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any
other action. 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, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
Section 5. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its records as the
owner of shares of stock to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, shall
be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its
records as the owner of shares of stock, and shall not be bound to recognize
any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares of stock on
the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by Delaware Law.
ARTICLE VI.
Section 1. Third Party Actions. The Corporation shall indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, or investigative, including all appeals (other than
an action, suit or proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director or officer, of the Corporation (and
the Corporation, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, may so indemnify
a person by reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent of the
Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation in any other
capacity for or on behalf of the Corporation), to the fullest extent permitted
by law, including indemnifying such person against expenses (including
attorneys fees), judgments, decrees, fines, penalties, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
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interests of the
Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided, the Corporation
shall be required to indemnify an officer or director in connection with an
action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person only if such action, suit
or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon
a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith or in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Actions By or in the Right of the Corporation. The
Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit,
including all appeals, by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation (and the Corporation, in the discretion of the Board
of Directors, may so indemnify a person by reason of the fact that he is or was
an employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation in any other capacity for or on behalf of the Corporation), to
the fullest extent permitted by law, including indemnifying such person against
expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall
have been finally adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his duty to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that
the court in which such action or suit was brought, or any other court of
competent jurisdiction, shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case,
such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as
such court shall deem proper. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation
shall be required to indemnify an officer or director in connection with an
action, suit or proceeding initiated by such person only if such action, suit
or proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Indemnity if Successful. To the extent that a present or
former director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding pursuant to which he is entitled to indemnification in Section 1 or
2 of this Article, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Section 4. Standard of Conduct. Except in a situation governed by
Section 3 of this Article, any indemnification under Section 1 or 2 of this
Article (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Corporation only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of
the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the
circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
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conduct set forth
in Section 1 or 2, as applicable, of this Article. Such determination shall be
made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such
determination: (a) by a majority vote of directors who are not parties to such
action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (b) by a committee
of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors, even though
less than a quorum; (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so
direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (d) by the
stockholders. The determination to be made that indemnification is proper with
respect to a person who is a former director or officer, or an employee or
agent of the Corporation, shall be made by a majority of the board of
directors.
Section 5. Expenses. Expenses (including attorneys fees) of each
present officer and director hereunder indemnified actually and reasonably
incurred in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding or threat thereof shall be paid by the Corporation
in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay such amount
if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified
by the Corporation as authorized in this Article. Such expenses (including
attorneys fees) incurred by former directors and officers or by employees and
agents may be so paid by the Corporation, at the discretion of the Board of
Directors, upon the receipt of the aforesaid undertaking and such terms and
conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate.
Section 6. Nonexclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, other Sections of this Article
shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may now or hereafter be entitled
under any law, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability
asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out
of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of the Delaware Law.
Section 8. Definitions. For purposes of this Article, references to the
Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed
in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued,
would have had the power and authority to indemnify any or all of its
directors, officers, employees and agents, so that any person who was a
director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or was
serving at the request of such constituent corporation in any
other
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capacity,
shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with
respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have had
with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued as such corporation was constituted immediately prior to such merger.
For purposes of this Article, references to other capacities shall
include serving as a trustee or agent for any employee benefit plan; references
to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to
an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the
Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by such
director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants, or beneficiaries. A person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the
participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to
have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation
as referred to in this Article.
Section 9. Severability. If any provision hereof is invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the other provisions hereof shall remain in
full force and effect in such jurisdiction, and the remaining provisions hereof
shall be liberally construed to effectuate the provisions hereof, and the
invalidity of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 10. Amendment. The right to indemnification conferred by this
Article shall be deemed to be a contract between the Corporation and each
person entitled to the benefits referred to therein until amended or repealed,
but no amendment to or repeal of these provisions shall apply to or have any
effect on the right to indemnification of any person with respect to any
liability or alleged liability of such person for or with respect to any act or
omission of such person occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE VII.
