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): July 18, 2013

 


 

HMS HOLDINGS CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware

 

0-50194

 

11-3656261

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

5615 High Point Drive, Irving, TX

 

75038

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (214) 453-3000

 

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                       Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 1.01                                Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On July 18, 2013 (the “ Effective Date ”), HMS Holdings Corp., a New York corporation (the “ HMS-NY ”), changed its state of incorporation from the State of New York to the State of Delaware by merging (the “ Reincorporation ”) with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, HMS Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 17, 2013, between HMS-NY and the Company (“ Merger Agreement ”). A majority of the votes cast at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on July 10, 2013 voted to approve the Reincorporation. HMS-NY, as the sole shareholder of the Company, approved the Merger Agreement by written consent on July 17, 2013.  As a result of the Reincorporation, HMS-NY has ceased to exist as a separate entity. As used herein, references to the “Registrant” means HMS-NY prior to the Reincorporation, and the Company after the Reincorporation.

 

In accordance with Rule 12g-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), the shares of common stock of the Company were deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as a successor to HMS-NY.

 

As of the Effective Date, the rights of the Registrant’s shareholders began to be governed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Delaware COI ”) and the By-Laws of the Company (the “ Delaware By-Laws ”).

 

The Reincorporation changed the legal domicile of HMS-NY, but did not result in any change in the principal offices, business, management, capitalization, assets or liabilities of the Registrant. By operation of law, the Company succeeded to all of the assets and assumed all of the liabilities of HMS-NY.  The officers and directors of HMS-NY are the officers and directors of the Company.  In addition, the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), will continue to trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “HMSY.”

 

On the Effective Date, each outstanding certificate representing shares of HMS-NY’s common stock was deemed, without any action by the shareholders, to represent the same number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock. HMS-NY shareholders may, but are not required to, exchange their stock certificates as a result of the Reincorporation.  The Company assumed and will continue any and all stock option, stock incentive and other equity-based award plans adopted by the HMS-NY (individually, an “ Equity Plan ” and, collectively, the “ Equity Plans ”), and reserved for issuance under each Equity Plan a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock equal to the number of shares of common stock so reserved by HMS-NY immediately prior to the effective time of the Reincorporation. Each unexercised option or other right to purchase HMS-NY common stock granted under any such Equity Plan which was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, upon the effective time of the Reincorporation, became an option or right to purchase the Company’s Common Stock on a one-to-one basis, and otherwise on the same terms and conditions and at the same exercise price per share applicable to any such option or stock purchase right of HMS-NY. Each other equity-based award relating to HMS-NY common stock granted or awarded under any of the Equity Plans which was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date, upon the effective time of the Reincorporation, became an award relating to the Company’s Common Stock on a one-to-one basis and otherwise on the same terms and conditions applicable to such award immediately prior to the effective time of the Reincorporation.

 

Additional information about the Reincorporation and a comparison of the rights of shareholders of HMS-NY and the Company can be found in the HMS-NY’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2013 (the “ Proxy Statement ”).  The foregoing descriptions of the Delaware COI and the Delaware By-Laws are qualified in their entirety by the full text of Delaware COI and the Delaware By-Laws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.  The form of Common Stock certificate of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1. The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Merger Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.03                                Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

 

The disclosures set forth under Item 1.01 are incorporated by reference into this Item 3.03.

 

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Item 5.03                                            Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

The disclosures set forth under Item 1.01 are incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

Item 9.01.                                         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

2.1

 

Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 17, 2013, between the HMS Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and HMS Holdings Corp., a New York corporation

 

 

 

3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation of HMS Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

3.2

 

By-Laws of HMS Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

4.1

 

Form of Common Stock Certificate

 

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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.

 

 

HMS HOLDINGS CORP.

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Walter D. Hosp

 

 

Name:

Walter D. Hosp

 

Title:

Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Chief
Administrative Officer

 

 

Dated: July 23, 2013

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the “Agreement”) is made as of this 17th day of July, 2013, by and between HMS Holdings Corp., a New York corporation (the “New York Corporation”), and its wholly-owned subsidiary HMS Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the New York Corporation is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York; and

 

WHEREAS, the Delaware Corporation is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware; and

 

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the New York Corporation and the Delaware Corporation have determined that, for purposes of effecting the reincorporation of the New York Corporation in the State of Delaware, it is advisable, to the advantage of and in the best interests of the Delaware Corporation and its stockholder and the New York Corporation and its shareholders that the New York Corporation merge with and into the Delaware Corporation upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein provided; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties intend, by executing this Agreement, to adopt a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and to cause the merger described herein to qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368 of the Code; and

 

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of the New York Corporation and the Delaware Corporation and the stockholder of the Delaware Corporation have unanimously adopted and approved this Agreement, and the Board of Directors of the New York Corporation has directed that this Agreement be submitted to the shareholders of the New York Corporation for their consideration.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and intending to be legally bound, the New York Corporation and the Delaware Corporation hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Merger .  Subject to the approval of the shareholders of the New York Corporation in accordance with the New York Business Corporation Law (the “NYBCL”), at such time hereafter as the parties hereto shall mutually agree, the New York Corporation shall be merged with and into the Delaware Corporation (the “Merger”), and the Delaware Corporation shall be the surviving company (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “Surviving Corporation”).  The Merger shall be effective upon (a) the filing of a Certificate of Merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the office of the New York Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of Section 904 of the NYBCL; and (b) the filing of a duly certified Certificate of Ownership and Merger (the “Certificate of Ownership and Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”); the date and time of the later of such filings being hereinafter

 



 

referred to as the “Effective Date.” Following the due approval of the Merger by the shareholders of the New York Corporation, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger shall be duly executed by the Delaware Corporation and the New York Corporation and thereafter delivered to the office of the Secretary of State of the State of New York, and the Certificate of Ownership and Merger shall be duly executed by the Delaware Corporation and the New York Corporation and thereafter delivered to the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware.

 

2.                                       Governing Documents .

 

a.                                       The Certificate of Incorporation of the Delaware Corporation shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation.

 

b.                                       The Bylaws of the Delaware Corporation shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.

 

3.                                       Officers and Directors .  The directors of the New York Corporation immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation and the officers of the New York Corporation immediately prior to the Effective Date shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation.  Such directors and officers will hold office from the Effective Date until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified in the manner provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, as the same may be lawfully amended, or as otherwise provided by law.

 

4.                                       Succession; Name of Surviving Corporation .  As of the Effective Date, the separate existence of the New York Corporation shall cease and the New York Corporation shall be merged with and into the Delaware Corporation, and the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be “HMS Holdings Corp.” As of the Effective Date, the Delaware Corporation shall continue to possess all of its assets, rights, privileges, franchises, powers and property of the New York Corporation as constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date, shall be subject to all actions previously taken by the New York Corporation’s Board of Directors and shall succeed, without other transfer, to all of the assets, rights, privileges, franchises, powers and property of New York Corporation in the manner of and as more fully set forth in Section 259 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and (ii) shall continue to be subject to all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the New York Corporation as constituted immediately prior to the Effective Date and shall succeed, without other transfer, to all of the debts, liabilities and obligations of the New York Corporation in the same manner as if the Delaware Corporation had itself incurred them, all as more fully provided under the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the NYBCL.

