UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 8-K

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 31, 2011

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

1-7234

(Commission File Number)

 

Delaware

 

52-0845774

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

6095 Marshalee Drive, Suite 300

Elkridge, MD 21075

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

 

(410) 379-3600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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))

 

 

 



 

Explanatory Note

 

This Report on Form 8-K is being filed by Registrant for the purpose of establishing the Registrant as the successor issuer to GP Strategies Corporation (the “Predecessor Registrant”) pursuant to Rule 12g-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), in connection with the merger of the Predecessor Registrant into the Registrant described below, and to disclose the other items included in this Report. The Predecessor Registrant’s common stock was registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The Registrant’s common stock is deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act by virtue of Rule 12g-3(a).

 

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Item 1.01                                    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

As described in Item 2.01 below, effective December 31, 2011, GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation, merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, eliminating the holding company structure.  In connection with the merger, GP Strategies Corporation entered into an amendment, dated December 30, 2011, to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2009, between GP Strategies Corporation and Sagard Capital Partners, L.P., in order to assign the rights and obligations under that agreement in connection with the merger.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the amendment to the securities purchase agreement are only summaries and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the amendment to the agreement, a copy of which is filed as an exhibit hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 2.01                                    Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

Effective December 31, 2011, GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation, merged with and into its wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, eliminating the holding company structure.  The shareholders of GP Strategies Corporation approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on December 14, 2011. General Physics Corporation, which was the sole operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation prior to the merger, is the surviving legal corporation and was renamed GP Strategies Corporation on the effective date of the merger. Following the merger, the financial position, business operations, state of incorporation, directors, executive officers and management of the newly combined company are substantially identical to those of GP Strategies before the merger. GP Strategies Corporation continues to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol GPX. Each share of GP Strategies Corporation common stock will automatically be converted into an equivalent number of shares in the surviving company. Holders of common stock will not be required to surrender their share certificates for purposes of the merger, and new certificates will not be issued in connection with the merger.

 

The foregoing description of the merger is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Agreement and Plan of Merger which was filed as Appendix A to the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement on November 1, 2011 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.03.                                 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

The information set forth in Items 2.01 and 5.03 are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.02                                    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

In connection with the merger, the Board of Directors approved certain amendments to the employment agreements of certain executive officers, including Scott N. Greenberg, Chief Executive Officer and Douglas E. Sharp, President.  The amendments to both employment agreements provide that, for purposes of the employment agreements, no “change in control” or “management change in control” (as such terms are defined in the employment agreements) will be deemed to occur as a result of the merger described above in Item 2.01.

 

The foregoing description of the employment agreement amendments is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the employment agreement amendments, copies of which are filed as exhibits hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Item 5.03                                    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

In connection with the merger described above, the Board of Directors of GP Strategies Corporation approved certain amendments to its Amended and Restated By-Laws which were necessary to implement the merger effective December 31, 2011.

 

Item 9.01                                    Financial Statements & Exhibits

 

(d)                                                Exhibits

 

2.1                                                Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of October 31, 2011 between GP Strategies Corporation and General Physics Corporation. Incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on November 1, 2011.

 

3.1                                                Composite of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GP Strategies Corporation including all amendments through December 31, 2011. *

 

3.2                                                GP Strategies Corporation Amended and Restated By-Laws, including all amendments through December 31, 2011. *

 

10.1                                          Amendment, dated December 30, 2011, to Employment Agreement dated as of July 1, 1999 between GP Strategies Corporation and Scott N. Greenberg. *

 

10.2                                          Amendment, dated December 30, 2011, to Employment Agreement dated as of July 1, 1999 between General Physics Corporation and Douglas E. Sharp. *

 

10.3                                          Amendment, dated December 30, 2011, to Form of Employment Agreement between General Physics Corporation and certain of its executive officers. *

 

10.4                                          Amendment, dated December 30, 2011, to Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2009, between GP Strategies Corporation and Sagard Capital Partners, L.P. *

 


* Filed herewith.

 

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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.

 

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

Date: January 3, 2012

/s/ Kenneth L. Crawford

 

Kenneth L. Crawford

 

Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

 

[This is not an official copy of the restated certificate of incorporation as amended to date, which consists of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GP Strategies Corporation (formerly known as General Physics Corporation) (the “Corporation”) filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 29, 2011, and a Certificate of Ownership and Merger filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 29, 2011 by the former parent company of the Corporation which changed the Corporation’s name to GP Strategies Corporation.  This is a composite copy incorporating the changes to the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation by such Certificate of Ownership and Merger.]

 

Incorporated on November 15, 1982

 

This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of General Physics Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (hereinafter the “Corporation”), has been adopted by the stockholders and directors of the Corporation pursuant to Sections 245 and 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. It amends and restates the provisions of the Corporation’s First Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 7, 1998, as heretofore and hereinafter amended or supplemented.  The Corporation’s original Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 15, 1982.

 

FIRST :              The name of the Corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), is

 

GP Strategies Corporation

 

SECOND :         The respective names of the County and of the City within the County in which the principal office of the Corporation is to be located in the state of Delaware are the County of Kent and the City of Dover. The name of the resident agent of the Corporation is National Registered Agents, Inc.. The street and number of said principal office and the address by street and number of said resident agent is 9 East Loockerman Street, Dover, DE.

 

THIRD :             The nature of the business of the Corporation and the objects or purposes to be transacted, promoted or carried on by it are as follows:

 

As principal agent, or broker, and on commission or otherwise, to buy, sell, exchange, lease, assign, license or take licenses in respect of domestic and foreign patents, patent rights, secret processes, formulae or procedures, copyrights,

 



 

flicenses to manufacture or sell, or both, patented or copyrighted things or articles, trademarks or trade names.

 

To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to own, develop and perfect domestic and foreign patents, patent rights, copyrights, licenses to manufacture or sell, or both, patented or copyrighted things or articles, and to develop, perfect, improve or to manufacture or to sell, lease or license the use of the same or otherwise dispose of the same.

 

To acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to use, develop, finance, operate, sell, lease, license or sublicense or in any manner dispose of any and all inventions, improvements and processes and to carry on any business, manufacturing or otherwise, which may directly or indirectly effectuate these objects or any of them.

 

To apply for, purchase, register, or in any manner to acquire, and to hold, own, use, operate and introduce, and to sell, lease assign, pledge, or in any manner dispose of, and in any manner deal with licenses, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, and to acquire, own use or in any manner dispose of any and all inventions, improvements and processes, labels, designs, brands, or other rights, and to work, operate, or develop the same.

