UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
May 19, 2009
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware   1-8968   76-0146568
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)       Identification No.)
1201 Lake Robbins Drive
The Woodlands, Texas 77380-1046

(Address of principal executive offices including Zip Code)
(832) 636-1000
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N.A.
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)
 
 

 


 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
Restated Certificate of Incorporation
Effective May 21 2009, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) filed a Certificate of Elimination and Retirement (the “Certificate of Elimination”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware for the purpose of eliminating the Company’s Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, its 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock Series B and its Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, of which no shares of any series were issued or outstanding as of that date. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Elimination and filed as Exhibit 3.1 attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
At the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 19, 2009 (the “Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of the Company approved amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Restated Certificate”), as described in the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 27, 2009, relating to the Annual Meeting. These amendments provide for the phased elimination over three years of the Company’s classified Board of Directors, as well as certain conforming changes and other technical amendments (the “Amendments”). As a result of the Amendments, all members of the Board of Directors will be elected annually beginning at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The directors elected at the 2009 Annual Meeting were elected to serve a full three-year term. The directors to be elected at the 2010 Annual Meeting will be elected to serve a two-year term and the directors elected at the 2011 Annual Meeting will be elected to serve a one-year term. The Amendments also eliminate from the Restated Certificate the minimum and maximum size of the Board of Directors and authorize the Board of Directors to determine the exact number of directors from time to time. The Company filed an Amendment to the Restated Certificate reflecting the Amendments with the Secretary of the State of the State of Delaware on May 21, 2009, which became effective upon filing. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and filed as Exhibit 3.2 attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
The Company filed a Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates and integrates the effect of the Certificate of Elimination, the Amendments and other amendments or restatements to the Company’s certificate of incorporation previously filed, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 21, 2009, which became effective upon filing. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and filed as Exhibit 3.3 attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
By-Laws
Effective May 21, 2009, the Board of Directors amended the By-Laws of the Company, as amended and restated as of May 20, 2008 (the “By-Laws”) to conform the By-Laws to the Amendments described above. The primary changes to the By-Laws were to amend Article III, Section 3.1, to conform that Section to the Amendments. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the By-Laws of the Company, amended and restated as of May 21, 2009, and filed as Exhibit 3.4 attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 


 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits:
     
Exhibit    
No.   Document
 
   
3.1
  Certificate of Elimination and Retirement for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B and Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, dated May 20, 2009
3.2
  Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, dated May 20, 2009
3.3
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, dated May 21, 2009
3.4
  By-Laws of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, amended and restated as of May 21, 2009

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
Dated: May 21, 2009  ANADARKO PETROLEUM
CORPORATION

(Registrant)


 
 
  By:   /s/ Robert K. Reeves    
    Robert K. Reeves   
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Chief Administrative Officer 
 

 


 

         
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
No.   Document
 
   
3.1
  Certificate of Elimination and Retirement for Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B and Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, dated May 20, 2009
 
3.2
  Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, dated May 20, 2009
 
3.3
  Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, dated May 21, 2009
 
3.4
  By-Laws of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, amended and restated as of May 21, 2009

 

Exhibit 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF ELIMINATION AND RETIREMENT
OF
DESIGNATED PREFERRED STOCK
OF
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware)
     ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), certifies as follows:
     FIRST: The Corporation filed Certificates of Designation as follows:
    May 6, 1998, designating 200,000 shares of its Preferred Stock as “5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B”;
 
    October 6, 1988, designating 500,000 shares of its Preferred Stock as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock”; and
 
    November 4, 1998, designating 200,000 shares of its Preferred Stock as “Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock”
the 5.46% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and the Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock being herein referred to as the “Designated Shares.”
     SECOND: None of the Designated Shares remain issued and outstanding.
     THIRD: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the 900,000 Designated Shares are hereby eliminated, and said shares are hereby returned to the status of authorized but unissued shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

 


 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officer this 20 th day of May 2009.
         
  ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ David L. Siddall    
    David L. Siddall   
    Vice President, Deputy General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary 
 
 

 

Exhibit 3.2
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
      FIRST : That at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, resolutions were adopted setting forth a proposed amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, declaring said amendment to be advisable and should be presented to the stockholders of said corporation at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders for approval thereof.
      SECOND : That thereafter, pursuant to resolution of its Board of Directors, the proposed amendment was presented to the stockholders of said corporation at its 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders duly called and held on the 19 th day of May 2009 in accordance with Section 222 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, at which meeting the necessary number of shares as required by statute were voted in favor of the amendment.
      THIRD : That said amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
      FOURTH : That the resolution setting forth the proposed amendment is as follows:
     RESOLVED, that the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended by changing Article SEVENTH thereof to read as follows:
     SEVENTH. 1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Subject to the special right, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class or series of stock as set forth in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to elect directors:
  A.   From the effective date of this Certificate of Amendment until the election of directors at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of

 


 

      the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes of directors, Class I, Class II and Class III (each class as nearly equal in number as possible), with the directors in Class I having a term expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting, the directors in Class II having a term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting and the directors in Class III having a term expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
 
  B.   Commencing with the election of directors at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board shall be divided into two classes of directors, Class I and Class II, with the directors in Class I having a term that expires at the 2011 Annual Meeting and the directors in Class II having a term that expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The directors who, immediately prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting, were members of Class III (and whose terms expire at the 2010 Annual Meeting) shall be elected to Class I; the Class I directors who, immediately prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting, were members of Class I and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2011 Annual Meeting shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to Class I; and the directors who, immediately prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting, were members of Class II and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2012 Annual Meeting shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to Class II.
 
  C.   Commencing with the election of directors at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board shall be divided into one class of directors, Class II, with the directors in Class II having a term that expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The successors of the directors who, immediately prior to the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, were members of Class I (and whose terms expire at the 2011 Annual Meeting) shall be elected to Class II for a term that expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting, and the directors who, immediately prior to the 2011 Annual Meeting, were members of Class II and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2012 Annual Meeting shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to Class II for a term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting.