 

5.                                       Further Assistance .  From and after the Effective Date, as and when required by the Delaware Corporation or by its successor and assigns, there shall be executed and delivered on behalf of the New York Corporation such deeds and other instruments, and there shall be taken or caused to be taken by it such further and other action, as shall be appropriate or necessary in order to vest, perfect or confirm, of record or otherwise, in the Delaware Corporation the title to and possession of all the property, interests, assets, rights, privileges, immunities, power, franchises and authority of the New York Corporation, and otherwise to

 



 

carry out the purposes of this Agreement, and the officers and directors of the Delaware Corporation are fully authorized in the name and on behalf of the New York Corporation or otherwise to take any and all such action and to execute and deliver any and all such deeds and other instruments.

 

6.                                       Manner of Conversion of Securities .

 

a.                                       Common Stock .  At the Effective Date, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, each share of common stock of the New York Corporation (“New York Common Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be changed and converted into one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of the Delaware Corporation (“Delaware Common Stock”).  Each share of New York Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date that is restricted or not fully vested shall upon such conversion have the same restrictions or vesting arrangements applicable to such shares as prior to the conversion.

 

b.                                       Preferred Stock .  The New York Corporation represents that it has no outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, and will have no outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, at the Effective Date.

 

c.                                        Options, Warrants and Stock Purchase Rights .  Upon the Effective Date, the Surviving Corporation shall assume and continue the stock option plans and all other employee benefit, profit sharing and incentive compensation plans of the New York Corporation.  Each outstanding and unexercised option, warrant, and stock purchase right (each, a “Derivative Security”) of the New York Corporation shall become a Derivative Security of the Surviving Corporation on the basis of one share of the Delaware Common Stock for each share of New York Common Stock issuable pursuant to any such Derivative Security, on the same terms and conditions applicable to any such New York Corporation Derivative Security at the Effective Date of Merger.  The exercise price for each share of Delaware Common Stock issuable pursuant to any such Derivative Security shall be equal to the exercise price applicable to any such New York Corporation Derivative Security at the Effective Date.  No fractional Derivative Security shall be issued upon the exchange of any Derivative Security of the New York Corporation for a Derivative Security of the Delaware Corporation.

 

d.                                       Reserved Shares .  A number of shares of the Surviving Corporation’s Common Stock shall be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of Derivative Securities equal to the number of shares of New York Common Stock so reserved immediately prior to the Effective Date.

 

e.                                        New York Corporation Repurchase Rights .  All outstanding rights of the New York Corporation that it may hold immediately prior to the Effective Date to repurchase unvested shares of New York Common Stock (the “Repurchase Options”) shall be assigned to the Delaware Corporation in the Merger and shall thereafter be exercisable by the Delaware Corporation upon the same terms and conditions in effect immediately prior to the Effective Date.

 



 

7.                                       Outstanding Stock of the Delaware Corporation .  At the Effective Date, the 1,000 shares of the Delaware Common Stock presently issued and outstanding in the name of the New York Corporation shall be canceled and retired and resume the status of authorized and unissued shares of Delaware Common Stock, and no shares of Delaware Common Stock or other securities of Delaware Common Stock shall be issued in respect thereof.

 

8.                                       Stock Certificates .  From and after the Effective Date, all of the outstanding certificates which prior to that time represented shares of capital stock of the New York Corporation shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership and to represent the shares of capital stock of the Delaware Corporation into which such shares of the New York Corporation represented by such certificates have been converted as herein provided.  The registered owner on the books and records of the Delaware Corporation or its transfer agent of any such outstanding stock certificate shall, until such certificate shall have been surrendered for transfer or otherwise accounted for to the Delaware Corporation or its transfer agent, have and be entitled to exercise any voting and other rights with respect to and to receive any dividend and other distributions upon the shares of capital stock of the Delaware Corporation evidenced by such outstanding certificates as above provided.  Each certificate representing capital stock of the Surviving Corporation so issued in the Merger shall bear the same legends, if any, with respect to the restrictions on transferability as the certificates of the New York Corporation so converted and given in exchange therefor, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation in compliance with applicable laws, and any additional legends required by applicable Blue Sky laws.  If any certificate for shares of the Delaware Corporation stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of issuance thereof that the certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, that such transfer otherwise be proper and that the person requesting such transfer pay to the exchange agent any transfer or other taxes payable by reason of the issuance of such new certificate in a name other than that of the registered holder of the certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of the Delaware Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

9.                                       Validity of Delaware Common Stock .  All shares of Delaware Common Stock into which New York Common Stock is to be converted pursuant to the Merger shall not be subject to any statutory or contractual preemptive rights, shall, when issued, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such New York Common Stock.

 

10.                                Rights of Former Holders .  From and after the Effective Date, no holder of certificates which evidenced New York Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Date shall have any rights with respect to the shares formerly evidenced by those certificates, other than the right to receive the shares of Delaware Common Stock into which such New York Common Stock shall have been converted pursuant to the Merger.

 

11.                                Abandonment and Termination .  At any time before the Effective Date, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by the Board of Directors of either the New York Corporation or the Delaware Corporation or both, notwithstanding approval of this Agreement by the sole stockholder of the Delaware Corporation and the stockholders of the New York Corporation.

 



 

12.                                Third Parties .  Except as provided in this Agreement, nothing herein expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

13.                                Covenants of Delaware Corporation .  The Delaware Corporation covenants and agrees that it will, on or before the Effective Date of Merger:

 

(a)                                  qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in the State of New York and in connection therewith irrevocably appoint an agent for service of process as required under the provisions of the NYBCL;

 

(b)                                  file any and all documents with the New York Division of Corporations necessary for the assumption by the Delaware Corporation of all of the franchise tax liabilities of the New York Corporation; and

 

(c)                                   take such other actions as may be required by the NYBCL in connection with the Merger.

 

14.                                Registered Office .  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 1010, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, 19904.  The name of its registered agent at that address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

 

15.                                Agreement .  Executed copies of this Agreement shall be on file at the principal place of business of the Surviving Corporation at 401 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10016, and copies thereof shall be furnished to any stockholder of either Constituent Corporation, upon request and without cost.

 

16.                                Governing Law .  This Agreement shall in all respects be construed, interpreted and enforced in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

17.                                Approval of New York Corporation as Sole Stockholder .  By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the New York Corporation, as sole stockholder of the Delaware Corporation, consents to, approves and adopts this Agreement and the Plan of Merger, and approves the Merger.  The New York Corporation agrees to execute such instruments as may be necessary or desirable to evidence its approval and adoption of this Agreement, the Plan of Merger attached as Exhibit A , and the Merger as the sole stockholder of the Delaware Corporation.

 

18.                                Expenses .  The Surviving Corporation shall pay all expenses of carrying this Agreement into effect and accomplishing the Merger.

 

19.                                Effective Date .  This Agreement and Plan of Merger shall be effective as of the date of filing of a counterpart of this Agreement or a Certificate of Ownership with the State of Delaware.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, have caused this Agreement to be executed as of this day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

HMS HOLDINGS CORP., a New York corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William C. Lucia

 

 

Name: William C. Lucia

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Walter D. Hosp

 

 

Walter D. Hosp, Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

HMS HOLDINGS CORP., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William C. Lucia

 

 

Name: William C. Lucia

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Walter D. Hosp

 

 

Walter D. Hosp, Treasurer and Secretary

 



 

Exhibit A
to Merger Agreement

 

PLAN OF MERGER

 

The following corporations are parties to this Plan of Merger:  (i) HMS Holdings Corp., a New York Corporation (the “New York Corporation”) and (ii) HMS Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Delaware Corporation”).

 

1.                                       The New York Corporation owns all of the outstanding shares of the Delaware Corporation.

 

2.                                       The New York Corporation shall be merged with and into the Delaware Corporation (the “Merger”).

 

3.                                       All of the shares of the Delaware Corporation outstanding immediately prior to the Merger shall thereupon be canceled.

 

4.                                       Upon the Merger, each outstanding share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the New York Corporation (“New York Common Stock”) shall be converted into one share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Delaware Corporation (“Delaware Common Stock”).

 

5.                                       Each holder of shares of the New York Corporation may thereupon surrender the share certificate or certificates to the Secretary of the Delaware Corporation and shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares into which the shares theretofore represented by a certificate or certificates so surrendered shall have been converted.

 

6.                                       Upon the Merger, each outstanding and unexercised option, warrant, or other right to purchase New York Common Stock shall become an option, warrant, or other right to purchase Delaware Common Stock on the basis of one share of Delaware Common Stock for each share of New York Common Stock issuable pursuant to any such option, warrant, or other stock purchase right, on the same terms and conditions applicable to any such the New York Corporation option, warrant, or other stock purchase right.

 

7.                                       The officers and directors of the New York Corporation immediately preceding the Merger shall be the officers and directors of the Delaware Corporation immediately following the Merger.

 

8.                                       The Certificate of Incorporation of the Delaware Corporation as in effect immediately preceding the Merger shall continue in full force and effect as the Certificate of Incorporation of the surviving corporation.

 

9.                                       The Bylaws of the Delaware Corporation as in effect immediately preceding the Merger shall continue in full force and effect as the Bylaws of the surviving corporation.

 



 

10.                                The name of the surviving corporation shall be “HMS Holdings Corp.”, a Delaware corporation.

 

11.                                This Plan of Merger shall be effective as of the date of filing of a Certificate of Ownership with the State of Delaware.

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

 

OF

 

HMS HOLDINGS CORP.

 

FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is HMS Holdings Corp.

 

SECOND:  The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 160 Greentree Drive, Suite 101, in the City of Dover, County of Kent, 19904.  The name of its registered agent at that address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

 

THIRD:  The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

FOURTH:  The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 130,000,000  shares, consisting of (i) 125,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”), and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Preferred Stock”).

 

The following is a statement of the designations and the powers, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation.

 

A                                        COMMON STOCK .

 

1.                                       General .  The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series as may be designated by the Board of Directors upon any issuance of the Preferred Stock of any series.

 

2.                                       Voting .  The holders of the Common Stock shall have voting rights at all meetings of stockholders, each such holder being entitled to one vote for each share thereof held by such holder; provided , however , that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (which, as used herein, shall mean the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended from time to time, including the terms of any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation.  There shall be no cumulative voting.

 

The number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 



 

3.                                       Dividends .  Dividends may be declared and paid on the Common Stock from funds lawfully available therefor as and when determined by the Board of Directors and subject to any preferential dividend or other rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.

 

4.                                       Liquidation .  Upon the dissolution or liquidation of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Common Stock will be entitled to receive all assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, subject to any preferential or other rights of any then outstanding Preferred Stock.

 

B                                        PREFERRED STOCK .

 

Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such terms as stated or expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation as hereinafter provided.  Any shares of Preferred Stock which may be redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law.

 

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by adopting a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the shares thereof and by filing a certificate of designations relating thereto in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to determine and fix the number of shares of such series and such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions, all to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolutions providing for issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank equally or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law.

 

The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting as a single class, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

FIFTH:  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute and this Certificate of Incorporation, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.

 

SIXTH:  In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and subject to the terms of any series of Preferred Stock and stockholder approval when required, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors at

 

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which a quorum is present.  The stockholders may not adopt, amend, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation, or adopt any provision inconsistent therewith, unless such action is approved, in addition to any other vote required by this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes that all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article SIXTH.

 

SEVENTH:  Except to the extent that the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware prohibits the elimination or limitation of liability of directors for breaches of fiduciary duty, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability.  No amendment to or repeal of this provision shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.  If the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware is amended to permit further elimination or limitation of the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as so amended.

 

EIGHTH:  The Corporation shall provide indemnification as follows:

 

1.                                       Actions, Suits and Proceedings Other than by or in the Right of the Corporation .  The Corporation shall indemnify each person who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) (all such persons being referred to hereafter as an “Indemnitee”), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines (including excise taxes and penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, and, with

 

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respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

2.                                       Actions or Suits by or in the Right of the Corporation .  The Corporation shall indemnify any Indemnitee who was or is a party to or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving, or has agreed to serve, at the request of the Corporation, as a director, officer, partner, employee or trustee of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan), or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity, against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and, to the extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit or proceeding and any appeal therefrom, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner which Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this Section 2 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation, unless, and only to the extent, that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of such liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) which the Court of Chancery of Delaware or such other court shall deem proper.

 

3.                                       Indemnification for Expenses of Successful Party .  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article EIGHTH, to the extent that an Indemnitee has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article EIGHTH, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, or on appeal from any such action, suit or proceeding, Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection therewith.  Without limiting the foregoing, if any action, suit or proceeding is disposed of, on the merits or otherwise (including a disposition without prejudice), without (i) the disposition being adverse to Indemnitee, (ii) an adjudication that Indemnitee was liable to the Corporation, (iii) a plea of guilty or nolo contendere by Indemnitee, (iv) an adjudication that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and (v) with respect to any criminal proceeding, an adjudication that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, Indemnitee shall be considered for the purposes hereof to have been wholly successful with respect thereto.

 

4.                                       Notification and Defense of Claim .  As a condition precedent to an Indemnitee’s right to be indemnified, such Indemnitee must notify the Corporation in writing as soon as practicable of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation involving such Indemnitee for which indemnity will or could be sought.  With respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense and/or to assume the defense thereof at its own expense, with legal counsel reasonably acceptable to Indemnitee.  After notice from the Corporation to Indemnitee of its election so to assume such defense, the Corporation shall not be liable to Indemnitee for any

 

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legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, other than as provided below in this Section 4.  Indemnitee shall have the right to employ his or her own counsel in connection with such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, but the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Corporation, (ii) counsel to Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest or position on any significant issue between the Corporation and Indemnitee in the conduct of the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel to assume the defense of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel for Indemnitee shall be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise expressly provided by this Article EIGHTH.  The Corporation shall not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Corporation or as to which counsel for Indemnitee shall have reasonably made the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above.  The Corporation shall not be required to indemnify Indemnitee under this Article EIGHTH for any amounts paid in settlement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation effected without its written consent.  The Corporation shall not settle any action, suit, proceeding or investigation in any manner which would impose any penalty or limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent.  Neither the Corporation nor Indemnitee will unreasonably withhold or delay its consent to any proposed settlement.

 

5.                                       Advance of Expenses .  Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of this Article EIGHTH, in the event of any threatened or pending action, suit, proceeding or investigation of which the Corporation receives notice under this Article EIGHTH, any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in defending an action, suit, proceeding or investigation or any appeal therefrom shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such matter; provided , however , that the payment of such expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in advance of the final disposition of such matter shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee to repay all amounts so advanced in the event that it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article EIGHTH; and provided further that no such advancement of expenses shall be made under this Article EIGHTH if it is determined (in the manner described in Section 6) that (i) Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Corporation, or (ii) with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  Such undertaking shall be accepted without reference to the financial ability of Indemnitee to make such repayment.

 

6.                                       Procedure for Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses .  In order to obtain indemnification or advancement of expenses pursuant to Section 1, 2, 3 or 5 of this Article EIGHTH, an Indemnitee shall submit to the Corporation a written request.  Any such advancement of expenses shall be made promptly, and in any event within 60 days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request of Indemnitee, unless (i) the Corporation has assumed the defense pursuant to Section 4 of this Article EIGHTH (and none of the circumstances

 

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described in Section 4 of this Article EIGHTH that would nonetheless entitle the Indemnitee to indemnification for the fees and expenses of separate counsel have occurred) or (ii) the Corporation determines within such 60-day period that Indemnitee did not meet the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1, 2 or 5 of this Article EIGHTH, as the case may be.  Any such indemnification, unless ordered by a court, shall be made with respect to requests under Section 1 or 2 only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination by the Corporation that the indemnification of Indemnitee is proper because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or 2, as the case may be.  Such determination shall be made in each instance (a) by a majority vote of the directors of the Corporation consisting of persons who are not at that time parties to the action, suit or proceeding in question (“disinterested directors”), whether or not a quorum, (b) by a committee of disinterested directors designated by majority vote of disinterested directors, whether or not a quorum, (c) if there are no disinterested directors, or if the disinterested directors so direct, by independent legal counsel (who may, to the extent permitted by law, be regular legal counsel to the Corporation) in a written opinion, or (d) by the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

7.                                       Remedies .  The right to indemnification or advancement of expenses as granted by this Article EIGHTH shall be enforceable by Indemnitee in any court of competent jurisdiction.  Neither the failure of the Corporation to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor an actual determination by the Corporation pursuant to Section 6 of this Article EIGHTH that Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct.  In any suit brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article EIGHTH.  Indemnitee’s expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably incurred in connection with successfully establishing Indemnitee’s right to indemnification, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in any suit brought by Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder it shall be a defense that the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

8.                                       Limitations .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article EIGHTH, except as set forth in Section 7 of this Article EIGHTH, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee pursuant to this Article EIGHTH in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee unless the initiation thereof was approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article EIGHTH, the Corporation shall not indemnify an Indemnitee to the extent such Indemnitee is reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, and in the event the Corporation makes any indemnification payments to an Indemnitee and such Indemnitee is subsequently reimbursed from the proceeds of insurance, such Indemnitee shall promptly refund indemnification payments to the Corporation to the extent of such insurance reimbursement.

 

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9.                                       Subsequent Amendment .  No amendment, termination or repeal of this Article EIGHTH or of the relevant provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable laws shall adversely affect or diminish in any way the rights of any Indemnitee to indemnification under the provisions hereof with respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation arising out of or relating to any actions, transactions or facts occurring prior to the final adoption of such amendment, termination or repeal.

 

10.                                Other Rights .  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article EIGHTH shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law (common or statutory), agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in Indemnitee’s official capacity and as to action in any other capacity while holding office for the Corporation, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director or officer, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors and administrators of Indemnitee.  Nothing contained in this Article EIGHTH shall be deemed to prohibit, and the Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into, agreements with officers and directors providing indemnification rights and procedures different from those set forth in this Article EIGHTH.  In addition, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by its Board of Directors, grant indemnification rights to other employees or agents of the Corporation or other persons serving the Corporation and such rights may be equivalent to, or greater or less than, those set forth in this Article EIGHTH.

 

11.                                Partial Indemnification .  If an Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Article EIGHTH to indemnification by the Corporation for some or a portion of the expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines (including excise taxes and penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) or amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation and any appeal therefrom but not, however, for the total amount thereof, the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee for the portion of such expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines (including excise taxes and penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) or amounts paid in settlement to which Indemnitee is entitled.

 

12.                                Insurance .  The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including any employee benefit plan) against any expense, liability or loss incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

13.                                Savings Clause .  If this Article EIGHTH or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each Indemnitee as to any expenses (including attorneys’ fees), liabilities, losses, judgments, fines (including excise taxes and penalties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, including an action by or

 

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in the right of the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article EIGHTH that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

 

14.                                Definitions .  Terms used herein and defined in Section 145(h) and Section 145(i) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in such Section 145(h) and Section 145(i).

 

NINTH:  This Article NINTH is inserted for the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

1.                                       General Powers .  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

2.                                       Number of Directors; Election of Directors .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors of the Corporation shall be established by the Board of Directors.  Election of directors need not be by written ballot, except as and to the extent provided in the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

3.                                       Classes of Directors .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors shall be and is divided into two classes, designated Class I and Class II.  Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-half of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors, with Class I containing the unequal number of directors, if necessary.  The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to Class I or Class II at the time such classification becomes effective.

 

4.                                       Terms of Office .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the second annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was elected; provided that each director initially assigned to Class I shall serve for a term expiring at the Corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation; and each director initially assigned to Class II shall serve for a term expiring at the Corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of this Certificate of Incorporation; provided further , that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of his or her successor and be subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

5.                                       Quorum .  The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of the number of directors fixed pursuant to Section 2 of this Article NINTH shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors.  If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than such a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

6.                                       Action at Meeting .  Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act

 

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of the Board of Directors unless a greater number is required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation.

 

7.                                       Removal .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors of the Corporation may be removed with or without cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors.  Any director may be removed for cause by a vote of the majority of directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present.

 

8.                                       Vacancies .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy or newly created directorship in the Board of Directors, however occurring, shall be filled only by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders.  A director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a successor and to such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

9.                                       Stockholder Nominations and Introduction of Business, Etc .  Advance notice of stockholder nominations for election of directors and other business to be brought by stockholders before a meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner provided by the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

10.                                Amendments to Article .  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article NINTH.