Section 1. General. Only such persons who are nominated in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Article VII shall be eligible to serve as
directors and only such business as shall have been brought before the meeting
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article VII shall be
conducted at a meeting of stockholders.
Section 2. Nominations and Proposals at Stockholder Meetings. Nominations
of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business
to be considered by the stockholders may be made at a meeting of stockholders
(a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder
who is a stockholder of
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record at the time of the giving of notice provided for
in this Article VII, who is entitled to vote at the meeting of stockholders and
who complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 3. In addition, a
stockholder may nominate a person to be a director only if such stockholder
would be entitled to vote for such person in the election for such director.
Section 3. Notice Procedures.
(a) For nominations or other business to be properly brought by a
stockholder before an annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to subsection (b)
of Section 2 of this Article VII, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholders notice
shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the
anniversary of the Corporations annual meeting of the preceding year;
provided, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or
delayed by more than 30 days from the date of the preceding years annual
meeting, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not less than 90 days
nor more than 120 days prior to the date of the current years annual meeting.
(b) For nominations or other business to be properly brought by a
stockholder before a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to subsection (b)
of Section 2 of this Article VII, the stockholder must have given timely notice
thereof in writing to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholders notice
shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not earlier than the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not
later than the close of business on the 60th day prior to such special meeting.
(c) Each stockholders notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom
the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director
all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required,
in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) (including such persons written consent
to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director
if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to
bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the
meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (iii) as to
the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the nomination or proposal is made (A) the name and address of such
stockholder as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial
owner, and (B) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that
are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial
owner.
Section 4. Determination of Compliance. The chairman of the meeting of
stockholders shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or
any
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business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Article VII and, if any proposed
nomination or business is not in compliance with this Article VII, to declare
that such defective nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE VIII.
Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Corporation Seal. The corporate seal, if any, of the
Corporation shall be in such form as may be approved from time to time by the
Board of Directors. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof
to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.
Section 3. Notices and Mailing. Except as otherwise provided in the Act,
the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, all notices required to be
given by any provision of these By-laws shall be deemed to have been given (a)
when received, if given in person, (b) on the date of acknowledgment of
receipt, if sent by telex, facsimile or other wire transmission, (c) one day
after delivery, properly addressed, to a reputable courier for same day or
overnight delivery or (d) three days after being deposited, properly addressed,
in the U.S. Mail, certified or registered mail, postage prepaid.
Section 4. Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given
under the Delaware Law or the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or
these By-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons
entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent to notice.
Section 5. Interpretation. In these By-laws, unless a clear contrary
intention appears, the singular number includes the plural number and vice
versa, and reference to either gender includes the other gender.
ARTICLE IX.
These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-laws may be
adopted by the Board of Directors. The fact that the power to amend, alter,
repeal or adopt the By-laws has been conferred upon the Board of Directors
shall not divest the stockholders of the same powers.
(formerly Arrow Stock Holding Corporation)
OFFICES
STOCKHOLDERS
DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK AND THEIR TRANSFER
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
NOMINATION OF DIRECTORS AND PRESENTATION
OF BUSINESS AT STOCKHOLDER MEETINGS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
AMENDMENTS
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EXHIBIT 4.1
Number
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Shares
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COMMON STOCK | CUSIP 03074K 10 0 |
AMERITRADE
HOLDING CORPORATION
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
IS THE RECORD HOLDER OF
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PAR
VALUE $.01 PER SHARE OF
AMERITRADE HOLDING CORPORATION TRANSFERABLE ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION BY THE HOLDER HEREOF IN PERSON OR BY DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY UPON SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY ENDORSED. THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT VALID UNLESS COUNTERSIGNED BY THE TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTERED BY THE REGISTRAR.
WITNESS THE FACSIMILE SEAL OF THE CORPORATION AND THE FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF ITS DULY AUTHORIZED OFFICERS
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SECRETARY | CHAIRMAN |