 


 

  D.   From and after the election of directors at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Board shall cease to be classified as provided in Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and the directors elected at the 2012 Annual Meeting (and each Annual Meeting thereafter) shall be elected for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting.
Each director elected at any Annual Meeting shall hold office until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
  2.   Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office (a) if, at the time of such director’s election, the Board of Directors is classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship or vacancy was created or (b) if, at the time of such director’s election, the Board of Directors has ceased to be classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH, Section 1(d) of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and in each case until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
 
  3.   Subject to the special right, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class or series of stock to elect directors, (a) prior to the time at which the Board ceases to be classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH, Section 1(d) of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, directors may be removed only for cause and (b) from and after the time at which the Board ceases to be classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH, Section 1(d) of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any director or the entire Board may be removed with or without cause, provided that any removal pursuant to clause (a) or (b) shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

 


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its Senior Vice President and attested by its Corporate Secretary, this 20 th day of May 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Robert K. Reeves    
  Robert K. Reeves   
  Senior Vice President   
 
ATTEST:
         
/s/ David L. Siddall    
David L. Siddall, Corporate Secretary   
     
 

 

Exhibit 3.3
RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
     ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“GCLD”), hereby certifies as follows:
     1. The name of the Corporation is ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION. The Corporation was originally incorporated on June 12, 1985.
     2. This Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been adopted by the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 245 of the GCLD and restates and integrates, but does not further amend, the original Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and all amendments and restatements thereto.
     3. The text of the Certificate of Incorporation, as heretofore amended, is hereby restated to read in its entirety as follows:
     FIRST: The name of the Corporation is ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION.
     SECOND: The address of the Corporation’s 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 its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
     THIRD: The purpose of 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.
     FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,002,000,000 shares, of which (a) 2,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, issuable in series, of the par value of $1.00 per share and (b) 1,000,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, of the par value of $0.10 per share.
     The designations, powers, preferences and rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of the Preferred Stock and the Common Stock are as follows:

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Preferred Stock
  1.   The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series and with such designations for each such series as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors in any such resolution or resolutions is expressly authorized to state and express for each such series:
  A.   The voting powers, if any, of the holders of stock of such series;
 
  B.   The rate per annum and the times at and conditions upon which the holders of such of such series shall be entitled to receive dividends, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative and, if cumulative, the terms upon which such dividends shall be cumulative;
 
  C.   The price or prices and the time or times at and the manner in which the stock of such series shall be redeemable;
 
  D.   The rights to which the holders of the shares of stock of such series shall be entitled upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation;
 
  E.   The terms, if any, upon which shares of stock of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the terms of adjustment, if any; and
 
  F.   Any other designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation and to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the laws of Delaware.
Common Stock
  1.   Whenever dividends upon the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding shall have been paid in full for all past dividend periods or declared and set apart for payment, such dividends as may be determined by the Board of Directors may be declared by the Board of Directors and paid from time to time to the holders of the Common Stock.

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  2.   In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, all assets remaining after the payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock at the time outstanding of the full amounts to which they shall be entitled shall be divided and distributed among the holders of the Common Stock according to their respective shares.
 
  3.   Each holder of the Common Stock shall have one vote in respect of each share of such stock held by him.
     FIFTH. Except as otherwise restricted in the By-Laws of the Corporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws of the Corporation.
     SIXTH. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extend provided in the By-Laws of the Corporation
     SEVENTH. 1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. Subject to the special right, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class or series of stock as set forth in this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, to elect directors:
  A.   From the effective date of this Certificate of Amendment until the election of directors at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes of directors, Class I, Class II and Class III (each class as nearly equal in number as possible), with the directors in Class I having a term expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting, the directors in Class II having a term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting and the directors in Class III having a term expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting.
 
  B.   Commencing with the election of directors at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board shall be divided into two classes of directors, Class I and Class II, with the directors in Class I having a term that expires at the 2011 Annual Meeting and the directors in Class II having a term that expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The directors who, immediately prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting, were members of Class III (and whose terms expire at the 2010 Annual Meeting) shall be elected to Class I; the Class I directors who, immediately prior to the 2010 Annual Meeting, were members of Class I and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2011 Annual Meeting shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to Class I; and the directors who, immediately prior to the 2010 Annual

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      Meeting, were members of Class II and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2012 Annual Meeting shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to Class II.
 
  C.   Commencing with the election of directors at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, pursuant to Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Board shall be divided into one class of directors, Class II, with the directors in Class II having a term that expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The successors of the directors who, immediately prior to the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, were members of Class I (and whose terms expire at the 2011 Annual Meeting) shall be elected to Class II for a term that expires at the 2012 Annual Meeting, and the directors who, immediately prior to the 2011 Annual Meeting, were members of Class II and whose terms were scheduled to expire at the 2012 Annual Meeting shall be assigned by the Board of Directors to Class II for a term expiring at the 2012 Annual Meeting.
 
  D.   From and after the election of directors at the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Board shall cease to be classified as provided in Section 141(d) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and the directors elected at the 2012 Annual Meeting (and each Annual Meeting thereafter) shall be elected for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting.
Each director elected at any Annual Meeting shall hold office until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, subject to such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.
  2.   Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancy on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office (a) if, at the time of such director’s election, the Board of Directors is classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship or vacancy was created or (b) if, at the time of such director’s election, the Board of Directors has ceased to be classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH, Section 1(d) of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, for a term expiring at the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and in each case until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

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  3.   Subject to the special right, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any other class or series of stock to elect directors, (a) prior to the time at which the Board ceases to be classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH, Section 1(d) of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, directors may be removed only for cause and (b) from and after the time at which the Board ceases to be classified pursuant to Article SEVENTH, Section 1(d) of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any director or the entire Board may be removed with or without cause, provided that any removal pursuant to clause (a) or (b) shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.
     EIGHTH. No director shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that this provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper benefit.
     NINTH. 1. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation or otherwise, and except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2 of this Article, a Business Combination (as hereinafter defined) with any Interested Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) or any Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) or Associate (as hereinafter defined) of any Interested Stockholder or any person who thereafter would be an Affiliate or Associate of any Interested Stockholder, or in which any such Interested Stockholder, Affiliate, Associate or person has an interest (except proportionately as a stockholder), shall require the affirmative vote of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock (as hereinafter defined), voting together as a single class.
  2.   The provisions of Section 1 of this Article shall not be applicable to any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination shall require only such affirmative vote, if any, as is required by law or by any other provision of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Corporation, if all of the conditions specified in either of the following Paragraphs A or B are met or, in the case of a Business Combination not involving the payment of consideration to the holders of the Corporation’s outstanding Capital Stock (as hereinafter defined), if the condition specified in the following Paragraph A is met.
  A.   The Business Combination shall have been approved, either specifically or as a transaction which is within a category of generically approved

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      transactions, by a majority of the Continuing Directors (as hereinafter defined).
 