 

TENTH:  Stockholders of the Corporation may not take any action by written consent in lieu of a meeting unless written consents of all of the votes which stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors are received by the Corporation in accordance with the By-laws of the Corporation.

 

ELEVENTH:  Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by only the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with the By-laws of the Corporation.  Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, this Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, and notwithstanding the fact that a lesser percentage may be specified by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors shall be required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article ELEVENTH.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

BY-LAWS

 

OF

 

HMS HOLDINGS CORP.

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

 

 

 

1.1

Place of Meetings

1

 

 

 

 

 

1.2

Annual Meeting

1

 

 

 

 

 

1.3

Special Meetings

1

 

 

 

 

 

1.4

Notice of Meetings

3

 

 

 

 

 

1.5

Voting List

3

 

 

 

 

 

1.6

Quorum

4

 

 

 

 

 

1.7

Adjournments

4

 

 

 

 

 

1.8

Voting and Proxies

5

 

 

 

 

 

1.9

Action at Meeting

5

 

 

 

 

 

1.10

Nomination of Directors

6

 

 

 

 

 

1.11

Notice of Business at Annual Meetings

10

 

 

 

 

 

1.12

Conduct of Meetings

13

 

 

 

 

 

1.13

Consent Solicitation

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1

General Powers

17

 

 

 

 

 

2.2

Number, Election and Qualification

17

 

 

 

 

 

2.3

Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board

17

 

 

 

 

 

2.4

Classes of Directors

17

 

 

 

 

 

2.5

Terms of Office

18

 

 

 

 

 

2.6

Quorum

18

 

 

 

 

 

2.7

Action at Meeting

18

 

 

 

 

 

2.8

Removal

18

 

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2.9

Vacancies

18

 

 

 

 

 

2.10

Resignation

19

 

 

 

 

 

2.11

Regular Meetings

19

 

 

 

 

 

2.12

Special Meetings

19

 

 

 

 

 

2.13

Notice of Special Meetings

19

 

 

 

 

 

2.14

Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment

20

 

 

 

 

 

2.15

Action by Consent

20

 

 

 

 

 

2.16

Committees

20

 

 

 

 

 

2.17

Compensation of Directors

21

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICERS

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

Titles

21

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

Election

21

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

Qualification

21

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

Tenure

21

 

 

 

 

 

3.5

Resignation and Removal

22

 

 

 

 

 

3.6

Vacancies

22

 

 

 

 

 

3.7

President; Chief Executive Officer

22

 

 

 

 

 

3.8

Vice Presidents

23

 

 

 

 

 

3.9

Secretary and Assistant Secretaries

23

 

 

 

 

 

3.10

Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers

23

 

 

 

 

 

3.11

Salaries

24

 

 

 

 

 

3.12

Delegation of Authority

24

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

Issuance of Stock

24

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares

24

 

 

 

 

 

4.3

Transfers

25

 

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4.4

Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates

26

 

 

 

 

 

4.5

Record Date

26

 

 

 

 

 

4.6

Regulations

26

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

 

 

 

5.1

Fiscal Year

27

 

 

 

 

 

5.2

Corporate Seal

27

 

 

 

 

 

5.3

Waiver of Notice

27

 

 

 

 

 

5.4

Voting of Securities

28

 

 

 

 

 

5.5

Evidence of Authority

28

 

 

 

 

 

5.6

Certificate of Incorporation

28

 

 

 

 

 

5.7

Severability

28

 

 

 

 

 

5.8

Pronouns

28

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

AMENDMENTS

28

 

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ARTICLE I

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

1.1          Place of Meetings .  All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President or, if not so designated, at the principal office of the corporation.

 

1.2          Annual Meeting .  The annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting shall be held on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President (which date shall not be a legal holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held).

 

1.3          Special Meetings .  Special meetings of stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by only the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer.  Such special meetings shall be cal1ed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer at the request in writing from Eligible Holders (as defined below) of at least thirty percent (30%) of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote.  “Eligible Holder” means any record holder of outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation that (i) is making such request on its own behalf (and not on behalf of a beneficial owner of such common stock), or (ii) is making such request on behalf of a beneficial owner of such common stock, provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), such request must be accompanied by proof of such beneficial ownership in a form that would be sufficient to prove eligibility to submit a stockholder proposal under paragraph (b) of Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule. In determining whether requests to call a special meeting have been received from Eligible Holders of at least 30% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation, separate requests to call a special meeting will not be considered together if they relate to different items of business. Subject to paragraph 1.3(d) below, business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to the proposals set forth in the notice of such meeting.  The Board of Directors

 



 

may postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.  Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

 

(a)     A written request from a stockholder to call a special meeting shall not be effective unless it is signed and dated by a stockholder of record and unless it includes (i) all of the information and representations (including any required supplements) described in Section 1.10 of these By-laws if such business relates to the election of directors and (ii) all of the information and representations (including any required supplements) described in Section 1.11 of these By-laws in the case of all other business. A stockholder may revoke a request to call a special meeting by written revocation delivered to the secretary at any time prior to the special meeting; provided, however, that if as a result of such revocation(s), there no longer are requests to call a special meeting from Eligible Holders of at least 30% of the outstanding common stock of the corporation, the board of directors shall have the discretion to determine whether or not to proceed with the special meeting.

 

(b)     A written request from a stockholder to call a special meeting shall be ineffective if (1) it relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for stockholder action under applicable law, (2) such request is delivered between the time beginning on the 61st calendar day after the earliest date of signature on a written request that has been delivered to the secretary relating to an item of business (other than the election of directors) that is identical or substantially similar (a “Similar Item”) to an item of business included in such request and ending on the one-year anniversary of such earliest date, (3) a Similar Item will be submitted for stockholder approval at any stockholder meeting to be held on or before the 90th calendar day after the secretary receives such written request, or (4) a Similar Item has been presented at the most recent annual meeting or at any special meeting held within one year prior to receipt by the secretary of such request to call a special meeting.

 

(c)     The board of directors shall determine in good faith whether the requirements set forth in paragraph 1.3(b) have been satisfied. The secretary shall determine in good faith whether all other requirements set forth in this subsection have been satisfied.

 

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Any determination made pursuant to this paragraph 1.3(c) shall be binding on the corporation and its stockholders.

 

(d)     The board of directors shall determine the place, and fix the date and time, of any stockholder-requested special meeting. The board of directors may submit its own proposal or proposals for consideration at a stockholder-requested special meeting. The record date for such meeting shall be fixed in accordance with Section 213 (or its successor provisions) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and in accordance with Section 4.5 of these By-laws.

 

1.4          Notice of Meetings .  Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting.  Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given to stockholders, any notice shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to (in a manner consistent with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) by the stockholder to whom the notice is given.  The notices of all meetings shall state the place, date and time of the meeting and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting.  The notice of a special meeting shall state, in addition, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  If notice is given by mail, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the corporation.  If notice is given by electronic transmission, such notice shall be deemed given at the time specified in Section 232 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

1.5          Voting List .  The Secretary shall prepare, at least 10 calendar days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.  Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for a period of at least 10 calendar days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the

 

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information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation.  The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.  The list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.