 

To set up, equip, outfit, maintain and conduct a laboratory or laboratories for research in connection with the manufacture of any of the products of this Corporation, to make analyses and inspections, invent and perfect formulae, carry on investigations of all kinds, and to buy, sell and generally deal in such machinery, tools, appliances, devices, equipment and supplies, necessary for the manufacture and perfection of any of the products of this Corporation, and to do every other act or acts, thing or things, incidental or pertaining to or growing out of, or connected with, the preparation, manufacture, distribution, application and sale of the products of this Corporation.

 

To manufacture, buy, sell and generally deal in any article, product, or commodity produced as the result of or through the use of any such inventions, devices, processes, discoveries, formulae, improvements, or modifications of any thereof, or any articles, products, commodities, supplies and materials used or suitable to be used in connection therewith, or in any manner applicable or incidental thereto; to grant licenses, sublicenses, rights, interest and/or privileges in respect of any the foregoing, and to supervise or otherwise exercise such control over its licensees or grantees, and the business conducted by them as may be agreed upon in its contracts or agreements with such licensees and grantees, for the protection of its rights and interests therein, and to secure to it the payment of agreed royalties or other considerations.

 

To acquire, by purchase, lease, gift, device or otherwise, and to own, use, hold, sell, convey, exchange, lease, mortgage, work, improve, develop, divide and

 



 

otherwise handle, deal in and dispose of real estate, real property and any interest or right therein, whether as principal, agent, broker or otherwise.

 

To manage, operate, service, equip, furnish, alter and keep in repair dwellings, apartment houses, hotels, office buildings and real and personal property of every kind, nature and description, whether as principal, agent, broker, or otherwise, and generally to do anything and everything necessary and proper and to the extent permitted by law in connection with the business of managing and operating real and personal property of any and all kinds.

 

To lend money or make advances from time to time to such extent, to such borrowers, on such terms, and on such security, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine, but only to the extent permitted corporations organized under the General Corporation Law.

 

To manufacture, process, purchase, sell and generally to trade and deal in and with goods, wares and merchandise of every kind, nature and description, and to engage and participate in any mercantile, industrial or trading business of any kind or character whatsoever.

 

To purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold, mortgage, pledge, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of, securities (which term, for the purpose of this Article THIRD, includes, without limitation of the generality thereof, any shares of stock, bonds, debentures, notes, mortgages, or other obligations, and any certificates, receipts or other instruments representing rights to receive, purchase or subscribe for the same, or representing any other rights or interests therein or in any property or assets) created or issued by any persons, firms, associations, corporation, or governments or subdivisions thereof; to make payment therefor in any lawful manner; and to exercise, as owner or holder of any securities, any and all rights, powers and privileges in respect thereof.

 

To make, enter into, perform and carry out contracts of every kind and description with any person, firm, association, corporation or government or subdivision thereof.

 

To acquire, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, all or any part of, or any interest in, the properties, assets, business and good will of any one or more persons, firms, associations or corporations heretofore or hereafter engaged in any business for which a corporation may now or hereafter be organized under the laws of the State of Delaware; to pay for the same in cash, property or its own or other securities; to hold, operate, reorganize, liquidate, sell or in any manner dispose of the whole or any part thereof and in connection therewith, to assume or guarantee performance of any liabilities, obligations or contracts of such persons, firms, associations or corporations, and to conduct the whole or any part of any business thus acquired.

 



 

To endorse or guarantee the payment of principal, interest or dividends upon, and to guarantee the performance of sinking fund or other obligations of, any securities, and to guarantee in any way permitted by law the performance of any of the contracts or other undertakings in which the Corporation my otherwise be or become interested, of any person, firm, association, corporation, government or subdivision thereof, or of any other combination, organization or entity whatsoever.

 

To borrow money for any of the purposes of the Corporation, from time to time, and without limit as to the amount; from time to time to issue and sell its own securities in such amounts, on such terms and conditions, for such purposes and for such prices, now or hereafter permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware and by this Certificate of Incorporation, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation may determine and to secure such securities by mortgage upon, or the pledge of, or the conveyance or assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the properties, assets, business and good will of the Corporation, then owned or thereafter acquired.

 

To draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, and other negotiable or transferable instruments and evidences of indebtedness whether secured by mortgage or otherwise, as well as to secure the same by mortgage or otherwise, so far as may be permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

To purchase, hold, cancel, reissue, sell, exchange, transfer or otherwise deal in its own securities from time to time to such an extent and in such manner and upon such terms as the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall determine; provided that the Corporation shall not use its funds or property for the purchase of its own shares of capital stock when such use would cause any impairment of its capital stock, except to the extent permitted by law; and provided further that shares of its own capital stock belonging to the Corporation shall not be voted directly or indirectly.

 

To organize or cause to be organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any other State of the United States of America, or of the District of Columbia, or of any territory, dependency, colony or possession of the United States of America, or of any foreign country, a corporation or corporations for the purposes of transacting, promoting or carrying on any or all of the objects purposes for which the Corporation is organized, and to dissolve, wind up, liquidate, merge or consolidate any such corporation or corporations or to cause the same to be dissolved, would up, liquidated, merged or consolidated.

 

To conduct its business in any and all of its branches and maintain offices both within and without the State of Delaware, in any and all States of the United States of America, in the District of Columbia, in any or all territories, dependencies, colonies or possessions of the United States of America, and in

 



 

foreign countries.

 

To such extent as a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware may now or hereafter lawfully do, to do, either as principal or agent and either alone or in connection with other corporations, firms or individuals, all and everything necessary, suitable, convenient or proper for, or in connection with, or incident to, the accomplishment of any of the purposes or attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, or designed directly or indirectly to promote the interests of the Corporation or to enhance the value of its properties; and in general to do any and all things and exercise any and all powers, rights and privileges which a corporation may now or hereafter be organized to do or to exercise under the General Corporation Law of Delaware or under any act amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

 

The foregoing provisions of this Article THIRD shall be construed both as purposes and powers and each as an independent purpose and power. The foregoing enumeration of specific purposes and powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the purposes and powers of the Corporation, and the purposes and powers herein specified shall, except when otherwise provided in this Article THIRD, be in no way limited or restricted by reference to, or inference from, the terms of any provision of this or any other Article of this Certificate of Incorporation; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as authorizing the Corporation to issue bills, notes or other evidences of debt for circulation as money, or to carry on the business of receiving deposits of money or the business of buying gold or silver bullion or foreign coins or as authorizing the Corporation to engage in the business of bank or insurance or to carry on the business of constructing, maintaining or operating public utilities in the State of Delaware; and provided, further, that the Corporation shall not carry on any business or exercise any power in any state, territory, or country which under the laws thereof the Corporation may not lawfully carry on or exercise.

 

FOURTH :         The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is forty-five million (45,000,000) shares, of which thirty-five million (35,000,000) are to be Common Stock with a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share (hereinafter called the “Common Stock”) and of which ten million (10,000,000) shares are to be Preferred Stock with a par value of One Cent ($.01) per share (hereinafter the “Preferred Stock”), to be issued in such series and with such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

(a)       In any and all matters requiring the vote or the consent of the stockholders of the Corporation, each issued and outstanding share of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote.

 

(b)      Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series as may from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Each series shall be distinctly designated. All shares of any one series of the Preferred Stock shall be alike in every particular, except that there may be different dates from which dividends (if any) thereon shall be cumulative,

 



 

if made cumulative. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each such series, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding. The Board of Directors of the Corporation is hereby expressly granted authority to fix by resolution or resolutions adopted prior to the issuance of any shares of each particular series of the Preferred Stock, the designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, if any, of such series, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following:

 

(1)      the distinctive designation of, and the number of shares of the Preferred Stock which shall constitute the series, which number may be increased (except as otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors) or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of Directors;

 

(2)      the rate and times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, dividends, if any, on shares of the series may be paid, the extent of preferences or relation, if any, of such dividends to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, or on any series of the Preferred Stock or of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, or on any series of the Preferred Stock or of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or non-cumulative;

 

(3)      the right, if any, of the holders of shares of the series to convert the same into, or exchange the same for, shares of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, or of any series of the Preferred Stock or of any other class or classes of stock of the Corporation, and the terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

 

(4)      whether shares of the series shall be subject to redemption, and the redemption price or prices and the time or times at which, and the terms and conditions upon which, shares of the series may be redeemed;

 

(5)      the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the series upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, merger, consolidation, distribution or sale of assets, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation;

 

(6)      the terms of the sinking fund or redemption or purchase account, if any, to be provided for shares of the series; and

 



 

(7)      the voting powers, if any, of the holders of shares of the series which may, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, include the right, voting as a series by itself or together with other series by itself or together with other series of the Preferred Stock or all series of the Preferred Stock as a class, (i) to vote more or less than once vote per share on any or all matters voted upon by the shareholders, (ii) to elect one or more Directors of the Corporation in the event there shall have been a default in the payment of dividends on any one or more series of the Preferred Stock or under such other circumstances and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors may fix.

 

(c)       The relative powers, preferences and rights of each series of Preferred Stock in relation to the powers, preferences and rights of each other series of Preferred Stock shall, in each case, be as fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors in the resolution or resolutions adopted pursuant to authority granted in this Article FOURTH and the consent by class or series vote or otherwise, of the holders of the Preferred Stock of such of the series of the Preferred Stock as are from time to time outstanding shall not be required for the issuance by the Board of Directors of any other series of Preferred Stock whether the powers, preferences and rights of such other series shall be fixed by the Board of Directors as senior to, or on a parity with, the powers, preferences and rights of such outstanding series, or any of them; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may provide in such resolution or resolutions adopted with respect to any series of Preferred Stock that the consent of the holders of a majority (or such greater proportion as shall be therein fixed) of the outstanding shares of such series voting thereon shall be required for the issuance of any or all other series of Preferred Stock.

 

(d)      Shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) of this Article FOURTH) of the Corporation may be issued by the Corporation, from time to time, for such consideration, wholly or partly, in cash, labor done, personal property, or real property or leases thereof, as may be determined, from time to time, by the Board of Directors, and such determination by the Board of Directors shall be final and conclusive. All shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of the Corporation issued as herein provided shall be deemed fully paid stock and not liable for any further call or assessment thereon, and the holder of such shares shall not be liable for any further payments in respect thereto.

 

(e)       No holder of any of the shares of stock of the Corporation of any class shall be entitled, as such holder, to purchase or subscribe for any unissued stock of any class or any additional shares of any class to be issued by reason of any increase of the authorized capital stock of the Corporation of any class, or bonds, certificates of indebtedness, debentures or other securities convertible into stock

 



 

of the Corporation, or carrying any right to purchase stock of any class, but any such unissued stock or such additional authorized issue of any stock or of other securities convertible into stock or carrying any right to purchase stock may be issued and disposed of pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors to such persons, firms, corporations or associations and upon such terms as may be deemed advisable by the Board of Directors in exercise of its discretion.

 

FIFTH :               The minimum amount of capital stock with which the Corporation will commence business is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000).

 

SIXTH :              The Corporation is to have a perpetual existence.

 

SEVENTH :       The private property of the stockholders of the Corporation shall not be subject to the payment of corporate debts to any extent whatever.

 

EIGHTH :           For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders, it is further provided:

 

1.        The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as specified in the By-laws of the Corporation but such number may from time to time be increased or decreased in such manner as may be prescribed by the By-laws. In no event shall the number of directors be less than three (3). The election of directors need not be by ballot. Directors need not be stockholders.

 

2.        In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized and empowered:

 

(a)      To make, alter, amend, and repeal By-laws, subject to the power of the stockholders to alter or repeal the By-laws made by the Board of Directors.

 

(b)      Subject to the applicable provisions of the By-laws then in effect, to determine, from time to time, whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions and regulations the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them shall be open to the inspection of the stockholders, and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any account or book or documents of the Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, unless and until authorized so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(c)      Without the assent or vote of the stockholders, to authorize and issue obligations of the Corporation, secured or unsecured, to

 


 


 

include therein such provisions as to redeemability, convertibility or otherwise, as the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine and to authorize the mortgaging or pledging, as security therefor, of any property of the Corporation, real or personal, including after acquired-property.

 

(d)           To determine whether any, and, if any, what part, of the net profits of the Corporation or of its net assets in excess of its capital shall be declared in dividends and paid to the stockholders, and to direct and determine the use and disposition of any such net profit or such net assets in excess of capital.

 

(e)           To fix from time to time the amount of profits of the Corporation to be reserved as working capital or for other lawful purposes.

 

(f)            to establish bonus, profit-sharing or other types of incentive or compensation plans for the employees (including officers and directors) of the Corporation and to fix the amount of profits to be distributed or shared and to determine the persons to participate in any such plans and the amounts of their respective participations.