B.  (1)    The aggregate amount of cash and the Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined), as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, of consideration other than cash to be received per share by holders of shares of any class or series of outstanding Capital Stock in the Business Combination shall be at least equal to the highest amount determined under clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below:
  (i)   the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers’ fees), if any, paid by or on behalf of the Interested Stockholder for any share of such class or series of Capital Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Interested Stockholder of beneficial ownership of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock (x) within the three-year period immediately prior to the first public announcement of the proposed Business Combination (the “Announcement Date”) or (y) in the transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher, in either case as adjusted for any subsequent stock split, stock dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification with respect to such class or series of Capital Stock;
 
  (ii)   the Fair Market Value per share of such class or series of Capital Stock on the Announcement Date or on the date on which the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder (the “Determination Date”), whichever is higher, as adjusted for any subsequent stock split, stock dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification with respect to such class or series of Capital Stock; and
 
  (iii)   the highest preferential amount per share, if any, to which the holders of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock would be entitled in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation regardless of whether the Business Combination to be consummated constitutes such an event.
The provisions of this Paragraph B.(l) shall be required to be met with respect to every class or series of outstanding Capital Stock, whether or not the Interested Stockholder has previously acquired

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beneficial ownership of any shares of a particular class or series of Capital Stock.
  (2)   The consideration to be received by holders of a particular class or series of outstanding Capital Stock shall be in cash or in the same form as previously has been paid by or on behalf of the Interested Stockholder in connection with its direct or indirect acquisition of beneficial ownership of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock. If the consideration so paid for shares of any class or series of Capital Stock varied as to form, the form of consideration for such class or series of Capital Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire beneficial ownership of the largest number of shares of such class or series of Capital Stock previously acquired by the Interested Stockholder.
 
  (3)   After the Determination Date and prior to the consummation of such Business Combination: (i) there shall have been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date therefor any full quarterly dividends (whether or not cumulative) payable in accordance with the terms of any outstanding Capital Stock, except as approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors; (ii) there shall have been no reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock (except as necessary to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or subdivision of she Common Stock), except as approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors; (iii) there shall have been an increase in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock as necessary to reflect any combination, reclassification, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction that has the effect of reducing the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, unless the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors; and (iv) such Interested Stockholder shall not have become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Capital Stock except as part of the transaction that results in such Interested Stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder and except in a transaction that, after giving effect thereto, would not result in any increase in the Interested Stockholder’s percentage beneficial ownership of any class or series of Capital Stock.
 
  (4)   A proxy or information statement describing the proposed Business Combination and complying with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder (or any subsequent provisions replacing such Act, rules or regulations) shall be mailed to all stockholders

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    of the Corporation at least 30 days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination (whether or not such proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant to such Act or subsequent provisions). The proxy or information statement shall contain on the first page thereof, in a prominent place, any statement as to the advisability (or inadvisability) of the Business Combination that the Continuing Directors, or any of them, may choose to make and, if deemed advisable by a majority of the Continuing Directors, the opinion of an investment banking firm selected by a majority of the Continuing Directors as to the fairness or adequacy (or unfairness or inadequacy) of the terms of the Business Combination from a financial point of view to the holders of the outstanding shares of Capital Stock other than the Interested Stockholder and its Affiliates or Associates, such investment banking firm to be paid a reasonable fee for its services by the Corporation.
 
  (5)   Such Interested Stockholder shall not have made any major change in the Corporation’s business or equity capital structure without the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors.
  3.   In any election of directors of the Corporation on or after the date on which any 30% Stockholder (as hereinafter defined) becomes a 30% Stockholder, and until such time as no 30% Stockholder exists, there shall be cumulative voting for election of directors so that any holder of shares of Voting Stock entitled to vote in such election shall be entitled to as many votes as shall equal the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which such stockholder’s shares would be entitled except for the provisions of this Section 3 and such stockholder may cast all of such votes for a single director, or distribute such votes among as many candidates as such stockholder sees fit. In any such election of directors, one or more candidates for the Board of Directors may be nominated by a majority of the Continuing Directors. With respect to any candidates nominated by a majority of the Continuing Directors or by any person who is the beneficial owner of shares of Voting Stock having a Fair Market Value of $100,000 or more, there shall be included in any proxy statement or other communication with respect to such election to be sent to holders of shares of Voting Stock by the Corporation during the period in which there is a 3m Stockholder, at the expense of the Corporation, descriptions and other statements of or with respect to such candidates submitted by them or on their behalf, which shall receive equal space, coverage and treatment as is received by candidates nominated by the Board of Directors or management of the Corporation.
 
  4.   The following definitions shall apply with respect to this Article:

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  A.   The term “Business Combination” shall mean:
  (1)   any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) or the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; or
 
  (2)   any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, other disposition, security arrangement, investment, loan, advance, guarantee, agreement to purchase, agreement to pay, extension of credit, joint venture participation or other arrangement (in one or more related or unrelated transactions) involving any assets, securities or commitments of the Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of any Interested Stockholder which have an aggregate Fair Market Value and/or involves aggregate commitments of $25,000,000 or more or constitutes more than five percent (5%) of the book value of the total assets (in the case of transactions involving assets, commitments or securities other than capital stock) or five percent (5%) of the stockholders’ equity (in the case of transactions involving capital stock) of the entity in question (a “Substantial Part”), as reflected in the most recent fiscal year-end consolidated balance sheet of such entity existing at the time of such transaction or transactions; or
 
  (3)   any amendment to the Corporation’s By-Laws; or
 
  (4)   any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any other transaction (whether or not with or otherwise involving an Interested Stockholder), that in any case has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of any class or series of Capital Stock, or any securities convertible into Capital Stock or into equity securities of any Subsidiary, that is beneficially owned by an Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate or Associate of any Interested Stockholder; or
 
  (5)   any agreement, contract or other arrangement providing for any one or more of the actions specified in the foregoing clauses (1) to (4).
  B.   The term “Capital Stock” shall mean all capital stock of the Corporation authorized to be issued under this Restated Certificate of Incorporation,

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      as amended from time to time, and the term “Voting Stock” shall mean all Capital Stock which by its terms may be voted on all matters submitted to stockholders of the Corporation generally.
 
  C.   The term “person” shall mean any individual, firm, company or other entity and shall include any group comprised of any person and any other person with whom such person or any Affiliate or Associate of such person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of Capital Stock
 
  D.   The term “Interested Stockholder” shall mean any person (other than the Corporation or any Subsidiary and other than any profit-sharing, employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity) who (1) is the beneficial owner of Voting Stock representing five percent (5%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of Voting Stock; or (2) at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner of Voting Stock representing five percent (5%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of Voting Stock
 
  E.   A person shall be a “beneficial owner” of any Capital Stock (1) which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has, directly or indirectly, (i) the right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or subject only to the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; or (2) which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other person with which such person or any of its Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of Capital Stock For the purposes of determining whether a person is an Interested Stockholder or a 30% Stockholder pursuant to Paragraphs D and J of this Section 4, the number of shares of Capital Stock deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed beneficially owned by such person through application of this Paragraph E, but shall not include any other shares of Capital Stock that may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

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  F.   The terms “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 under the Act as in effect on the date that this Article is approved by the Board of Directors (the term “registrant” in said Rule 12b-2 meaning in this case the Corporation).
 
  G.   The term “Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership or other entity more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock or voting interest of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purpose of this definition, “voting stock” means stock which by its terms may be voted on all matters submitted to the stockholders of the corporation in question generally.
 
  H.   The term “Continuing Director” shall mean any member of the Board of Directors who is not an Affiliate or Associate or representative of the Interested Stockholder and who was a member of the Board of Directors prior to the time that the Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and any successor of a Continuing Director who is not an Affiliate or Associate or representative of the Interested Stockholder and who is recommended or elected to succeed the Continuing Director by a majority of Continuing Directors.
 
  I.   The term “Fair Market Value” shall mean (1) in the case of cash, the amount of such cash; (2) in the case of stock, the highest closing sale price (or, if closing prices are not available and highest closing bid quotations are available, the highest closing bid quotation) during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date in question of a share of such stock on the Composite Tape for New York Stock Exchange-Listed Stocks, or, if such stock is not quoted on the Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if such stock is not listed on such Exchange, on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the Act on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock is not listed on any such exchange, on the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System or any similar system then in use, or if no such quotations are available, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such stock as determined by a majority of the Continuing Directors in good faith; and (3) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair market value of such property on the date in question as determined in good faith by a majority of the Continuing Directors.
 
  J.   The term “30% Stockholder” shall mean any person (other than the Corporation or my Subsidiary and other than any profit-sharing,

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      employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any Subsidiary or any trustee of or fiduciary with respect to any such plan when acting in such capacity) who (1) is the beneficial owner of Voting Stock representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of Voting Stock; or (2) at any time within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question was the beneficial owner of Voting Stock representing thirty percent (30%) or more of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all then outstanding shares of Voting Stock.
 
  K.   In the event of any Business Combination in which the Corporation survives, the phrase “consideration other than cash to be received” as used in Paragraph B. (1) of Section 2 of this Article shall include the shares of any class or series of Capital Stock retained by the holders of such shares.
  5.   A majority of the Continuing Directors shall have the power to determine for the purposes of this Article, on the basis of information known to them after reasonable inquiry, all questions arising under this Article, including, without limitation, (a) whether a person is an Interested Stockholder or a 30% Stockholder, (b) the number of shares of Capital Stock or other securities beneficially owned by any person, (c) whether a person is an Affiliate or Associate of another, (d) whether a proposed action is with an Interested Stockholder, an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder or a person who after the proposed action would be an Affiliate or Associate of an Interested Stockholder, or whether any such Interested Stockholder, Affiliate, Associate or person would have an interest in a proposed action, (e) whether the assets that are the subject of any Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business Combination has, an aggregate Fair Market Value of $25,000,000 or more, and (f) whether the assets or securities that are the subject of any Business Combination constitute a Substantial Part. Any such determination made in good faith shall be binding and conclusive on all parties.
 
  6.   Nothing contained in this Article shall be construed to relieve any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.
 
  7.   The fact that any Business Combination complies with the provisions of Section 2 of this Article shall not be construed to impose any fiduciary duty, obligation or responsibility on the Board of Directors, or any member thereof, to approve such Business Combination or recommend its adoption or approval to the stockholders of the Corporation, nor shall such compliance limit, prohibit or otherwise restrict in any manner the Board of Directors, or any

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      member thereof, with respect to evaluations of or actions and responses taken with respect to such Business Combination.
     TENTH. No action required to be taken or which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, and the power of stockholders to consent in writing, without a meeting, to the taking of any action is specifically denied.
     ELEVENTH. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law, this Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation or otherwise, the affirmative vote of not less than eighty percent (80%) of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of all the then outstanding shares of Voting Stock (as defined in Article NINTH), voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provisions inconsistent with, this Article or Article SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH or TENTH of this Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be executed by a duly authorized officer and attested by its Corporate Secretary, this 21 st day of May 2009.
         
     
  /s/ Robert K. Reeves    
  Robert K. Reeves   
ATTEST:  Senior Vice President   
 
         
     
/s/ David L. Siddall      
David L. Siddall     
Corporate Secretary     
 

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Exhibit 3.4
BY-LAWS
OF
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
Amended and Restated as of May 21, 2009

 


 

BY-LAWS
OF
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
ARTICLE I — Office and Records
    1  
ARTICLE II — Meetings of Stockholders
    1  
ARTICLE III — Board of Directors
    9  
ARTICLE IV — Meetings of the Board
    9  
ARTICLE V — Committees of the Board
    10  
ARTICLE VI — Compensation of Directors
    12  
ARTICLE VII — Officers
    13  
ARTICLE VIII — Powers of Execution
    19  
ARTICLE IX — Indemnification
    20  
ARTICLE X — Stock Certificates and Transfer Thereof
    21  
ARTICLE XI — Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, Etc
    23  
ARTICLE XII — Miscellaneous
    24  

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BY-LAWS
OF
ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICE AND RECORDS
     1.1. The Corporation shall maintain a registered office in Delaware, and may maintain such other offices and keep its books, documents and records at such places within or without Delaware as may from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (hereinafter the “Board” or the “Board of Directors”).
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
     2.1. All meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place or places, if any, within or without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.
     2.2. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on such date and at such time as may be fixed by the Board and stated in the notice thereof, for the purpose of electing directors and for the transaction of only such other business as is properly brought before the meeting in accordance with these By-Laws.
     2.3. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by a majority of the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, but such special meetings may not be called by any other person or persons. The business transacted at a special meeting shall be confined to the purposes specified in the notice thereof. Special meetings shall be held at such date and at such time as the Board may designate.
     2.4. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of meeting of stockholders shall be given that shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes thereof. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the notice of any such meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of such meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.
     2.5. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present either in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at such meeting. Whether or not a quorum is present, the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to