 

1.6          Quorum .  Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided, however, that where a separate vote by a class or classes or series of capital stock is required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of such class or classes or series of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on such matter, present in person, present by means of remote communication in a manner, if any, authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to the vote on such matter.  A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum.

 

1.7          Adjournments .  Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to any other time and to any other place at which a meeting of stockholders may be held under these By-laws by the chairman of the meeting or by the stockholders present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote, although less than a quorum.  It shall not be necessary to notify any stockholder of any adjournment of less than 30 calendar days if the time and place of the adjourned meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which adjournment is taken, unless after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting.  At the adjourned meeting, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.

 

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1.8          Voting and Proxies .  Each stockholder shall have one vote for each share of stock entitled to vote and held of record by such stockholder and a proportionate vote for each fractional share so held, unless otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.  Each stockholder of record entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may vote in person (including by means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting) or may authorize another person or persons to vote for such stockholder by a proxy executed or transmitted in a manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized agent and delivered (including by electronic transmission) to the Secretary of the corporation.  No such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from the date of its execution, unless the proxy expressly provides for a longer period.

 

1.9          Action at Meeting .  When a quorum is present at any meeting, any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders at such meeting shall be decided by the vote of the holders of shares of stock having a majority in voting power of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of stock present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter (or if there are two or more classes or series of stock entitled to vote as separate classes, then in the case of each such class or series, the holders of a majority in voting power of the shares of stock of that class or series present or represented at the meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter), except when a different vote is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws.  A nominee for director shall be elected by the stockholders at such meeting if the votes cast “for” such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast “against” such nominee’s election (with “abstentions” and “broker non-votes” not counted as a vote either “for” or “against” that director’s election); provided, that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at any meeting of stockholders for which (i) the secretary of the corporation receives a notice that a stockholder has nominated a person for election to the Board of Directors in compliance with the advance notice requirements for stockholder nominees for director set forth in Section 1.10 of these By-laws and (ii) such nomination has not been withdrawn by such stockholder on or before the tenth business day before the corporation first mails its notice of meeting to the stockholders. No amendment to these By-laws shall alter, change or repeal any of the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9 unless such proposed

 

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amendment shall receive the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 51% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

1.10        Nomination of Directors .

 

(a)     Except for (1) any directors entitled to be elected by the holders of preferred stock, (2) any directors elected in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy or newly-created directorship or (3) as otherwise required by applicable law or stock exchange regulation, at any meeting of stockholders, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures in this Section 1.10 shall be eligible for election as directors.  Nomination for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of stockholders may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any stockholder of the corporation who (x) timely complies with the notice procedures in Section 1.10(b), (y) is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (z) is entitled to vote at such meeting.

 

(b)     To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received in writing by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation as follows: (i) in the case of an election of directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, not less than 90 calendar days nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 calendar days, or delayed by more than 60 calendar days, from the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be so received not earlier than the 120th calendar day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the tenth calendar day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; or (ii) in the case of an election of directors at a special meeting of stockholders, provided that the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer has determined, in accordance with Section 1.3, that directors shall be elected at such special meeting and provided further that the nomination made by the

 

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stockholder is for one of the director positions that the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer, as the case may be, has determined will be filled at such special meeting, not earlier than the 120 th  calendar day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 90th calendar day prior to such special meeting and (y) the tenth calendar day following the day on which notice of the date of such special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such special meeting was made, whichever first occurs.  In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a meeting (or the public disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice.

 

The stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each proposed nominee (1) such person’s name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (2) such person’s principal occupation or employment, (3) the class and series and number of shares of stock of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such person, (4) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among (x) the stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made and the respective affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such stockholder and such beneficial owner, on the one hand, and (y) each proposed nominee, and his or her respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with such nominee(s), on the other hand, including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith were the “registrant” for purposes of such Item and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant, and (5) any other information concerning such person that must be disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); and (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class and series and number of shares of stock of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a

 

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description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being made or who may participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of electing such nominee(s), (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, swaps, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by, or on behalf of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the corporation, (5) any other information relating to such stockholder and such beneficial owner 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 the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (6) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person(s) named in its notice and (7) a representation whether such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock reasonably believed by such stockholder or such beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect the nominee (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials).  Not later than 10 calendar days after the record date for the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(1)-(5) and (B)(1)-(5) of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the stockholder giving the notice in order to provide updated information as of the record date.  In addition, to be effective, the stockholder’s notice must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to serve as a director if elected.  The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as the corporation may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation or whether such nominee would be independent under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission and stock exchange rules.  A stockholder shall not have complied with

 

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this Section 1.10(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.10.

 

(c)     The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.10 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s nominee in compliance with the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.10), and if the chairman should determine that a nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.10, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and such nomination shall not be brought before the meeting.

 

(d)     Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 1.10 shall obligate the corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the corporation or the Board of Directors information with respect to any nominee for director submitted by a stockholder.

 

(e)     Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting to present a nomination, such nomination shall not be brought before the meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nominee may have been received by the corporation.  For purposes of this Section 1.10, to be considered a “qualified representative of the stockholder”, a person must be authorized by a written instrument executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.

 

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comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

1.11        Notice of Business at Meetings .

 

(a)     At any meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  To be properly brought before a special meeting, business must be brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 1.3, Section 1.10 or Section 1.11 of these By-laws.  To be properly brought before an annual or special meeting, business must be (1) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (2) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (3) properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder.  For business to be properly brought before an annual or special meeting by a stockholder, (i) if such business relates to the nomination of a person for election as a director of the corporation, the procedures in Section 1.10 must be complied with and (ii) if such business relates to any other matter, the business must constitute a proper matter under Delaware law for stockholder action and the stockholder must (x) have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary in accordance with the procedures in Section 1.11(b), (y) be a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual or special meeting and (z) be entitled to vote at such annual or special meeting.

 

(b)     To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received in writing by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation as follows: (i) in the case of an annual meeting, not less than 90 calendar days nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 calendar days, or delayed by more than 60 calendar days, from the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice must be so received not earlier than the 120th calendar day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the tenth calendar day following the day on

 

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which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; or (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, not earlier than the 120th calendar day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (x) the 90th calendar day prior to such special meeting and (y) the tenth calendar day following the day on which notice of the date of such special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a stockholders’ meeting (or the public announcement thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice.  In no event shall the adjournment or postponement of a stockholders’ meeting (or the public disclosure thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice.

 

The stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:  (A) as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, (2) the text of the proposal (including the exact text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the By-laws, the exact text of the proposed amendment), and (3) the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, and (B) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made (1) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class and series and number of shares of stock of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially or of record, by such stockholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a description of any material interest of such stockholder or such beneficial owner and the respective affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such stockholder or such beneficial owner in such business, (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between or among such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business or who may participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of such proposal, (5) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, swaps, profit interests, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by, or on behalf of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate

 

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loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or such beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the corporation, (6) any other information relating to such stockholder and such beneficial owner 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 the business proposed pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (7) a representation that such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting and (8) a representation whether such stockholder and/or such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials).  Not later than 10 calendar days after the record date for the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(3) and (B)(1)-(6) of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the stockholder giving the notice in order to provide updated information as of the record date.  Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any meeting of stockholders except in accordance with the procedures in this Section 1.11; provided that any stockholder proposal which complies with Rule 14a-8 of the proxy rules (or any successor provision) promulgated under the Exchange Act and is to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting of stockholders shall be deemed to comply with the notice requirements of this Section 1.11.  A stockholder shall not have complied with this Section 1.11(b) if the stockholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made) solicits or does not solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.11.

 

(c)                 The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether business was properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.11 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal in compliance

 

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with the representation with respect thereto required by this Section 1.11), and if the chairman should determine that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.11, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and such business shall not be brought before the annual meeting.

 

(d)                Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 1.11 shall obligate the corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any proxy statement or other stockholder communication distributed on behalf of the corporation or the Board of Directors information with respect to any proposal submitted by a stockholder.

 

(e)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.11, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting to present business, such business shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such business may have been received by the corporation.

 

(f)                  For purposes of this Section 1.11, the terms “qualified representative of the stockholder” and “public disclosure” shall have the same meaning as in Section 1.10.

 

1.12                         Conduct of Meetings .

 

(a)                Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Chairman’s absence by the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, or in the Vice Chairman’s absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence, by the President, or in the President’s absence by a Vice President, or in the absence of all of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of Directors.  The Secretary shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

(b)                The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the corporation as it shall deem appropriate including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting.  Except to the extent

 

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inconsistent with such rules, regulations and procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting.  Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.  Unless and to the extent determined by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

(c)                 The chairman of the meeting shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at the meeting will be opened and closed.  After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.

 

(d)                In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President shall appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof.  One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the corporation.  Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability.  The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be

 

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required by law.  Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted by a duly appointed inspector or duly appointed inspectors.

 

1.13                         Consent Solicitation .

 

(a)                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 calendar 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 calendar days after the date on which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date (unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 1.13(a)).  If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 1.13(a) or otherwise within 10 calendar days of the date on which such a written 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 after the expiration of such 10-day time period 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 an officer or agent of the 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 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 day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

 

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(b)                In the event of the delivery, in the manner provided by this Section 1.13 and applicable law, to the corporation of a written consent or consents purporting to authorize or take corporate action and/or related revocations, which for the avoidance of doubt shall be all of the voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, (such written consent or consents together with any related revocations is referred to in this section as a “Consent”), the Secretary shall provide for the safekeeping of such Consent and shall immediately appoint duly qualified and independent inspectors to:  (i) conduct promptly such reasonable ministerial review as such inspectors deem necessary or appropriate for the purpose of ascertaining the sufficiency and validity of such Consent and all matters incident thereto, including whether holders of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent; and (ii) deliver to the Secretary a written report regarding the foregoing.  For the purpose of permitting the inspector or inspectors to perform such review, no action by written consent and without a meeting shall be effective until such inspector or inspectors have completed their review, determined that the requisite number of valid and unrevoked consents, which for the avoidance of doubt shall be all of the voting power of the shares of the capital stock of the corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, delivered to the corporation in accordance with this Section 1.13 and applicable law have been obtained to authorize or take the action specified in the consents, and certified such determination for entry in the records of the corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders.  If after such investigation and report the Secretary shall determine that the Consent is valid and that holders of shares having the requisite voting power to authorize or take the action specified in the Consent have given consent, that fact shall be certified on the records of the corporation kept for the purpose of recording the proceedings of meetings of stockholders, and the Consent shall be filed in such records, at which time the Consent shall become effective as stockholder action.  Nothing contained in this Section 1.13 shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any consent or revocation thereof, whether before or after such certification by the independent inspector or inspectors, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

 

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ARTICLE II

 

DIRECTORS

 

2.1                                General Powers .  The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors, who may exercise all of the powers of the corporation except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

2.2                                Number, Election and Qualification .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the number of directors of the corporation shall be established by the Board of Directors.  Election of directors need not be by written ballot.  Directors need not be stockholders of the corporation.

 

2.3                                Chairman of the Board; Vice Chairman of the Board .  The Board of Directors may appoint from its members a Chairman of the Board and a Vice Chairman of the Board, neither of whom need be an employee or officer of the corporation.  If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, such Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors and, if the Chairman of the Board is also designated as the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, shall have the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer prescribed in Section 3.7 of these By-laws.  If the Board of Directors appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, such Vice Chairman shall perform such duties and possess such powers as are assigned by the Board of Directors.  Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or, in the Chairman’s absence, the Vice Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

2.4                                Classes of Directors .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors shall be and is divided into two classes:  Class I and Class II.  Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-half of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors, with Class I containing the unequal number of directors, if necessary.  The allocation of directors among classes shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

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2.5                                Terms of Office .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, each director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the second annual meeting of stockholders following the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director was elected; provided that each director initially assigned to Class I shall serve for a term expiring at the corporation’s first annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of these By-laws; and each director initially assigned to Class II shall serve for a term expiring at the corporation’s second annual meeting of stockholders held after the effectiveness of these By-laws; provided further, that the term of each director shall continue until the election and qualification of his or her successor and be subject to his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.6                                Quorum .  The greater of (a) a majority of the directors at any time in office and (b) one-third of the number of directors established by the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 2.2 of these By-laws shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors.  If at any meeting of the Board of Directors there shall be less than such a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

 

2.7                                Action at Meeting .  Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater number is required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

2.8                                Removal .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, directors of the corporation may be removed, with or without cause, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes which all the stockholders would be entitled to cast in any annual election of directors or class of directors.  Any director may be removed for cause by a vote of the majority of directors present a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present.

 

2.9                                Vacancies .  Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, any vacancy or newly-created directorship on the Board of Directors, however occurring, shall be filled only by vote of a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and shall not be filled by the stockholders.  A director elected to fill

 

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a vacancy shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen, subject to the election and qualification of a successor or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

2.10                         Resignation .  Any director may resign by delivering a resignation in writing or by electronic transmission to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary.  Such resignation shall be effective upon delivery unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event.

 

2.11                         Regular Meetings .  Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided that any director who is absent when such a determination is made shall be given notice of the determination.  A regular meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders.

 

2.12                         Special Meetings .  Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time and place designated in a call by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, two or more directors, or by one director in the event that there is only a single director in office.

 

2.13                         Notice of Special Meetings .  Notice of the date, place and time of any special meeting of directors shall be given to each director by the Secretary or by the officer or one of the directors calling the meeting.  Notice shall be duly given to each director (a) in person or by telephone at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, (b) by sending written notice by reputable overnight courier, telecopy, facsimile or electronic transmission, or delivering written notice by hand, to such director’s last known business, home or electronic transmission address at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, or (c) by sending written notice by first-class mail to such director’s last known business or home address at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting.  A notice or waiver of notice of a meeting of the Board of Directors need not specify the purposes of the meeting.

 

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2.14                         Meetings by Conference Communications Equipment .  Directors may participate in meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

2.15                         Action by Consent .  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent to the action in writing or by electronic transmission, and the written consents or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or committee.  Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

2.16                         Committees .  The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board of Directors thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.  In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors and subject to the provisions of law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it.  Each such committee shall keep minutes and make such reports as the Board of Directors may from time to time request.  Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, any committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless otherwise provided by the directors or in such rules, its business shall be conducted as nearly as possible in the same manner as is provided in these By-laws for the Board of Directors.  Except as otherwise provided in the

 

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Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, or the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

 

2.17                         Compensation of Directors .  Directors may be paid such compensation for their services and such reimbursement for expenses of attendance at meetings as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.  No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation or any of its parent or subsidiary entities in any other capacity and receiving compensation for such service.

 

ARTICLE III

 

OFFICERS

 

3.1                                Titles .  The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers with such other titles as the Board of Directors shall determine, including one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries.  The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as it may deem appropriate.

 

3.2                                Election .  The Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting following the annual meeting of stockholders.  Other officers may be appointed by the Board of Directors at such meeting or at any other meeting.

 

3.3                                Qualification .  No officer need be a stockholder.  Any two or more offices may be held by the same person.

 

3.4                                Tenure .  Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, each officer shall hold office until such officer’s successor is elected and qualified, unless a different term is specified in the resolution electing or appointing such officer, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

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3.5                                Resignation and Removal .  Any officer may resign by delivering a written resignation to the corporation at its principal office or to the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary.  Such resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless it is specified to be effective at some later time or upon the happening of some later event.  Any officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by vote of a majority of the directors then in office.  Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine, no officer who resigns or is removed shall have any right to any compensation as an officer for any period following such officer’s resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of such removal, whether such officer’s compensation be by the month or by the year or otherwise, unless such compensation is expressly provided for in a duly authorized written agreement with the corporation.

 

3.6                                Vacancies .  The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any offices other than those of Chief Executive Officer, President, Treasurer and Secretary.  Each such successor shall hold office for the unexpired term of such officer’s predecessor and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

3.7                                President; Chief Executive Officer .  Unless the Board of Directors has designated another person as the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation.  The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of the business of the corporation subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the office of chief executive or that are delegated to such officer by the Board of Directors.  The President shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) may from time to time prescribe.  In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or if there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and when so performing such duties shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chief Executive Officer.

 

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3.8                                Vice Presidents .  Each Vice President shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.  The Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title of Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.

 

3.9                                Secretary and Assistant Secretaries .  The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time prescribe.  In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty and power to give notices of all meetings of stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, to attend all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and keep a record of the proceedings, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of stockholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.

 

Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary may from time to time prescribe.  In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.

 

In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of stockholders or directors, the chairman of the meeting shall designate a temporary secretary to keep a record of the meeting.

 

3.10                         Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers .  The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall have such powers as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.  In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and have such powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation, to deposit funds of the corporation in depositories selected in accordance with these By-laws, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board of Directors, to make proper accounts of such funds, and to render as

 

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required by the Board of Directors statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the corporation.

 

The Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the Treasurer may from time to time prescribe.  In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.

 

3.11                         Salaries .  Officers of the corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

3.12                         Delegation of Authority .  The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officer or agent, notwithstanding any provision hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CAPITAL STOCK

 

4.1                                Issuance of Stock .  Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the whole or any part of any unissued balance of the authorized capital stock of the corporation or the whole or any part of any shares of the authorized capital stock of the corporation held in the corporation’s treasury may be issued, sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by vote of the Board of Directors in such manner, for such lawful consideration and on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine.

 

4.2                                Stock Certificates; Uncertificated Shares .  The shares of the corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the corporation’s stock shall be uncertificated shares.  Every holder of stock of the corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate, in such form as may be prescribed by law and by the Board of Directors, representing the number of shares held by such holder registered in certificate form.

 

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Each such certificate shall be signed in a manner that complies with Section 158 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

Each certificate for shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws, applicable securities laws or any agreement among any number of stockholders or among such holders and the corporation shall have conspicuously noted on the face or back of the certificate either the full text of the restriction or a statement of the existence of such restriction.

 

If the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock, provided that in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of each certificate representing shares of such class or series of stock a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a copy of the full text of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated shares, the corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to Sections 151, 202(a) or 218(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or, with respect to Section 151 of General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, a statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

4.3                                Transfers .  Shares of stock of the corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law and in these By-laws.  Transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the books of the corporation or by transfer agents designated to transfer shares of

 

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stock of the corporation.  Subject to applicable law, shares of stock represented by certificates shall be transferred only on the books of the corporation by the surrender to the corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the corporation or its transfer agent may reasonably require.  Except as may be otherwise required by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, the corporation shall be entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right to vote with respect to such stock, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock until the shares have been transferred on the books of the corporation in accordance with the requirements of these By-laws.

 

4.4                                Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates .  The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any previously issued certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors may prescribe, including the presentation of reasonable evidence of such loss, theft or destruction and the giving of such indemnity and posting of such bond as the Board of Directors may require for the protection of the corporation or any transfer agent or registrar.

 

4.5                                Record Date .  The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as a record date for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action.  Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and such record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 calendar days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 calendar days prior to any other action to which such record date relates.

 

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 before the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day before the day on which the meeting is held.  If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining

 

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stockholders for any other purpose (other than stockholder action by consent) shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating to such purpose.

 

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

 

4.6                                Regulations .  The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of shares of stock of the corporation shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may establish.

 

ARTICLE V

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

5.1                                Fiscal Year .  Except as from time to time otherwise designated by the Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January of each year and end on the last day of December in each year.

 

5.2                                Corporate Seal .  The corporate seal shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board of Directors.

 

5.3                                Waiver of Notice .  Whenever notice is required to be given by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-laws, a written waiver signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before, at or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice required to be given to such person.  Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in any such waiver.  Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

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5.4                                Voting of Securities .  Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer may waive notice of, vote, or appoint any person or persons to vote, on behalf of the corporation at, and act as, or appoint any person or persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for this corporation (with or without power of substitution) at, any meeting of stockholders or securityholders of any other entity, the securities of which may be held by this corporation.

 

5.5                                Evidence of Authority .  A certificate by the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary, or a temporary Secretary, as to any action taken by the stockholders, directors, a committee or any officer or representative of the corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.

 

5.6                                Certificate of Incorporation .  All references in these By-laws to the Certificate of Incorporation shall be deemed to refer to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.

 

5.7                                Severability .  Any determination that any provision of these By-laws is for any reason inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these By-laws.

 

5.8                                Pronouns .  All pronouns used in these By-laws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Except as specifically provided herein, these By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-laws may be adopted by the Board of Directors or by a majority vote of the stockholders.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PAR VALUE, OF HMS Holdings Corp. transferable on the books of the Corporation by said owner in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject to all of the terms, conditions and limitations of the Certificate of Incorporation and all amendments thereto and supplements thereof. This Certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of the Corporation’s duly authorized officers. Dated: