AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
of
BIOSCRIP, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
Section 1.01.
Offices
. The Corporation may have offices at such places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE 2
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.01.
Place of Meeting
. Meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place, within the State of Delaware or elsewhere, as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors. If no place is so fixed for a meeting, it shall be held at the Corporation’s then principal executive office.
Section 2.02.
Annual Meeting
. The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held, unless the Board of Directors shall fix some other hour or date therefor, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. on the third Wednesday of May in each year, if not a legal holiday under the laws of Rhode Island, and, if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding secular day not a legal holiday under the laws of Rhode Island, at which the stockholders shall elect by plurality vote a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.
Section 2.03.
Notice of Annual Meetings
. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such record date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.
Section 2.04.
List of Stockholders
. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date, 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 for a period of at least 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 the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.
Section 2.05.
Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman or the Vice Chairman and shall be called by the Chief Operating Officer or Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the Corporation’s notice.
Section 2.06.
Notice of Special Meetings
. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such record date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting.
Section 2.07.
Quorum; Voting
. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the board of directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 7.04 hereof, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the
record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting. When a quorum is present at any meeting, except for elections of directors, which shall be decided by plurality vote, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of statute or of the Certificate of Incorporation, a different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall at every meeting of stockholders be entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder, but no shares shall be voted pursuant to a proxy more than three years after the date of the proxy unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
Section 2.08.
Action Without a Meeting
. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days after the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section to the corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take action are delivered in the manner required by this Section to the Corporation. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taking at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders or members to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 2.08.
Section 2.09.
Advance Notice of Nominations and Stockholder Business
.
(a)
Stockholder Business at Annual Meetings of Stockholders
.
(1) At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which must be made in compliance with and is governed exclusively by Section 2.09(c) of these By-Laws) shall be conducted at an annual meeting of the stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting (i) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (ii) by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (x) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in Section 2.09(a)(2) and at the time of the annual meeting, (y) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (z) complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.09(a)(2). For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (iii) of this Section 2.09(a)(1) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose such business (other than business included in the Corporation’s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(2) For business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which must be made in compliance with and is governed exclusively by Section 2.09(c) of these By-Laws) to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 2.09, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation and such business must otherwise be appropriate for stockholder action under the provisions of the laws of Delaware. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days and not more than 120 days 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 advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 120
th
day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90
th
day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall any adjournment, deferral or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice shall set forth as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting (including the specific text of any resolutions or actions proposed for consideration and if such business includes a proposal to amend the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, the specific language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholder proposing such business, the residence name and address (if different from the Corporation’s books) of such proposing stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person (defined below) covered by clauses (iii), (iv) and (vi) below, (iii) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are directly or indirectly held of record or beneficially owned by such stockholder and by any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities, a description of any derivative positions (including, without limitation, any short position, profits interest, 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 and any performance-related fees to which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled based, directly or indirectly, on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation) held or beneficially held by the stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person and whether and the extent to which a Hedging Transaction (as defined below) has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person or such other person or entity in such business, (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting, and (vi) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding shares required to approve the proposal and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the proposal. In addition, any stockholder who submits a notice pursuant to this Section 2.09(a) is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, in accordance with Section 2.09(d)(2). “Hedging Transaction” means, with respect to a stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, any hedging or other transaction (such as borrowed or loaned shares) or series of transactions, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding, the effect or intent of which is to increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities. “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder means (x) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (y) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder or (z) any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Stockholder Associated Person.
(b)
Stockholder Business at 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.
(c)
Director Nominations
.
(1) Except for directors who are elected by the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.02 of these By-Laws, only persons shall be eligible for election to the Board of Directors who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.09(c).
(2) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (x) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in Section 2.09(c)(3) and at the time of the annual meeting, (y) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (z) complied with the
notice procedures set forth in Section 2.09(c)(3). For the avoidance of doubt, clause (ii) of this Section 2.09(c)(2) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting of stockholders.
(3) To be timely, a stockholder’s notice referred to in Section 2.09(c)(2) must have been delivered in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days and not more than 120 days 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 advanced by more than 30 days or delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 120
th
day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90
th
day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall any adjournment, deferral or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election to the Board of Directors, (a) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (b) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (c) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are directly or indirectly owned beneficially or of record by the person, (d) the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, and (e) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for a contested election of directors (even if an election contest or proxy solicitation is not involved), or is otherwise required, pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 if elected); and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (u) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, the residence name and address (if different from the Corporation’s books) of such proposing stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person covered by clauses (v), (w), (y) and (z) below, (v) the class and number of shares of stock of the Corporation which are directly or indirectly held of record or beneficially owned by such stockholder and by any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to the Corporation’s securities, a description of any derivative positions (including, without limitation, any short position, profits interest, 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 and any performance-related fees to which such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person is entitled based, directly or indirectly, on any increase or decrease in the value of shares of capital stock of the Corporation) held or beneficially
held by the stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person and whether and the extent to which a Hedging Transaction has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person, (w) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (x) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice, (y) any other information relating to such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated 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 a contested election of directors (even if an election contest or proxy solicitation is not involved), or is otherwise required, pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (z) a representation as to whether such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person intends 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 the nomination and/or otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of the nomination. In addition, any stockholder who submits a notice pursuant to this Section 2.09(c)(3) is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, in accordance with Section 2.09(d)(2).
(4) Notwithstanding anything in the first sentence of paragraph (c)(3) of this Section 2.09 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by paragraph (c)(3) of this Section 2.09 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(5) 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 only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (x) was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice provided for in Section 2.09(c)(6) and at the time of the special meeting, (y) is entitled to vote at the special meeting and (z) complied with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.09(c)(6). For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (ii) of this Section 2.09(c)(5) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of stockholders.
(6) Any nominations by stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 2.09(c)(5) must be made pursuant to timely notice in proper written form as described in this Section 2.09(c)(6) to the secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice referred to in Section 2.09(c)(5) must have been delivered in proper written form to the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the 120
th
day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90
th
day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is 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, deferral or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. To be in proper written form, such stockholder’s notice shall set forth all of the information required by, and otherwise be in compliance with, the third sentence of paragraph (c)(3) of this Section 2.09. In addition, any stockholder who submits a notice pursuant to this Section 2.09(c)(6) is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, in accordance with Section 2.09(d)(2).
(d)
General
.
(1) Except for directors who are elected by the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.02 of these By-Laws, only such persons who are nominated in accordance and compliance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.09(c) of these By-Laws shall be eligible for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of stockholders and only such other business (other than nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors, which is governed exclusively by Section 2.09(c) of these By-Laws) shall be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.09(a). The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before an annual or special meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.09 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.09, to declare that such defective nomination or proposal be disregarded.
(2) Any stockholder who submits a notice of proposal for business or nomination for election pursuant to this Section 2.09 is required to update and supplement the information disclosed in such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for providing notice of the meeting of stockholders and as of the date that is ten (10)
business days prior to such meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to the secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for providing notice of the meeting of stockholders (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting of stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement
required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting of stockholders or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(3) For purposes of this Section 2.09, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or comparable news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.09, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.09; provided, however, that any references in these By-Laws to the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to Section 2.09(a), (b) and (c) of these By-Laws. Nothing in this Section 2.09 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE 3
DIRECTORS
Section 3.01.
Number and Term of Office
. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be such number as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors and initially shall be two. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 3.02 hereof. Each director elected shall hold office for a term of one year and shall serve until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3.02.
Vacancies
. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least 10 percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.
Section 3.03.
Resignations
. Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the Chairman, the Chief Operating Officer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.04.
Direction of Management
. The business of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 3.05.
Place of Meetings
. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.
Section 3.06.
Regular Meetings
. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.
Section 3.07.
Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, the Vice Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer on 2 days’ notice to each director; either personally (including telephone), or in the manner specified in Section 4.01; special meetings shall be called by the Chairman, the Vice Chairman or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors.
Section 3.08.
Quorum; Voting
. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and at all meetings of any committee of the Board, a majority of the members of such committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at which there is a quorum present shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 3.09.
Action Without a Meeting
. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
Section 3.10.
Participation in Meetings
. One or more directors may participate in any meeting of the Board or committee thereof by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by which all persons participating can hear each other.
Section 3.11.
Committees of Directors
. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. 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, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board of Directors and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it, but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to amending the Certificate of Incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the Board of Directors, fix any preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the Corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation), 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, or amending the By-Laws of the Corporation; and, unless the resolution expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock, or to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when requested.
Section 3.12.
Compensation of Directors
. Each director shall be entitled to receive such compensation, if any, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings. Directors may also be reimbursed by the Corporation for all reasonable expenses incurred in traveling to and from the place of each meeting of the Board or of any such committee or otherwise incurred in the performance of their duties as directors. No payment referred to herein shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
ARTICLE 4
NOTICES
Section 4.01.
Notices
. Whenever, under the provisions of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, such requirement shall not be construed to necessitate personal notice. Such notice may in every instance be effectively given by depositing a writing in a post office or letter box, in a postpaid, sealed wrapper, or by dispatching a prepaid telegram, cable, telecopy or telex or by delivering a writing in a sealed wrapper prepaid to a courier
service guaranteeing delivery within 2 business days, in each case addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation in the case of a stockholder and at his business address (unless he shall have filed a written request with the Secretary that notices be directed to a different address) in the case of a director. Such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time it is so dispatched.
Section 4.02.
Waiver of Notice
. Whenever, under the provisions of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.
ARTICLE 5
OFFICERS
Section 5.01.
Number
. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer, and may also include a Chairman, Vice Chairman, one or more Executive Vice Presidents and/or Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be elected by the Board of Directors. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 5.02.
Election and Term of Office
. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders. Officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board.
Section 5.03.
Removal
. Any officer may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.04.
Chairman and Vice Chairman
.
(a) The Chairman, if there is one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders and shall perform such other duties, if any, as may be specified by the Board from time to time.
(b) The Vice Chairman, if there is one, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders in the absence of the Chairman, and shall perform such other duties, if any, as may be specified by the Board form time to time.
Section 5.05.
Chief Executive Officer
. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have overall responsibility for the management of the business and operations of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. In the absence of the Chairman and the Vice Chairman, he shall preside over meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders of the Corporation. In general, he shall perform all duties incident to the
office of Chief Executive Officer, and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board.
Section 5.06.
Executive Vice Presidents and
Vice Presidents
. The Executive Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents shall perform such duties and have such authority as may be specified in these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 5.07.
Secretary
. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and he, or an Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument, and when so affixed it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
Section 5.08.
Assistant Secretaries
. The Assistant Secretary or Secretaries shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the authority of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other authority as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.
Section 5.09.
Treasurer
. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all monies 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. He shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors when the Board so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
Section 5.10.
Assistant Treasurers
. The Assistant Treasurer or Treasurers shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the authority of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other authority as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 6.01.
Indemnification
. Any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving while a director or officer of the Corporation at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, shall be indemnified by the Corporation against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding to the full extent permissible under Delaware law.
Section 6.02.
Advances
. Any person claiming indemnification within the scope of Section 6.01 shall be entitled to advances from the Corporation for payment of the expenses of defending actions against such person in the manner and to the full extent permissible under Delaware law.
Section 6.03.
Procedure
. On the request of any person requesting indemnification under Section 6.01, the Board of Directors or a committee thereof shall determine whether such indemnification is permissible or such determination shall be made by independent legal counsel if the Board or committee so directs or if the Board or committee is not empowered by statute to make such determination.
Section 6.04.
Other Rights
. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article 6 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any insurance or other agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to actions in their official capacity and as to actions in another capacity while holding an office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
Section 6.05.
Insurance
. The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or other representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of these By-laws.
Section 6.06.
Modification
. The duties of the Corporation to indemnify and to advance expenses to a director or officer provided in this Article 6 shall be in the nature of a contract between the Corporation and each such director or officer, and no amendment or repeal of any provision of this Article 6 shall alter, to the detriment of such director or officer, the right of such person to the advancement of expenses or indemnification related to a claim based on an act or failure to act which took place prior to such amendment, repeal or termination.
ARTICLE 7
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 7.01.
Stock Certificates
. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate in the form prescribed by the Board of Directors signed on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman or Chief Executive Officer or Chief Operating Officer or an Executive Vice President or Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, representing the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. Any or all 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 such person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 7.02.
Lost Certificates
. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 7.03.
Transfers of Stock
. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Section 7.04.
Fixing Record Date
. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action. Such record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and such record date shall not be (i) in the case of such a meeting of stockholders, more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of the meeting of stockholders, or (ii) in the case of consents in writing without a meeting, more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, or (iii) in other cases, more than 60 days prior to the payment or allotment or change, conversion or exchange or other action. If the board of directors fixes a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the board of directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.04 at the adjourned meeting.
Section 7.05.
Registered Stockholders
. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of stock to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, and shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of stock, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such stock on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE 8
AMENDMENTS
Section 8.01.
Amendments
. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, and new By-Laws may be adopted, by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors at any regular meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such special meeting.