 

In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon it, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware, of the Certificate of Incorporation and of the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

3.             Any director or any officer elected or appointed by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time in such manner as shall be provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

4.             No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other corporation and no other act of the Corporation shall, in the absence of fraud, in any way be affected or invalidated by the fact that any of the directors of the Corporation are pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, or are directors or officers of, such other corporation. Any director of the Corporation individually or any firm or association of which any director may be a member, may be a party to, or may be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in, any contract or transaction of the Corporation, provided that the fact he individually or such firm or association is so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of Directors or a majority of such members thereof as shall be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors at which action upon any such contract or transaction shall be taken. Any director of the Corporation who is also a director or officer of such other corporation or who is so interested may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors which shall

 



 

authorize any such contract or transaction, and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction, with like force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other corporation or not so interested. Any director of the Corporation may vote upon any contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any subsidiary or affiliated corporation without regard to the fact that he is also a director of such subsidiary or affiliated corporation.

 

Any contract, transaction or act of the Corporation, or of the Directors which shall be ratified by a majority of a quorum of the stockholders of the Corporation at any annual meeting, or at any special meeting called for such purpose, shall, in so far as permitted by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, be as valid and as binding as though ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation; provided, however, that any failure of the stockholders to approve or ratify any such contract, transaction or act, when and if submitted, shall not be deemed in any way to invalidate the same or deprive the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees, of its or their right to proceed with such contract, transaction or act.

 

5.             Subject to any limitation in the By-laws, the members of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to reasonable fees, salaries or other compensation for their services and to reimbursement for their expenses as such members. Nothing contained herein shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation, or any subsidiary or affiliated corporation, in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

 

6.             If the By-laws so provide, the stockholders and Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have power to hold their meetings, to have an office or offices and to keep the books of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the laws of Delaware, outside of said State at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by them.

 

NINTH :                Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or any creditor or stockholder thereof, or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs.

 

If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditor or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement, and to any reorganization of this Corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made,

 



 

be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.

 

TENTH :            From time to time any of the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Certificate of Incorporation are granted subject to the provisions of this Article TENTH.

 

ELEVENTH :    Any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director, office or employee of the Corporation or of any corporation which he served as such at the request of the Corporation shall be indemnified by the Corporation against the reasonable expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and necessarily incurred by him in connection with the defense of such action, suit or proceeding, or in connection with any appeal therein, except in relation to matters as to which it shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding that such officer, director or employee is liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duties. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any officer or director or employee may be entitled apart from the provisions of this section.

 

TWELFTH :     No director of this Corporation shall be liable to this Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to this 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 Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper benefit.

 

THIRTEENTH : The Corporation and/or its subsidiaries shall have the right to redeem shares of Common Stock issued on or after January 27, 1997 beneficially owned by foreign persons and/or require such stockholder to dispose of their interest in shares of Common Stock in the following circumstances:

 

The Corporation and/or its subsidiaries has entered into certain subcontracts with contractors who have entered into contracts with the United States Department of Energy (“DOE”) and have entered into certain contracts directly with the United States Department of Defense (“DOD”) which involved classified information. In the event that the DOE or the DOD (or any successor agency) threatens termination of any contract as a result, directly or indirectly, of the beneficial ownership of 5% or more of the Corporation’s Common Stock by any person, then the Corporation, in the sole and absolute discretion of its Board of Directors, shall have the unqualified right and power to (a) redeem, upon not less than five (5) days prior written notice to such person, at a price per share equal to the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices thereof as reported on the American Stock Exchange (or such other stock exchange, if any, on which shares of Common Stock are primarily traded) on the last business day prior to the date of redemption established in the notice, all or any portion of the shares of

 



 

Common Stock of the Corporation owned by such person issued on or after January 27, 1997 or (b) require such person to promptly dispose of such person’s interest in all or any portion of such shares of Common Stock owned by such stockholder. Because any damages will be inadequate to protect the Corporation in the event the stockholder does not comply with the provisions of this Article THIRTEENTH, the Corporation shall be entitled to injunctive relief to enforce the foregoing provisions.

 

I, the undersigned, being the duly elected Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, do on behalf of the Corporation make this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, hereby declaring and certifying under penalties of perjury that this is the act and deed of the Corporation and the facts herein are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 29th day of December, 2011.

 

 

General Physics Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Scott N. Greenberg_

 

Scott N. Greenberg

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

Attested to:

 

 

/s/ Kenneth Crawford

 

Kenneth Crawford

 

Secretary

 

 


Exhibit 3.2

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

 

(Including all amendments through December 31, 2011)

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1. The location of the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle.

 

Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of Directors shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware or at such other places within or without the State of Delaware as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors and may be specified in the respective notices of meeting or duly executed waivers of notice. At the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, stockholders may be permitted to participate in a meeting of stockholders remotely by means of telephone, internet broadcast or other communication device, provided that all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation by these means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting. Subject to applicable law, the Board of Directors may elect to postpone any previously scheduled meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 2. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Corporation shall be held on such date and at such time as may be designated by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of electing Directors and for the transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting.

 

Section 3. Notice of the annual meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, at least ten days and not more than sixty days before the date fixed for the meeting.

 

Section 4. At least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, with the residence of each and the number of voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by the Secretary. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a physical location, the list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting the whole time thereof and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, the list shall also be open for inspection as provided by applicable law. Except as provided by applicable law, the

 



 

stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger and the list of stockholders or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

Section 5. The Board of Directors shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint two (2) Inspectors of Election, who may be employees of the Corporation. If no Inspector is able to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof, the Chairman shall appoint one or more Inspectors to act at the meeting. The Inspectors shall first take and subscribe an oath or affirmation faithfully to execute the duties of Inspectors at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of their ability, and shall accept and count all votes and ballots, and after the balloting shall make a certificate of the results of the vote taken; but no Director or candidate for the office of Director shall be appointed as such Inspector.

 

Section 6. (a) 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 other than stockholder action by written consent, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which shall not precede the date such record date is fixed and shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any such other action. The Board of Directors may fix separate record dates for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting as permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. If no record date is fixed, 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 and the record date for any other purpose other than stockholder action by written consent shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors 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 meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in all events within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors within 10 days of the date on which such a request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or any officer or agent of the

 

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Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

Section 7. Special meetings of the stockholders for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware or at such other place within or without the State of Delaware as may be designated in the notice of said meeting, upon call of the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board or upon call of the Secretary at the request in writing of stockholders owning capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and representing 50% of the combined voting power of all issued and outstanding classes of capital stock. Such request shall state the purpose of the proposed meeting. No business may be conducted at any special meeting except as may be stated in the notice of such special meeting given in accordance with these By-Laws.