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vote at the meeting, present in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting from time to time to another time or place, at which time, if a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally scheduled. Notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or, if after the adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, in which event a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
     2.6. Except as otherwise provided by or pursuant to the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting shall be entitled, for each share held of record on the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder who has voting power on the question. Except as otherwise provided by these By-Laws, each director shall be elected by the vote of a majority of the votes cast with respect to that director’s election at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if, as of the tenth (10th) day preceding the date the Corporation first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the stockholders of the Corporation, the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected (a “Contested Election”), the directors shall be elected by the vote of a plurality of the votes cast. For purposes of this Section 2.6 of these By-Laws, a majority of votes cast shall mean that the number of votes cast “for” a director’s election exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director’s election (with “abstentions” and “broker nonvotes” not counted as a vote cast either “for” or “against” that director’s election).
     In order for any incumbent director to become a nominee of the Board of Directors for further service on the Board of Directors, such person must submit an irrevocable resignation, contingent on (i) that person not receiving a majority of the votes cast in an election that is not a Contested Election, and (ii) acceptance of that resignation by the Board of Directors in accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors for such purpose. In the event an incumbent director fails to receive a majority of the votes cast in an election that is not a Contested Election, the nominating and governance committee, or such other committee designated by the Board of Directors pursuant to these Bylaws, shall make a recommendation to the Board of Directors as to whether to accept or reject the resignation of such incumbent director, or whether other action should be taken. The Board of Directors shall act on the resignation, taking into account the committee’s recommendation, and publicly disclose (by a press release and filing an appropriate disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission) its decision regarding the resignation and, if such resignation is rejected, the rationale behind the decision within ninety (90) days following certification of the election results. The committee in making its recommendation and the Board of Directors in making its decision each may consider any factors and other information that they consider appropriate and relevant.
     All other matters presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall, unless otherwise provided by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock of the

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Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter.
     Elections of directors need not be by ballot; provided however, that by resolution duly adopted, a vote by ballot may be required.
     2.7. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by delivering to the Secretary of the Corporation a revocation of the proxy or a new proxy bearing a later date.
     2.8. The Corporation may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. In the event that no inspector so appointed or designated is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath to execute faithfully the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector or inspectors so appointed or designated shall (i) ascertain the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and the voting power of each such share, (ii) determine the shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their determination of the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation represented at the meeting and such inspectors’ count of all votes and ballots. Such certification and report shall specify such other information as may be required by law. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots cast at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, the inspectors may consider such information as is permitted by applicable law. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election.
     2.9. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations .
          (A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders .
               (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (a) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.9 and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 as to such business or nomination; clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or

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submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the Corporation’s notice of meeting) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
               (2) Without qualification, for nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this Section 2.9, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90 th ) day, nor earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day, prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such annual meeting or , if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice must: (a) set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, if any; (ii) (A) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (B) any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or otherwise (a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially by such stockholder and any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Company, (D) any short interest in any security of the Company (for purposes of this Section 2.9 a person shall be deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee)

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that such stockholder is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of the date of such notice, including without limitation any such interests held by members of such stockholder’s immediate family sharing the same household (which information shall be supplemented by such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, not later than 10 days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as of the record date); (iii) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (iv) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (y) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or (z) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, (b) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, set forth (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-Laws of the Corporation, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest of such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, in such business and (ii) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; (c) set forth, as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection to the Board of Directors (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected) and (ii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made, if any, or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; and (d) with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, include a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by paragraph 2 of this Section 2.9. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee.

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               (3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.9 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming the nominees for the additional directorships at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.9 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
          (B) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (a) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.9 and at the time of the special meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 as to such nomination. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder entitled to vote in such election of directors may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this Section 2.9 with respect to any nomination (including the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by paragraph 2 of this Section 2.9) shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120 th ) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such special meeting or if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such special meeting, the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of a special meeting or the public announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
          (C) General . (1) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 shall be eligible to be elected at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.9. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty (a) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.9 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which

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solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholder’s representation as required by clause (A)(2)(a)(iv) of this Section 2.9) and (b) if any proposed nomination or business was not made or proposed in compliance with this Section 2.9, to declare that such nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 2.9, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
               (2) For purposes of this Section 2.9, “public announcement” shall include disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
               (3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.9, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.9; provided, however, that any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.9. Nothing in this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to affect any rights (a) of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals or nominations in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act or (b) of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
     2.10. Submission of Questionnaire, Representation and Agreement. To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 1 of this By-Law) to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected

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as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.
     2.11. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of meeting or (ii) during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The list of stockholders must also be open to examination at the meeting as required by applicable law. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 2.11 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
     2.12. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted for questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

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ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
     3.1. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors. The authorized number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors.
     Any director may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect on the date of receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and the acceptance of such resignation, unless otherwise required by the terms thereof, shall not be necessary to make it effective.
     3.2. The Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by the laws of Delaware or by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
     4.1. The first meeting of the Board of Directors after the Annual Meeting of Stockholders may be held without notice, either immediately after said meeting of stockholders and at the place where it was held, or at such other time and place, whether within or without Delaware, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, or by the consent of all the directors.
     4.2. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place, whether within or without Delaware, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
     4.3. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called at the request in writing of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or of any three directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Such meetings may be held at any place, whether within or without Delaware. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director at least forty-eight (48) hours before the meeting. Such notice shall set forth the time and place at which the meeting is to be held and the purpose or purposes thereof. No such notice of any given meeting need be given to any director who files a waiver of notice thereof with the Secretary, either before or after the meeting.
     4.4. A quorum for the transaction of business at meetings of the Board of Directors shall consist of the directors entitled to cast a majority of the votes of the directors then in office. In the absence of a quorum at any duly scheduled or duly called meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present, at which time any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally scheduled. Except in cases in which the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws or applicable law

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otherwise provides, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.
     4.5. Members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to these By-Laws shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
     Unless otherwise restricted by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or such committee in accordance with applicable law.
ARTICLE V
COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
     5.1. General .
          (A) The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority vote of the Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of two or more directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. Any such committee shall have and may exercise such powers as are designated in the resolution of the Board or set forth in these By-Laws.
          (B) Resignations of members of a committee shall be effective upon delivery unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Any member of a committee may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the Board.
          (C) Regular meetings of a committee may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the committee. Special meetings of a committee shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the committee or of any two members of the committee. Notice of each special meeting of a committee shall be given by the Secretary of the Corporation or by the directors or directors calling such meeting to each member of the committee. No such notice of any meeting need be given to any member of a committee who attends the meeting or who files a waiver of notice thereof with the Secretary, either before or after the meeting.
          (D) Unless the Board of Directors otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may adopt, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of a provision by the Board, a provision in the rules of such committee or a provision in the By-Laws to the contrary, a majority of the entire number of members of such committee (not including any alternate members unless such alternate members are attending

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such meeting for members of the committee that are absent from such meeting) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a majority of the members present at a meeting at the time of such vote if a quorum is then present shall be the act of such committee. If the Board has not designated alternate members of a committee, or if all such alternates are absent or disqualified from voting, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may in the absence or disqualification of any member of the committee unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of such absent or disqualified member.
          (E) Each committee may designate a chairman of such committee by majority vote of the committee’s full membership, unless designation of a chairman is otherwise specified in these By-Laws or provided by resolution of the Board of Directors.
          (F) Each committee shall keep regular minutes of proceedings, copies of which shall be made available to each member of the Board of Directors.
     5.2. Executive Committee .
          The Board of Directors may designate an Executive Committee. During the intervals between meetings of the Board, the Committee shall advise and aid the officers of the Corporation in all matters concerning its interests and the management of its business, and generally perform such duties as may be directed by the Board of Directors from time to time. The Committee shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation while the Board is not in session, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but the Committee shall not have power or authority in reference to amending the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, amending the By-Laws, filling newly created directorships and vacancies on the Board or any committee, or (unless expressly authorized by resolution of the Board) declaring a dividend or authorizing the issuance of stock.
     5.3. Audit Committee.
          The Board of Directors shall designate annually an Audit Committee consisting of not less than three directors as it may from time to time determine, none of whom shall be officers or employees of the Corporation. The committee shall review with the independent accountants the Corporation’s financial statements, basic accounting and financial policies and practices, adequacy of controls, standard and special tests used in verifying the Corporation’s statements of account and in determining the soundness of the Corporation’s financial condition, and the committee shall report to the Board the results of such reviews; review the policies and practices pertaining to publication of quarterly and annual statements to assure consistency with audited results and the implementation of policies and practices recommended by the independent accountants; ensure that suitable independent audits are made of the operations and results of subsidiary corporations and affiliates; and monitor compliance with the Corporation’s code of

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business conduct and ethics. The committee shall have such other duties, functions and powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.
     5.4. Compensation and Benefits Committee.
     The Board of Directors shall designate annually a Compensation and Benefits Committee consisting of not less than two directors as it may from time to time determine, none of whom shall be officers or employees of the Corporation. The committee shall administer the Corporation’s executive compensation plans and programs. In addition, the committee shall consider proposals with respect to the creation of and changes to executive compensation plans and will review appropriate criteria for establishing certain performance measures under applicable Corporation plans and programs. The committee shall have such other duties, functions and powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.
     5.5. Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
     The Board of Directors shall designate annually a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee consisting of not less than two directors as it may from time to time determine, none of whom shall be officers or employees of the Corporation. The committee shall have responsibilities relating to corporate governance and criteria for Board selection. The committee shall develop and recommend to the Board a set of corporate governance principles or guidelines applicable to the Corporation, identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board, consistent with criteria approved by the Board, select, or recommend that the Board select, the director nominees for the next annual meeting of stockholders, and consider any nominations submitted by the stockholders to the Secretary in accordance with these By-Laws, the Corporation’s corporate governance guidelines or applicable law. The committee shall have such other duties, functions and powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
     6.1. Each director shall, in consideration of his serving as a director, be paid by the Corporation such reasonable compensation as shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee, together with travel, food, lodging and other expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board, provided that no director who is also an employee of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive any compensation for his services as a director.
     6.2. Members of committees of the Board of Directors may receive such reasonable compensation for their services as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any member of any committee from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

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ARTICLE VII
OFFICERS
     7.1. General .
          (A) The officers of the Corporation shall consist of such of the following as the Board of Directors shall from time to time elect or appoint, or as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time appoint pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Article VII: a Chief Executive Officer, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, a President, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (one or more of whom may be designated Executive Vice President, one or more of whom may be designated Group Vice President and one or more of whom may be designated Senior Vice President), a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Controller, and a General Counsel. The principal officers (except those who may be appointed by the Chief Executive Officer as provided in Section 7.2 of this Article VII), if determined by the Board of Directors, shall be elected each year at the first meeting of the Board of Directors after the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation. Two or more offices may be held by the same person. Officers of the Corporation may simultaneously serve as officers of subsidiaries or divisions thereof. The Chairman of the Board shall be chosen by the directors from their own number and may be an officer of the Corporation as the Board may determine. The salaries of the principal officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board or a committee of the Board.
          (B) The Board may appoint such other officers, assistant officers and agents as it shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined by the Board.
          (C) Any elected or appointed officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect upon the date of its receipt or at such later time as may be specified therein, and unless otherwise required by the terms thereof, no acceptance of such resignation shall be necessary to make it effective.
          (D) Any elected or appointed officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board, and in the case of an officer appointed pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Article VII, may be so removed by the Chief Executive officer. Any such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any, with the Corporation, but the election or appointment of any officer shall not itself create contractual rights.
          (E) Unless he resigns, dies or is removed prior thereto, each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until his successor has been elected or appointed and has qualified.

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     7.2. Chief Executive Officer.
          (A) The Board of Directors shall designate the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
          (B) He shall preside at meetings of the stockholders or directors in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Vice Chairman, if any.
          (C) All other officers of the Corporation shall be subordinate to the Chief Executive Officer and shall from time to time report to him as he may direct. He shall have general supervision and direction of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.
          (D) The Chief Executive Officer shall have authority to sign and acknowledge in the name and on behalf of the Corporation all stock certificates, contracts or other documents and instruments, except where the signing thereof shall be expressly delegated to some other officer or agent by the Board or required by law to be otherwise signed or executed and, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Board may authorize any officer, employee or agent of the corporation to sign, execute and acknowledge in his place and stead all such documents and instruments; he shall fix the compensation of officers of the Corporation, other than his own compensation, and the compensation of officers of its principal operating subsidiaries reporting directly to him unless such authority is otherwise reserved to the Board or a committee thereof; and he shall approve proposed employee compensation and benefit plans of subsidiary companies not involving the issuance or purchase of capital stock of the Corporation. He shall have the power to appoint and remove any Vice President, Controller, Secretary or Treasurer of the Corporation; provided that officers subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be elected by the Board. He shall also have the power to appoint and remove such associate or assistant officers of the Corporation with such titles and duties as he may from time to time deem necessary or appropriate. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board or the Executive Committee of the Board.
          (E) The Chief Executive Officer shall have such power and authority as is usual, customary and desirable to perform all the duties of the office (including, but not limited to, the approval of payments or arrangements made in connection with the Corporation’s debt, interest, tax, contractual, and regulatory obligations) necessary to, and consistent with, the businesses of the Corporation and its subsidiaries. The Chief Executive Officer (and other officers of the Corporation as delegated by the Chief Executive Officer or as authorized in these By-Laws) may delegate the foregoing authorization to other officers, employees, and agents of the Corporation by either written authorization (including powers of attorney) or otherwise, unless such authorization is expressly reserved for the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or other officer, as applicable.
          (F) In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Lead Director, or at their request, the Chief Executive Officer may preside at any meeting of the stockholders or of the Board and, in such circumstances, may exercise any of the other powers or perform any of the other duties of the Chairman of the Board.

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     7.3. Chairman of the Board.
          (A) The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the directors.
          (B) He shall be a member and chairman of the Executive Committee.
          (C) He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
     7.4. Vice Chairman of the Board.
          (A) If the Board designates a Vice Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at meetings of the stockholders or directors in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board.
          (B) He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
     7.5. President.
          The President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the foregoing, the President shall have direct management responsibility for the general business and affairs of the Corporation, and over all subordinate officers, agents and employees of the Corporation, and he shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be incident to the office of president of a corporation, those duties assigned to him by other provisions of the By-Laws, and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him either directly or indirectly by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, or Chief Executive Officer, including the power to sign and acknowledge in the name and on behalf of the Corporation all stock certificates, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other documents and instruments except when the signing thereof shall be expressly delegated to some other officer or agent by the Board, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer or required by law to be otherwise signed or executed and, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Board, may delegate to any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation authority to sign, execute and acknowledge in his place and stead all such documents and instruments.
     7.6. Chief Operating Officer.
     If the Board designates a Chief Operating Officer, such officer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the foregoing, the Chief Operating Officer shall have direct management responsibility for the general business operations of the Corporation, and he shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be incident to the office of chief operating officer of a corporation, those duties assigned to him by other provisions of the By-Laws, and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him either directly or indirectly by the

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Board, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer or the President. Subject to delegations by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Article VII, the Chief Operating Officer may sign or execute, in the name of the Corporation, all stock certificates, deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other documents and instruments, except in cases where the signing or execution thereof shall be required by law or shall have been expressly delegated by the Board or these By-Laws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
     7.7. Chief Financial Officer.
          (A) The Chief Financial Officer shall have responsibility for development and administration of the Corporation’s financial plans and all financial arrangements, its cash deposits and short-term investments, its accounting policies and its federal and state tax returns. The Chief Financial Officer shall also be responsible for the Corporation’s internal control procedures and for its relationship with the financial community. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all the duties incident to the office of chief financial officer of a corporation, those duties assigned to him by other provisions of these By-laws and such other duties as may be assigned to him either directly or indirectly by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or the Chief Operating Officer, or as may be provided by law.
          (B) He shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as such officer may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
     7.8. Executive Vice President.
     If the Board designates one or more Executive Vice Presidents, such officer or officers shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer and shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all the duties of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board and the President in the absence or disability of all of said officers. Each Executive Vice President shall have all the powers and duties granted and delegated to each Group Vice President, Senior Vice President and Vice President by these By-Laws.
     7.9. Group Vice President.
     If the Board designates one or more Group Vice Presidents, such officer or officers shall have general direction of and supervision over such operating offices of the Corporation or over such departments of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may prescribe. Each Group Vice President shall have all the powers and duties granted and delegated to each Vice President (other than the Executive Vice Presidents) by these By-Laws and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the President and the Executive Vice Presidents, each Group Vice President shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all the duties of said officers.

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     7.10. General Counsel .
     If the Board designates a General Counsel, the General Counsel shall be the principal legal officer of the Corporation. He shall have general direction of and supervision over the legal affairs of the Corporation and shall advise the Board of Directors and officers of the Corporation on all legal matters. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
     7.11. Senior Vice President .
     If the Board designates one or more Senior Vice Presidents, such officer or officers shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the President, the Executive Vice Presidents and the Group Vice Presidents, each Senior Vice President shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all the duties of said officers.
     7.12. Vice President .
     Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence or disability of the President, the Executive Vice Presidents, the Group Vice Presidents and the Senior Vice Presidents, each Vice President shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all the duties of said officers.
     7.13. Secretary .
     The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall perform like duties for committees of the Board when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, when notice is required by these By-Laws. He shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation, and, when authorized by the Board of Directors, or when any instrument requiring the corporate seal to be affixed shall first have been signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President, shall affix the seal to such instrument and shall attest the same by his signature. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
     7.14. Assistant Secretary .
     If the Board appoints one or more Assistant Secretaries, each Assistant Secretary shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all the duties of the Secretary at the request of or in the absence or disability of the Secretary. The performance of any act or the execution of any instrument by an Assistant Secretary in any instance in which such performance or execution would customarily have been accomplished by the Secretary shall constitute conclusive evidence of the request, absence or disability of the Secretary. Each Assistant

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Secretary shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or the Secretary.
     7.15. Treasurer .
          (A) The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities, and he shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation, in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
          (B) He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer and the Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
          (C) If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond in a sum and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office, and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the Corporation.
          (D) He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer.
     7.16. Assistant Treasurer .
     If the Board appoints one or more Assistant Treasurers, each Assistant Treasurer shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all the duties of the Treasurer at the request of or in the absence or disability of the Treasurer. The performance of any act or the execution of any instrument by an Assistant Treasurer in any instance in which such performance or execution would customarily have been accomplished by the Treasurer shall constitute conclusive evidence of the request, absence or disability of the Treasurer. Each Assistant Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer.
     7.17. Controller .
     If determined by the Board of Directors, the Controller shall be the principal accounting officer of the Corporation. He shall maintain adequate records of all assets, liabilities and transactions of the Corporation and shall be responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of accounting and cost systems and procedures throughout the Corporation. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer or the Chief Executive Officer.

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     7.18. Assistant Controller .
     If the Board appoints one or more Assistant Controllers, each Assistant Controller shall be vested with all the powers and authorized to perform all duties of the Controller at the request of or in the absence or disability of the Controller. The performance of any act or the execution of any instrument by an Assistant Controller in any instance in which such performance or execution would customarily have been accomplished by the Controller shall constitute conclusive evidence of the request, absence or disability of the Controller. Each Assistant Controller shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Controller.
     7.19. Duties of Officers May be Delegated .
     In case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board may deem sufficient, the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer with respect to officers appointed pursuant to Section 7.2, may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officer to any other officer, or to any director.
ARTICLE VIII
POWERS OF EXECUTION
     8.1. All checks and other demands for money and notes and other instruments for the payment of money shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by such officer or officers or by such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. The signature of any such officer or other person may be a facsimile if so authorized by the Board of Directors.
     8.2. All contracts, deeds and other instruments to which the seal of the Corporation is affixed shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, by the President, by any Vice President, or by such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate, and shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
     8.3. All other contracts, deeds and instruments shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, by the President, by any Vice President, or by such other person or persons as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate.
     8.4. The Chief Executive Officer or any other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors or by the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by the person having such authority.

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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
     9.1. Right to Indemnification . The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any person (a “Covered Person”) who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such Covered Person. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.3, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a Covered Person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by such Covered Person only if the commencement of such proceeding (or part thereof) by the Covered Person was authorized in the specific case by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may, in its discretion and on terms as the Corporation may determine, indemnify any person who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as an employee or agent of another Corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred by such employee or agent.
     9.2. Prepayment of Expenses . The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by a Covered Person in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the Covered Person to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article IX or otherwise. The Corporation may, in its discretion, pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an employee or agent of the Corporation, such expenses may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
     9.3. Claims . If a claim for indemnification (following the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding) or advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within thirty (30) days after a written claim therefor by the Covered Person has been received by the Corporation, the Covered Person may file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Covered Person is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under applicable law.
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Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
     9.5. Other Sources . The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to any Covered Person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or nonprofit entity shall be reduced by any amount such Covered Person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit enterprise.
     9.6. Amendment or Repeal . Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any Covered Person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.
     9.7. Other Indemnification and Prepayment of Expenses . This Article IX shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Covered Persons when and as authorized by appropriate corporate action.
ARTICLE X
STOCK CERTIFICATES AND TRANSFER THEREOF
     10.1. Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares .
     Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate; provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of shares of the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to a certificate, signed by or in the name of the corporation by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares, and the class and series thereof, owned by him in the Corporation. Any and all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall determine the form of stock certificate of the Corporation.
     10.2. Transfers of Stock .
     Transfer of shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be made only on the books (whether physically or electronically) of the Corporation by the holder thereof, or by his attorney duly authorized, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment, or authority to transfer (or, with

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respect to uncertificated shares, by delivery of duly executed instructions or any other manner permitted by applicable law); provided, however, that such succession, assignment, or transfer is not prohibited by the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, applicable law, or contract. A person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof as regards the Corporation, and the Corporation shall not, except as expressly required by statute, be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof.
     10.3. Transfer Agents and Registrars.
     The Board, the Chairman of the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate, may appoint responsible banks or trust companies from time to time to act as transfer agents and registrars of the stock of the Corporation, as may be required by and in accordance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Except as otherwise provided by the Board, the Chairman of the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate, in respect of temporary certificates, no certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be valid unless countersigned by a transfer agent and registered by one of such registrars.
     10.4. Additional Regulations.
     The Board, the Chairman of the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer, as appropriate, may make such additional rules and regulations as they may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.
     10.5. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.
     The Board, the Chairman of the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer may provide for the issuance of new certificates or uncertificated shares of stock to replace certificates of stock lost, stolen or destroyed, or alleged to be lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and in accordance with such procedures as the Board or the Chief Executive Officer shall deem proper and prescribe.
     10.6. Registered Stockholders .
     The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of capital stock as the holder in fact thereof, and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as expressly provided by the laws of Delaware.

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ARTICLE XI
CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
     11.1. Checks, Drafts, Etc.; Loans.
     All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall, from time to time, be determined by resolution of the Board or the Executive Committee. No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation unless authorized by the Board or the Executive Committee. Such authority may be general or confined to specific circumstances. No loans shall be made by the Corporation to any officer unless specifically approved by the Board, and such loan would not violate any applicable laws.
     11.2. Deposits.
     All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited, from time to time, to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer may select, or as may be selected by such other officer or officers, agent or agents of the Corporation to whom such power may, from time to time, be delegated by the Board; and for the purpose of such deposit, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, or any other officer or agent to whom such power may be delegated by the Board, may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts and other order for the payment of money which are payable to the order of the Corporation.
     11.3. Safe Deposit Boxes .
     The Corporation may rent such safe deposit boxes, and may deposit therein such securities, documents and articles, as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer may designate from time to time. Access to such safe deposit boxes shall be granted only (i) to any two of the following officers of the Corporation attending together: Chief Executive Officer, President, a Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Controller, or (ii) to any one of the foregoing officers and either an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer, attending together.
     11.4. Custodian Accounts .
     Any or all of the securities owned by this Corporation may be deposited with such custodian or custodians as the Board of Directors may designate from time to time. The custodian shall not be authorized to negotiate such securities or to take any other action with respect thereto except upon written directions signed (i) by any two of the following officers of the Corporation: Chief Executive Officer, President, a Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Controller, or (ii) by any one of the foregoing officers and either an Assistant Secretary or an Assistant Treasurer.

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ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
     12.1. Date for Determining Stockholders of Record .
     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 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 may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date: (1) in the case of determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders or adjournment thereof, shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting; and (2) in the case of any other action, shall not be more than sixty (60) days prior to such other action. If no record date is fixed: (1) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (2) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto. 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.
     12.2. Dividends .
          (A) Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting as provided by the laws of Delaware and the Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
          (B) Before payment of any dividend or making any distribution of profits, there may be set aside out of the surplus or net profits of the Corporation such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, deem proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purposes as the directors shall deem conducive to the interests of the Corporation.
          (C) Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock of the Corporation.
     12.3. Seal .
     The Corporation may have a corporate seal which shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware.” The corporate seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

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     12.4. Notices .
          (A) To Directors. Except as otherwise provided herein or permitted by applicable law, notices to directors may be given by personal delivery, mail, telegram, express courier service (including, without limitation, FedEx or UPS), facsimile transmission (directed to the facsimile transmission number at which the director has consented to receive notice), electronic mail (directed to the electronic mail address at which the director has consented to receive notice), or other form of electronic transmission pursuant to which the director has consented to receive notice .
          (B) To Stockholders. Notice to stockholders may be given by personal delivery, mail, or, with the consent of the stockholder entitled to receive notice, by facsimile or other means of electronic transmission. If mailed, such notice shall be delivered by postage prepaid envelope directed to each stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation and shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail. Notice given by electronic transmission pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a facsimile telecommunication number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal delivery, by mail, or by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
     12.5. Amendments to By-Laws .
     Except as otherwise provided by law, these By-Laws or the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed (i) at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat or (ii) at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors by affirmative vote of a majority of the directors; provided, however, that notice of the proposed alteration or amendment shall have been contained in the notice of the meeting.
     12.6. Fiscal Year .
     The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.
     12.7. Construction of Words .
     All references and uses herein of the masculine pronouns “he”, “his” or “chairman” shall have equal applicability to and shall also mean their feminine counterpart pronouns, such as “she”, “her” or “chairwoman.”

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