 

Section 8. Notice of a special meeting of stockholders, stating the time and place thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days and not more than sixty days before the date fixed for such meeting.

 

Section 9. The holders of record of stock, issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, representing a majority of the number of votes entitled to be cast shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of stockholders except as otherwise provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairperson of the meeting or 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 called. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Section 10. When a quorum is present at any duly called meeting, the vote of a majority of the votes cast shall be sufficient to approve any matter which properly comes before the meeting, other than the election of Directors, unless the matter is one upon which by express provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, applicable law or, in the determination of the Board of Directors, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation or any other regulations applicable to the Corporation or its securities, a different vote is required. All elections of Directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast. The stockholders present at a duly called meeting at which a quorum

 

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is present may continue to transact business until adjournment or postponement, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 11. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy by any means permitted under the Delaware General Corporation Law, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after 3 years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

Section 12. Whenever a vote of stockholders is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, such action may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing shall be signed by stockholders holding 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 of Delaware, its principal place of business or to the Secretary. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Prompt notice of the taking of a corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing.

 

Section 13. No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized Committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 13 of this Article II and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting , (ii) who is entitled to vote at the meeting and (iii) who complies with the written notice procedures set forth in this Section 13.

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action.

 

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the proxy statement relating to the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not less than 90 days prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was first

 

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made. In no event shall any adjournment 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, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business, (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) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with the proposal of business.

 

No business shall be conducted at the annual meeting of stockholders except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 13 of this Article II. If the Chairman of an annual meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted or discussed.

 

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1. The property and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or 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 Certificate of Incorporation of by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

 

Section 2. (a) The number of Directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be such number, not less than three and not more than fifteen, as the Directors may from time to time determine by resolution. The Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders except as provided in Section 3 of this Article and each Director elected shall hold office until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify. Directors need not be stockholders. The Directors may elect one of their members to be Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman shall be subject to the control of and may be removed by the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the Board and of the Corporation’s stockholders. The Chairman shall have all the customary duties and responsibilities of such office and such other duties and responsibilities as are granted to him by the Board of Directors.

 

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(b) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders or at any special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing Directors, (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized Committee thereof) or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (1) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2 of this Article III and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, (2) who is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (3) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2 of this Article III.

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 90 days prior to the anniversary date of the proxy statement relating to the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within 30 days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so delivered not less than 90 days prior to the date of such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one 100 days prior to the date of such annual meeting, must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was first made; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing Directors, not less than 90 days prior to the date of such special meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such special meeting is less than one 100 days prior to the date of such special meeting, not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of the special meeting was made.

 

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth: (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a Director (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (2) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (3) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person, and (4) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (1) the name and record address of such stockholder, and of such beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (2) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, (3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and such beneficial owner, if any, and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the

 

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nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (4) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (5) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of Directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a Director if elected.

 

No person shall be eligible for election as a Director of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2 of this Article III. If the Chairman of the meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

Section 3. Vacancies and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, 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 pursuant to law; provided, however, that, if one or more Directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, the remaining Directors who have not resigned may fill such vacancy or vacancies or they may request the resigning Directors to participate in filling such vacancy or vacancies and in either case, the vote therein shall become effective at the future date aforesaid.

 

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 4. The Directors of the Corporation may hold their meetings both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Members of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof, as the case may be, remotely by means of conference telephone, internet broadcast or other communication device, provided that all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Such participation shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. Any meeting may held with all members present by such communication means.

 

Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board may be held immediately after each annual meeting of the stockholders at the same place at which such annual meeting is held, and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary.

 

Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

 

Section 7. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President or Secretary on at least two days notice to each Director, either personally, by mail, by telegram or by electronic transmission. Meetings may be held at any time without notice if all the Directors are present, or if at any time before or after the meeting those not present waive notice of the meeting in writing.

 

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Section 8. At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the number of Directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 9. The Board of Directors may designate an Executive Committee to consist of one or more Directors as the Board may from time to time determine. The Executive Committee shall have, and may exercise, all the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and the affairs of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law, including, without limitation, authority to authorize the issuance of shares of the stock of the Corporation, and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board, each member of the Executive Committee shall continue to be a member thereof until the expiration of his term of office as a Director (or, in the case of his reelection as a Director, until the expiration of his new term of office), resignation or until sooner removed by the Board. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware, or at such other place or places within or without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communication, as shall be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of meeting, or specified by resolution of the Board or of the Executive Committee.

 

Section 10. The Board of Directors may also designate one or more other Committees, each Committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation, which to the extent provided in said resolution or resolutions, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law and shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. 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.

 

Section 11. In the absence or disqualification of any member of the Executive Committee or of any other Committee appointed by the Board, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at a meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member, subject, however, to the right of the Board of Directors to designate one or more alternate members of such Committee, which alternate members shall have power to serve, subject to such conditions as the Board may prescribe, as a member or members of said Committee during the absence or inability to act of any one or more members of said Committee. The Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any Committee, to fill vacancies in it, or to dissolve it. The Board may permit observers or other persons who are not directors to attend and/or participate in meetings of the

 

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Board or any Committee in a non-voting status, subject to such conditions as the Board may prescribe. A Committee may make rules for the conduct of its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. A majority of the members of a Committee shall constitute a quorum. A Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required.

 

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 12. Directors may, by resolution of the Board, receive a fixed annual sum or other compensation for acting as Directors, payable quarterly or at such other intervals as the Board shall fix, and/or a fixed sum or other compensation and expenses of attendance, if any, for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation, or any subsidiary or affiliated corporation, in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing Committees may be allowed like compensation for attending Committee meetings.

 

INFORMAL ACTION BY DIRECTORS

 

Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any Committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if a written consent thereto is signed by all members of the Board or of such Committee, as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board or Committee.

 

REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

Section 14. At any special meeting of the stockholders, duly called as provided in these By-Laws, any Director or Directors may by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of all the shares of stock outstanding and entitled to vote for the election of Directors be removed from office, either with or without cause, and his successor or their successors may be elected at such meeting; or the remaining Directors may, to the extent vacancies are not filled by such election, fill any vacancy or vacancies created by such removal.

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

Section 15. (a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,  administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director or an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or as a plan fiduciary with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, officer, or plan fiduciary or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, officer or plan fiduciary, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be

 

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amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Paragraph (c) of this Section 15 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

(b) The right to indemnification conferred in Paragraph (a) of this Section 15 shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal(hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Paragraph (b) or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in Paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 15 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a Director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

 

(c) If a claim under Paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 15 is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors,  independent legal counsel,  or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to

 

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indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Section 15 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

 

(d) The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Section 15 shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise

 

(e) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any Director , officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

 

(f) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as an officer, employee or agent of another entity, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Section with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of Directors and officers of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE IV

NOTICES

 

Section 1. Whenever notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such person’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Except as otherwise required by law, notice may also be given personally, or by courier, telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, cable, internet or other electronic transmission. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when such person or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which such person or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given when directed to an electronic mail address at which such person has consented to receive notice. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given when directed to a number at which such person has consented to receive notice.

 

Section 2. Whenever any notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting

 

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(including, in the case of a stockholder, by proxy) shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

 

Section 1. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chief Executive Officer, President, a Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary. The Board of Directors may also choose a Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents, including Executive and Senior Vice Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any two offices may be held by the same person. More than two offices other than the offices of President and Secretary may be held by the same person. The Board may appoint such other 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 from time to time by the Board.

 

Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders shall choose a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary and such other officers as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, none of whom need be a member of the Board.

 

Section 3. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed either with or without cause at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board of Directors. If the office of any officer becomes vacant for any reason, the vacancy may be filled by the Board of Directors. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

Section 4. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general responsibility for the management of the Corporation as provided in these By-Laws, reporting directly to the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall have all the customary duties and responsibilities of such office and such other duties and responsibilities as are granted to him by the Board of Directors, and all of the Corporation’s executive officers shall report directly to him or indirectly to him through another such executive officer who reports to him.

 

PRESIDENT

 

Section 5. The President may be Chief Executive Officer if so designated by the Board. If the President and Chief Executive Officer are not the same person, the President shall perform such duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. At the request of the Chief Executive Officer or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence or in the event of the Chief Executive Officer’s inability or refusal to act, the President,

 

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to the extent expressly authorized at such time by the Board of Directors, shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer. The President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chief Executive Officer and no President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer or in the event of the inability or refusal of the Chief Executive Officer to act, shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.

 

VICE PRESIDENTS

 

Section 6. Any Vice Presidents shall perform such duties as the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors may, from time to time, designate.

 

SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

 

Section 7. The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders and Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for the standing Committees when requested. 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, the Chief Executive Officer or President, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the Corporation and when authorized by the Board or otherwise deemed by the Secretary to be necessary or appropriate, affix the same to any instrument requiring it and, when so affixed, it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary.

 

Section 8. The Assistant Secretaries in order of their seniority shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties as the Chief Executive Officer, President or the Board of Directors shall prescribe.

 

TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURER

 

Section 9. The Treasurer, if any, or if there be no Treasurer, the Chief Financial Officer or such other officer as shall be designated by the Chief Executive Officer, President or the Board of Directors, 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 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.

 

Section 10. The Treasurer, or such person performing such responsibilities, shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Chief Executive Officer, President and the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

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Section 11. He shall perform all duties incident to the office, and any duties that may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer or the President.

 

Section 12. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be 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.

 

Section 13. The Assistant Treasurers in the order of their seniority, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer. They shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Chief Executive Officer, President or the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

ARTICLE VI

UNCERTIFICATED AND CERTIFICATED SHARES OF STOCK

 

Section 1. The Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any class or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares; provided, however, that no such resolution shall apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. The certificates of stock, which shall be numbered, and uncertificated shares shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. If the interest of each stockholder of the Corporation is evidenced by certificates for shares of stock, any such certificate shall be in such form as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe in accordance with the law and shall exhibit the holder’s name and number of shares and shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.

 

Section 2. The Board of Directors may appoint one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.

 

Section 3. Where a certificate is signed (1) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (2) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, the signature of any such Chief Executive Officer, President, Vice President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon have not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation.

 

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Section 4. The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof in person or by his attorney: (1) in the case of shares represented by a certificate, upon surrender for cancellation of certificates for the same number of similar shares, with an assignment and power of transfer endorsed thereon or attached thereto, duly executed and with such proof of the authenticity of the signature as the Corporation or its agents may reasonably require; and (2) in the case of uncertificated shares, upon the receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered owner thereof.

 

Section 5. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of 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 shares or shares 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

 

LOST CERTIFICATES

 

Section 6. 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 or destroyed, or it may issue uncertificated shares if the shares represented by such certificate have been designated as uncertificated shares in accordance with Section 1 of this Article VI, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing the issuance of a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or 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 or certificates alleged to have been lost or destroyed.

 

ARTICLE VII

CORPORATE BOOKS

 

Section 1. All the books of the Corporation may be kept outside of Delaware at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

 

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

DIVIDENDS

 

Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds in the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors, from time to time in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve or reserves 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 think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS

 

Section 3. All checks, notes, drafts, bills of exchange, orders for the payment of money, bonds, debentures, obligations, bills of lading, commercial documents and other negotiable and/or non-negotiable instruments, contracts and formal documents (other than certificates of stock) shall be signed by such officer or officers or agent or agents as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors. The seal of the Corporation may be affixed to such instruments and papers requiring the same as shall have been duly signed and may be attested by the Secretary or one of the Assistant Secretaries or by the Treasurer or one of the Assistant Treasurers or by any other officer.

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

Section 4. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors; otherwise it shall be a calendar year.

 

CORPORATE SEAL

 

Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization, and the words “Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.

 

VOTING UPON STOCKS

 

Section 6. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors or Executive Committee, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President or any of the Vice Presidents authorized thereto in writing by the Chief Executive Officer or President shall have full power and authority in behalf of the Corporation to attend and to act and to vote, or to give, on behalf of the Corporation a proxy to attend and to act and to vote at any meeting of the stockholders of any corporation in which the Corporation may hold stock, and at such meeting he or such proxy shall possess and may exercise, for the purpose of such meeting, any and all the rights and powers incident to the ownership of said stock, and which as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have possessed and exercised if present. The Board of Directors or Executive Committee by resolution from time to time may confer like powers upon any other person or person.

 

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ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered or repealed 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 or repeal be contained in the notice of such special meeting.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) is dated and made as of December 30, 2011, modifying the Employment Agreement dated as of July 1, 1999 (together with any and all previous amendments, the “ Employment Agreement ”) between GP Strategies Corporation (the “ Company ”), and Scott N. Greenberg (“ Employee ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and General Physics Corporation, a Delaware Corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“ General Physics ”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), whereby the Company will merge (the “ Merger ”) with and into General Physics, with General Physics as the surviving corporation being renamed “GP Strategies Corporation” (the “ Surviving Company ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee wish to amend the Employment Agreement to substitute the Surviving Company for the Company as the Employee’s employer, to modify the definition of “change in control” as it relates to the Merger and to make other changes consistent with the Merger.

 

NOW THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, and for good and valuable consideration, including the mutual covenants set forth herein, the Company and the Employee hereby agree to amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

 

1.                                        Amendments .

 

a.                                        Effective January 1, 2012, the Surviving Company will be substituted for the Company as the Employee’s employer, and the term “Company” in the Employment Agreement shall mean GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

b.                                       Section 4 of the Employment Agreement (“Place of Employment”) shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“Employee’s principal place of work shall not be located outside of the Elkridge, Maryland area without the Employee’s consent.”

 

c.             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsection 10(d) of the Employment Agreement, the parties agree that neither the Merger pursuant to the Merger Agreement nor the renaming of the Surviving Company shall be deemed a “change in control” or “management change in control” for any purpose under the Employment Agreement.

 

d.             Section 21 of the Employment Agreement (“Counterparts; Governing Law”) shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  It shall be

 



 

governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws.”

 

2.                                        Miscellaneous .

 

a.                                        Each reference in the Employment Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import shall hereafter mean and be a reference to the Employment Agreement, as amended hereby.  Except as specifically amended hereby, the Employment Agreement, and each and every term and provision thereof, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

b.                                       This Amendment shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles.

 

c.                                        Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed severable from the remainder of this Amendment, and the remaining provisions contained in this Amendment shall be construed to preserve to the maximum permissible extent the intent and purposes of this Amendment.  Any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

d.                                       This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A facsimile or other electronic transmission of this Amendment shall be deemed an original.

 

[Signatures appear on following page.]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Douglas E. Sharp

 

/s/ Scott N. Greenberg

 

Name: Douglas E. Sharp

Scott N. Greenberg

Title: President

 

 


 

Exhibit 10.2

 

AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) is dated and made as of December 30, 2011, modifying the Employment Agreement dated as of July 1, 1999 (together with any and all previous amendments, the “ Employment Agreement ”) between General Physics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Douglas E. Sharp (“ Employee ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware Corporation and the Company’s parent (“ GPX ”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), whereby GPX will merge (the “ Merger ”) with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation having the name “GP Strategies Corporation” (the “ Surviving Company ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee wish to amend the Employment Agreement to substitute the Surviving Company for the Company as the Employee’s employer, to modify the definition of “change in control” as it relates to the Merger and to make other changes consistent with the Merger.

 

NOW THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, and for good and valuable consideration, including the mutual covenants set forth herein, the Company and the Employee hereby agree to amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

 

1.                                        Amendments .

 

a.                                        At the effective time of the Merger, the Surviving Company will be substituted for the Company as the Employee’s employer, and the terms “Company” and “GPS” in the Employment Agreement shall mean GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

b.                                       Section 4 of the Employment Agreement (“Place of Employment”) shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“Employee’s principal place of work shall not be located outside of the Elkridge, Maryland area without Employee’s consent.”

 

c.                                        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsection 10(d) of the Employment Agreement, the parties agree that neither the Merger pursuant to the Merger Agreement nor the renaming of the Surviving Company shall be deemed a “change in control” or “management change in control” for any purpose under the Employment Agreement.

 

d.                                       Section 21 of the Employment Agreement (“Counterparts; Governing Law”) shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  It shall be

 



 

governed and construed in accordance with the laws of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws.”

 

2.                                        Miscellaneous .

 

a.                                        Each reference in the Employment Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import shall hereafter mean and be a reference to the Employment Agreement, as amended hereby.  Except as specifically amended hereby, the Employment Agreement, and each and every term and provision thereof, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

b.                                       This Amendment shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles.

 

c.                                        Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed severable from the remainder of this Amendment, and the remaining provisions contained in this Amendment shall be construed to preserve to the maximum permissible extent the intent and purposes of this Amendment.  Any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

d.                                       This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A facsimile or other electronic transmission of this Amendment shall be deemed an original.

 

[Signatures appear on following page.]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

 

 

GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott N. Greenberg

 

/s/ Douglas E. Sharp

 

 

Name: Scott N. Greenberg

Douglas E. Sharp

 

Title: CEO

 

 


Exhibit 10.3

 

AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”) is dated and made as of December 30, 2011, modifying the Employment Agreement dated as of [Date of Employment Agreement] (together with any and all previous amendments, the “ Employment Agreement ”) between General Physics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and [Employee Name] (“ Employee ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company and GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware Corporation and the Company’s parent (“ GPX ”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “ Merger Agreement ”), whereby GPX will merge (the “ Merger ”) with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation being renamed “GP Strategies Corporation” (the “ Surviving Company ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Employee wish to amend the Employment Agreement to substitute the Surviving Company for the Company as the Employee’s employer, and to modify the definition of “change in control” as it relates to the Merger.

 

NOW THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, and for good and valuable consideration, including the mutual covenants set forth herein, the Company and the Employee hereby agree to amend the Employment Agreement as follows:

 

1.                                        Amendments .

 

a.                                        At the effective time of the Merger, the Surviving Company will be substituted for the Company as the Employee’s employer, and the terms “Company” and “GPSC” in the Employment Agreement shall mean GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

b.                                       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Subsection 3(f) of the Employment Agreement, the parties agree that neither the Merger pursuant to the Merger Agreement nor the renaming of the Surviving Company shall be deemed a “change in control” or “sale of the company” for any purpose under the Employment Agreement.

 

2.                                        Miscellaneous .

 

a.                                        Each reference in the Employment Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import shall hereafter mean and be a reference to the Employment Agreement, as amended hereby.  Except as specifically amended hereby, the Employment Agreement, and each and every term and provision thereof, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

b.                                       This Amendment shall be governed, construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to conflict of laws principles.

 

c.                                        Any provision of this Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed severable from the remainder of this Amendment, and the remaining provisions contained in this Amendment shall be construed to

 



 

preserve to the maximum permissible extent the intent and purposes of this Amendment.  Any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

d.                                       This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  A facsimile or other electronic transmission of this Amendment shall be deemed an original.

 

[Signatures appear on following page.]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Employee have duly executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.

 

 

GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

[Employee Name]

 

Title:

 

 

 


 

Exhibit 10.4

 

AMENDMENT
TO
SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment to the Securities Purchase Agreement (this “ Amendment ”), between GP Strategies Corporation, a Delaware corporation with headquarters located at 6095 Marshalee Drive, Suite 300, Elkridge, MD 21075 (the “ Company ”), General Physics Corporation, a Delaware corporation with headquarters located at 6095 Marshalee Drive, Suite 300, Elkridge, MD 21075 (the “ Surviving Corporation ”), and Sagard Capital Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership with an address at 325 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 (the “ Investor ”) is effective as of December 30, 2011.

 

WHEREAS, on December 30, 2009, the Company and the Investor entered into (i) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement by and among the Company and the Investor (the “ Agreement ”) and (ii) that certain Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Company and the Investor (the “ RRA ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors and stockholders of the Company have approved the merger (the “ Merger ”) of the Company with and into the Surviving Corporation, which will be renamed GP Strategies Corporation at the effective time of the Merger (the “ Effective Time ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Agreement pursuant to Section 8(f) thereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                Consent to Assignment .  At the Effective Time, Surviving Corporation shall succeed, insofar as provided by law, to all rights, assets, liabilities and obligations of the Company in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and Investor’s signature on this Amendment constitutes the prior written consent required by Section 8(h) of the Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, effective as of the Effective Time, (i) the Surviving Corporation shall assume all obligations, covenants and liabilities of the Company under the Agreement and the RRA, (ii) all references to the “Company” in the Agreement and the RRA shall thereafter be deemed to constitute references to the Surviving Corporation and (iii) all references to the “Purchased Shares” in the Agreement and the RRA shall refer to the 2,857,143 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation issuable to the Investor in the Merger in exchange for the Purchased Shares (as defined in the Agreement and the RRA prior to this Amendment) (as such number of shares may be adjusted for stock splits, reverse splits, stock dividends, share combinations and the like).

 

Section 2.                Amendments .

 

(a)            Section 4(m)(v) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

 



 

“(v)          The Board Representative shall be entitled to serve on each committee of the Board of Directors (except as prohibited by applicable Law or any rule or regulation promulgated by the Principal Market).  In the event the Board Representative is not a member of a committee of the Board of Directors, the Board Representative shall have the right to attend and observe (but not vote at) each meeting of such committee and to receive from the Company copies of all notices, information and other material provided to members of such committee (except as prohibited by applicable Law and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Principal Market).  Notwithstanding the forgoing, if, and solely to the extent that, the Defense Security Service or other governmental agency requires the Company to create a committee of the board from which the Board Representative must be excluded or otherwise to exclude the Board Representative from certain decisions or from receiving information about certain matters, the Investor agrees to such exclusion (but only to such limited extent).”

 

(b)            Section 8(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the definition of “Significant Subsidiaries” in its entirety to read as follows:

 

““ Significant Subsidiary ” means General Physics (UK) Ltd, a United Kingdom limited company.”

 

Section 3.                Waivers by the Surviving Corporation .  The Company and the Surviving Corporation hereby represent and warrant to the Investor as follows:

 

(a)            The Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation has irrevocably waived, on behalf of the Surviving Corporation, any rights under Article Thirteenth of its certificate of incorporation with respect to (A) any shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation held by the Investor as a result of the Merger, (B) any additional securities acquired pursuant to Section 4(l) of the Agreement and (C) any other securities permitted to be acquired by the Investor under Section 4(o) of the Agreement.

 

(b)            The Surviving Corporation and its Board of Directors have taken all necessary action, if any, in order to render inapplicable any control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under its certificate of incorporation or any certificates of designations or the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation or incorporation, or any other jurisdiction, which is or would reasonably be expected to become applicable to the Investor as a result of (i) the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, the Surviving Corporation’s issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement and the Investor’s ownership of such shares, (ii) the Investor’s purchase of securities pursuant to Section 4(l) of the Agreement and (iii) any shares of Common Stock permitted to be acquired by the Investor under Section 4(o) of the Agreement.

 

Section 4.                Further Assurances .  Subject to the terms and conditions provided herein and the Agreement, the Surviving Corporation shall do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be necessary, proper or advisable, consistent with all applicable laws, to

 



 

consummate and make effective the intent of this Amendment, as reasonably requested by the Investor.

 

Section 5.                Other .  The Surviving Corporation:

 

(i)                 Concurrently herewith, shall execute and deliver to Daniel Friedberg a written confirmation that the Surviving Corporation has assumed all obligations of the Company under the Indemnification Agreement, dated as of December 30, 2009, between the Company and Mr. Friedberg;

(ii)                To the extent Investor holds stock in certificated form, shall, upon request, instruct its transfer agent to issue to the Investor and/or its successors and assigns, to issue a new stock certificate of the Surviving Corporation in like tenor as any stock certificate of the Company currently held thereby;

(iii)               Shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-169603) on or about January 3, 2011.

 

Section 6.                Effect of this Amendment .  It is the intent of the parties hereto that this Amendment constitutes an amendment of the Agreement as contemplated by Section 8(f) thereof.  Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, the terms of each of the Agreement and the RRA are satisfied and confirmed and remain in full force and effect.  Unless the context clearly provides otherwise, any reference to this “Agreement” or the “Securities Purchase Agreement” shall be deemed to be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.

 

Section 7.                Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party; provided , that a facsimile or electronic ( i.e. , “PDF”) signature shall be considered due execution and shall be binding upon the signatory thereto with the same force and effect as if the signature were an original.

 

Section 8.                Headings .  The headings of this Amendment are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Amendment.

 

Section 9.                Severability .  If any provision of this Amendment shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Amendment in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Amendment in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 10.              Governing Law .  All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Amendment shall be governed by the internal Laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

GP STRATEGIES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott N. Greenberg

 

Name: Scott N. Greenberg

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

SURVIVING CORPORATION

 

 

 

GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott N. Greenberg

 

Name: Scott N. Greenberg

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

INVESTOR:

 

 

 

SAGARD CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

 

By:

Sagard Capital Partners GP, Inc.,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daniel Friedberg

 

Name: Daniel Friedberg

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer