BY-LAWS
OF
CHART INDUSTRIES,
INC.
As
Amended and Restated on December 16, 2008
ARTICLE
I
OFFICES
Section 1.
Registered
Office
. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2.
Other Offices
.
The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and
without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine or the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE
II
FISCAL
YEAR
Section 1.
Fiscal Year
.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end upon each December 31, or
otherwise shall be as designated by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
III
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.
Annual Meeting
.
The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of Directors, and for
the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held on such date after
the annual financial statements of the Corporation have been prepared as shall
be determined by the Board of Directors from time to time. Only such business
shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. In
the event that the annual meeting is not held on the date designated therefor in
accordance with this Section 1, the Directors shall cause the annual
meeting to be held as soon after that date as convenient.
Section 2.
Special
Meetings
. Special meetings
of stockholders, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any
time by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors or a
committee of the Board of Directors which has been duly designated by the Board
of Directors and whose powers and authority, as provided in a resolution of the
Board of Directors, include the power to call special meetings of stockholders
and no special meetings of stockholders shall be called by any other person or
persons. Calls for special meetings shall specify the purpose or
purposes of the proposed meeting, and
no business shall be considered at any such meeting other than that specified in
the call therefor. Notice of each special meeting shall be given in accordance
with these Amended and Restated By-laws.
Section 3.
Place of
Meetings
. All meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place,
if any, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated
in the notice of such meeting. The Board of Directors may, in its sole
discretion, determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may
instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by the
Delaware General Corporation Law. If authorized by the Board of Directors, and
subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt,
stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of
stockholders may, by means of remote communication, participate and be deemed
present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such meeting is
to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication,
provided that: (a) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to
verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by
means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder; (b) the
Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and
proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote
on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or
hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such
proceedings; and (c) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other
action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or
other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
Section 4.
Notice of Meetings and
Adjourned Meetings
. Written or other proper notice of any meeting of
stockholders stating the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means
of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be
deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the information needed
to access the stockholders’ list during the meeting if the meeting is held by
means of remote communication and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting
is called, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting
not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date
of the meeting. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be
given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the
Corporation under any provision of these Amended and Restated By-laws or
otherwise shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission
consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given; any such consent
shall be deemed revoked if (a) the Corporation is unable to deliver by
electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in
accordance with such consent, and (b) such inability becomes known to the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent,
or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, that
the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not
invalidate any meeting or other action. Notice given pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be deemed given: (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when
directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at
which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a
posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the
stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting,
and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form
of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder in the manner
consented to by the stockholder.
When
a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, if any, notice need not be
given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place, if any, thereof, 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 the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned
meeting the Corporation may transact any business which might have been
transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
(30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the
adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.
For
purposes of these Amended and Restated By-laws, “electronic transmission” means
any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of
paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a
recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a
recipient through an automated process.
Section 5.
Stockholders’
List
. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation
shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose
germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the
meeting, either (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided
that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the
notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the
principal place of business of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at
a place, the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the
meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder
who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote
communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any
stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible
electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be
provided with the notice of the meeting.
Section 6.
Quorum;
Adjournment
. At any meeting of the stockholders, except as otherwise
provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, or these Amended and Restated By-laws, a majority
of the shares entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided that
no action required by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or
these Amended and Restated By-laws to be authorized or taken by a designated
proportion of shares may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion;
provided, further, that where a separate vote by a class or classes of shares is
required by law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or these
Amended and Restated By-laws, a majority of the outstanding shares of such class
or classes, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum
entitled to take action with respect to that vote. If such quorum shall not be
present or represented by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders, the
stockholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power, by vote
of a majority of the shares so present or represented, to adjourn the meeting
from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until
a quorum shall be present or represented by proxy.
Section 7.
Voting
. In all
matters other than the election of Directors and other than any matters upon
which by express provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or of these Amended and Restated By-laws a different vote is
required, the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote on the subject
matter and present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the
act of the stockholders. Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes
of the shares entitled to vote on the election of Directors and present in
person or represented by proxy at the meeting. Except as otherwise provided in
the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder entitled
to vote at any meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to one vote for
each share of capital stock held by such stockholder. Upon the request of not
less than 10% in interest of the stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting,
voting shall be by written ballot, unless otherwise provided in the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation; if authorized by the stockholders, such
requirement of a written ballot shall be satisfied, if authorized by the Board
of Directors, by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission, provided that
any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with
information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was
authorized by the stockholder or proxyholder.
Section 8.
Proxies
. Each
stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders may authorize, by
any means permitted pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law and
approved by the Board of Directors, another person or persons to act for him by
proxy. No such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years
from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.
Section 9.
Notice of Stockholder
Business and Nominations
.
(a)
Annual Meeting of
Stockholders
.
(i) The
nomination of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation
and the proposal of any business to be considered by the stockholders may be
made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) as specified in the
notice of meeting, if so specified, (B) by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in the event of his
absence or disability, the Vice Chairman, or in the event of his absence or
disability, the Chief Executive Officer or other officers of the Corporation
designated by the Board, or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who
is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 9 and who is a stockholder of
record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation
and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice
of and to vote at such annual meeting.
(ii) For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by
a stockholder pursuant to subparagraph (a)(i)(C) of this Section 9, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing or by electronic
transmission to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s
notice shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal
place of business of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) calendar
days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) calendar days prior to the
anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders;
provided that if the date of the annual meeting is moved more than twenty-five
(25) calendar days before or after such anniversary date, to be timely,
notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the date on which notice of
the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public announcement of the date of
the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the
adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new period for the giving of a
stockholder’s notice as described above.
(A)
To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the
Corporation proposing business other than nominations of persons for election to
the Board of Directors (which nominations must comply with subparagraph
(a)(ii)(B) of this Section 9) must set forth as to each matter such
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (1) a brief description
of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons
for conducting such business at the annual meeting; (2) the name and record
address of such stockholder; (3) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any
beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made, (A) the class, series and
number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned by such
stockholder and any beneficial owner, (B) the name of each nominee holder of
shares owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder and the number
of shares of stock held by each such nominee holder, and (C) whether and the
extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short
interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by
or on behalf of such stockholder or such beneficial owner with respect to stock
of the Corporation and whether any other agreement, arrangement or understanding
(including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock)
has been made by or on behalf of such stockholder or beneficial owner, the
effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage
risk of stock price changes for, such stockholder or beneficial owner or to
increase the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such stockholder
or beneficial owner with respect to stock of the Corporation; (4) a description
of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings between such stockholder and
any beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made and any other person
or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such
business by such stockholder or beneficial owner and any material interest of
such stockholder or beneficial owner in such business, including any anticipated
benefit to the stockholder or beneficial owner therefrom; (5) a representation
that such stockholder will provide the Corporation in writing the information
required pursuant to the above clauses (3)(A), (B), and (C) and clause (4) of
this subparagraph as of the record date for the annual meeting promptly
following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is
first publicly announced; (6) a representation that such stockholder intends to
appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before
the meeting; and (7) any other information relating to such stockholder that
would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required
to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies with respect to
business brought at an annual meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 14 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(B)
To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the
Corporation proposing nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors must set forth (1) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and
residence address of such person; (ii) the principal occupation or employment of
such person, (iii) (A) the class, series and number of all shares of stock of
the Corporation which are owned by such person, (B) the name of each nominee
holder of shares owned beneficially but not of record by such person and the
number of shares of stock held by each such nominee holder, and (C) whether and
the extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short
interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by
or on behalf of such person with respect to stock of the Corporation and whether
any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position
or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock) has been made by or on behalf of
such person, the effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss
to, or to manage risk of stock price changes for, such person or to increase the
voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such person with respect to
stock of the Corporation; and (iv) any other information relating to the person
that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings
required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of
directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder; and (2) as to the stockholder giving the
notice and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination is made (i) the
name and record address of such stockholder; (ii) (A) the class, series and
number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned by such
stockholder and any beneficial owner, (B) the name of each nominee holder of
shares owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder and the number
of shares of stock held by each such nominee holder, and (C) whether and the
extent to which any derivative instrument, swap, option, warrant, short
interest, hedge or profit interest or other transaction has been entered into by
or on behalf of such stockholder or beneficial owner with respect to stock of
the Corporation and whether any other agreement, arrangement or understanding
(including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares of stock)
has been made by or on behalf of such stockholder or beneficial owner, the
effect or intent of any of the foregoing being to mitigate loss to, or to manage
risk of stock price changes for, such stockholder or beneficial owner or to
increase the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such stockholder
or beneficial owner with respect to stock of the Corporation; (iii) a
description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings between such
stockholder and such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other
person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s)
are to be made by such stockholder, and any material interest of such
stockholder and such beneficial owner in such nomination, including any
anticipated benefit to the stockholder or beneficial owner therefrom; (iv) a
representation that such stockholder will provide the Corporation in writing the
information required pursuant to the above clauses (1)(iii)(A), (B), and (C),
clauses (2)(ii)(A), (B), and (C), and clause (iii) of this subparagraph as of
the record date for the annual meeting promptly following the later of the
record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly announced;
(v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by
proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice; and (vi) any
other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with the solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant
to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each
proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if
elected.
(b)
Special
Meetings of Stockholders
.
Only such business as shall have been brought before the special meeting of the
stockholders pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting as provided in
Article III, Sections 2 and 4 of these Amended and Restated
By-laws shall be conducted at such meeting. Nominations of persons for election
to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at
which Directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of
meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or
(ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the
meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
Section 9 and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is
delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and on the record date for the
determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such special
meeting. Nominations by a stockholder of persons for election to the Board of
Directors may be made at such special meeting of stockholders if the stockholder
delivers notice thereof, meeting the requirements and setting forth the
information required by subparagraph (a)(ii)(B) of this Section 9 (treating
references to “annual meeting” in such subparagraph (a)(ii)(B) of this
Section 9 as references to such special meeting), to the Secretary at the
principal place of business of the Corporation not earlier than ninety
(90) calendar days prior to such special meeting or later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) calendar day following the date on which public
announcement is first made of the date of such meeting and
the nominees proposed by the Board of
Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the adjournment of a
special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s
notice as described above.
(c)
General
. Only
those persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 9 shall be eligible for election as Directors, and only such
business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been
brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 9. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, or these Amended and Restated By-laws, the
Chairman of the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a
nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has met the
requirements set forth in this Section 9 and, if any proposal or nomination
is not in compliance with this Section 9, to declare that such defective
proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. The Chairman of the meeting of
stockholders shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting
that any nomination or business was not properly brought before the meeting and
in accordance with the provisions of these Amended and Restated By-laws, and if
he or she should so determine, the Chairman shall so declare to the meeting, and
any such nomination or business not properly brought before the meeting shall
not be transacted. Nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to preclude
discussion by any stockholder of any business or nomination that the Chairman
determines is properly brought before the meeting.
(d)
Whenever used in these Amended and Restated By-laws, “public announcement” shall
mean disclosure (a) in a press release released by the Corporation,
provided such press release is released by the Corporation following its
customary procedures, is reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated
Press or comparable national news service, or is generally available on internet
news sites, or (b) 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 or any successors thereto.
Section 10.
Action by Stockholders
by Written Consent
. Except as otherwise provided in the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be
taken at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders may be taken without
a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in
writing or by electronic transmission, setting forth the action so taken, shall
be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum
number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted, and
such written consent or consents or electronic transmission or transmissions are
filed with the minutes of proceedings of the stockholders. Such filings 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.
Every
written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs
the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate
action referred to therein unless, within 60 days after the date the
earliest dated consent is delivered to the Corporation, a written consent or
consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered
to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in the first paragraph of this
Section 10. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission
consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or
proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or
proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of
this Section 10 to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be
delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a
meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those
stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been
taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the
record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a
sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the
corporation.
Any
copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be
substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for
which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or
other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original
writing.
ARTICLE
IV
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
Section 1.
General Powers
.
The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of a Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall exercise all of
the powers and duties conferred by law, except as may be otherwise provided in
the Delaware General Corporation Law or in the Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation.
Section 2.
Number of
Directors
. The number of directors shall be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall be elected by the stockholders
at their annual meeting, and each director shall be elected to serve for the
term of one year and until his successor shall be elected and qualified or until
his earlier resignation or removal. Directors may, but need not, be
stockholders.
Section 3.
Election of
Directors
. The Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of
stockholders, or if not so elected, at a special meeting of stockholders called
for that purpose, or by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
entitled to vote in the election of Directors pursuant to a written consent or
consents of such stockholders; at any meeting of stockholders at which Directors
are to be elected, only persons nominated as candidates shall be eligible for
election, and the Directors elected at a meeting shall be elected by a plurality
of the votes of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote on the election of Directors. The vote of any
stockholder on an election of Directors may be taken in any manner approved by
the Board of Directors prior to the meeting and no such vote shall be required
to be taken by written ballot or by electronic transmission unless otherwise
required by law.
Section 4.
Removal;
Vacancies
. Except as otherwise provided in the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, any Director or the entire Board of Directors may
be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the affirmative vote of the
holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares then entitled to vote
in the election of Directors at any annual or special meeting of the
stockholders called for that purpose or by written consent to the extent
permitted by law and the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. The
vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal or any
removal pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may be
filled by a majority of the Directors remaining in office (although less than a
quorum) or by the sole remaining Director.
Section 5.
Resignation;
Vacancies
. Any Director may resign at any time upon notice given in
writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. A resignation from the
Board of Directors shall be deemed to take effect immediately upon receipt of
such notice or at such other time as the Director may specify in such notice.
The vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from such
resignation shall be filled by a majority of the Directors remaining in office
(although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining Director. If a Director
dies, the vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from such
death shall be filled by a majority of the Directors remaining in office
(although less than a quorum) or by the sole remaining Director. Each Director
so chosen to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the unexpired term of his
predecessor and until the next election of Directors, and until his successor
shall be elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation or
removal.
Section 6.
Annual Meeting
.
Immediately following each annual meeting of stockholders for the election of
Directors, the Board of Directors may meet for the purpose of organization, the
election of officers and the transaction of other business at the place, if any,
where the annual meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors is held.
Notice of such meeting need not be given. Such meeting may be held at any other
time or place, if any, which shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter
provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors or in a consent and
waiver of notice thereof signed by all of the Directors.
Section 7.
Regular
Meetings
. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such
places (within or without the State of Delaware), if any, and at such times as
the Board shall by resolution determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting
shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the
meeting which would otherwise be held on that day shall be held at such place,
if any, at the same hour and on the next succeeding business day not a legal
holiday. Notice of regular meetings need not be given.
Section 8.
Special
Meetings
. Special meetings
of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the
Board, by the President, by any Director or by the Secretary. Notice of each
such meeting shall be mailed to each Director, addressed to him at his residence
or usual place of business, at least three (3) days before the day on which
the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him by telegram or cablegram so
addressed, or shall be delivered personally or by telephone or telecopy or other
electronic or wireless means, at least twenty-four (24) hours before the
time the meeting is to be held. Each such notice shall state the time and place
(within or without the State of Delaware), if any, of the meeting but need not
state the
purposes
thereof, except as otherwise required by the Delaware General Corporation Law or
by these Amended and Restated By-laws.
Section 9.
Quorum: Voting
Adjournment
. Except as otherwise provided by the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or by these Amended and Restated By-laws, a
majority of the total number of Directors or any committee thereof shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, and the vote
of a majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. In
the absence of a quorum, the Director or Directors present at any meeting may
adjourn such meeting from time to time until a quorum shall be present. Notice
of any adjourned meeting need not be given.
Section 10.
Communications
.
Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may participate
in a meeting of such board or committee by means of conference telephone or
other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this
Section 10 shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
Section 11.
Action of Directors
Without a Meeting
. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any
meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken
without a meeting if all members of the Board or such committee, as the case may
be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such written
consent or consents or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with
the minutes of proceedings of the Board or such committee. Such filings 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.
Section 12.
Compensation
.
The Board of Director shall have the authority to fix the compensation of
Directors for their services. Nothing herein contained shall be construed so as
to preclude any Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, or
from serving any of its stockholders, subsidiaries or affiliated corporations in
any capacity, and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 13.
Committees
. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the
Corporation and to be governed by Section 141(c)(2) of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended from time to time (or of any successor thereto,
however denominated). The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at
any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of
a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Subject to the
limitations of Section 141(c) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended from time to time (or of any successor thereto, however denominated),
any such committee, to the extent provided in the Board resolution, shall have
and may exercise 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 (if any) to be affixed to all papers which may require
it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference to the
following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to
stockholders, any action or
matter expressly required by law to be
submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) adopting, amending or
repealing any bylaw of the Corporation. Such committee or committees shall have
such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted
by the Board of Directors. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its
meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors when
required.
Section 14.
Interested Directors;
Quorum
. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or
more of its Directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other
corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more
of its Directors or officers are Directors or officers, or have a financial
interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because
the Director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the
Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or
transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purposes,
if: (a) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the
contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or
the committee, and the Board or committee in good faith authorizes the contract
or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested
Directors, even though the disinterested Directors be less than a quorum; or
(b) the material facts as to his relationship or interest and as to the
contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled
to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in
good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (c) the contract or transaction
is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or
ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders.
Common or interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a
quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes
the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE
V
NOTICES
Section 1.
Notices
. Whenever, under the provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law or of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or these Amended and Restated By-laws, notice is required to be
given to any Director or stockholder, it shall not be necessary that personal
notice be given, and such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to
such Director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation or at his residence or usual place of business, with postage thereon
prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given three (3) days after
the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice also may be given
in any other proper form, as authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Notice that is given by facsimile shall be deemed delivered when sent to a
number at which any Director or stockholder has consented to receive such notice
with receipt confirmed. Notice that is given in person or by telephone shall be
deemed to be given when the same shall be delivered. Without limiting the manner
by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to any Director or
stockholder, any notice given under any provision of these Amended and Restated
By-laws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission
consented to by such person. Notice given by electronic mail shall be deemed
delivered when directed to an electronic mail address at which such person has
consented to receive notice and notice given by a posting on an electronic
network together with separate notice to such person of such specific posting
shall be deemed delivered upon the later of (a) such posting and
(b) the
giving of
such separate notice. Notice given by any other form of electronic transmission
shall be deemed given when directed to any Director or stockholder in the manner
consented to by such Director or stockholder.
Section 2.
Waiver of
Notice
. Whenever any notice is required to be given under any provision
of the Delaware General Corporation Law or of the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or these Amended and Restated By-laws, a written
waiver of any notice, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice,
or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person or persons entitled to
notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person. 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.
ARTICLE
VI
OFFICERS
Section 1.
Officers
. The
officers of the Corporation shall include a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer
and, if the Board of Directors shall so determine, or as may be deemed necessary
by the Board from time to time, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the
Board, one or more Vice Presidents and other officers and assistant officers.
Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 2.
Election of
Officers
. Each officer of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board
of Directors and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Board of Directors
until his successor has been elected or until his earlier resignation or
removal.
Section 3.
Resignation
.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of his resignation
to the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect immediately upon
receipt of such notice or at such other time specified in such notice. Unless
otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation by the
Corporation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 4.
Removal
. Any
officer may he removed at any time, either with or without cause, by action of
the Board of Directors.
Section 5.
Vacancies
. A
vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal or any other reason
shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 6.
Powers and
Duties
. All officers, as
between themselves and the Corporation, shall have such authority and perform
such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, and as may
be specified from time to time by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether
such authority and duties are customarily incident to such office. In the
absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason the Board of
Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate for the time
being the powers or duties of such officer, or any of them, to any other officer
or to any Director. The Board of Directors may
from time to time delegate to any
officer the authority to appoint and remove subordinate officers and to
prescribe their authority and duties.
Section 7.
Compensation
.
The compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board
of Directors or, if delegated by the Board, by the President or Chairman of the
Board. Any such decision by the President or Chairman of the Board shall be
final unless expressly overruled or modified by action of the Board of
Directors, in which event such action of the Board of Directors shall be
conclusive of the matter. Nothing contained herein shall preclude any officer
from serving the Corporation in any other capacity, including that of Director,
or from serving any of its stockholders, subsidiaries or affiliated corporations
in any capacity, and receiving a proper compensation therefor.
ARTICLE
VII
INDEMNIFICATION OF
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
Section 1.
Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
. The Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest
extent now or hereafter permitted by law, any Director or officer who was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in, any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (hereafter, a “proceeding”), by reason
of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal
representative, is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, manager,
partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service
with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, manager, partner,
trustee, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or agent, against all expense,
liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise
taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner such person 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; and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who
has ceased to be a director, officer, manager, partner, trustee, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators, provided, however, that, (i) except as provided in
Section 4 of this Article, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person
seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and (ii) the
Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify against any amount paid in
settlement unless the Corporation has consented to such settlement.
Section 2.
Indemnification of
Employees and Agents
. The Corporation may indemnify any employee or agent
of the Corporation to an extent greater than that required by law only if and to
the extent that the Directors may, in their discretion, so
determine.
Section 3.
Advancement of
Expenses
. Expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by a person who
is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation in defending any proceeding
referred to in Section 1 of this Article, shall be paid by the Corporation,
in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding (hereinafter an
“advancement of expenses”) upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of
such person to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation
as authorized in this Article; which undertaking may be secured or unsecured, at
the discretion of the Corporation.
Section 4.
Procedures and
Presumptions under this Article VII
. If a claim under Section 1
of this Article is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty
(60) days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation,
except in the case of a claim for advancement of expenses, in which case the
applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the claimant may at any time
thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of
the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit
brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the
terms of an undertaking, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the
expense of prosecuting such claim. In (a) any suit brought by a claimant to
enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by a
claimant to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense
that, and (b) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement
of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be
entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the claimant
has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, a committee of such Board of Directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination
prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is
proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in the General Corporation Law for the State of Delaware, nor
an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, a
committee of such Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has
not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit
brought by the claimant, be a defense to such suit.
Section 5.
Determination of
Entitlement to Indemnification
. Any indemnification to be provided under
Section 1 or 2 of this Article VII (unless ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction and except as specified in Section 145(c) (or any
successor Section) of the Delaware General Corporation Law) shall be made by the
Corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
the indemnification is proper under the circumstances because such person has
met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such paragraph. Such
determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority
vote of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding, even
though less than a quorum, in respect of which indemnification is sought or by a
majority vote of members of a committee of the Board of Directors composed of at
least two members each of whom is not a party to such action, suit or
proceeding, or (ii) if such a quorum is not obtainable and/or such a
committee is not established or obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a quorum
of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written
opinion, or (iii) by the stockholders entitled to vote
thereon.
Section 6.
Indemnification
Provided in this Article VII Not Exclusive
. The indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided under this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any law, the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, these Amended and Restated
By-laws, any agreement, vote of stockholders or of disinterested Directors or
otherwise, both as to action in their official capacity and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7.
Article VII
Deemed a Contract
. This Article shall be deemed to be a contract between
the Corporation and each person who is or was a Director or officer of the
Corporation, or individual who is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, member, partner, trustee, employee or agent
of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, who serves or served in such capacity at any time
while this Article is or was in effect, and any repeal, amendment or other
modification of this Article shall not affect any rights or obligations then
existing with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any
action, suit or proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or threatened based
in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.
Section 8.
Insurance
. The
Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or individual serving
at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member, partner,
trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense,
liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to
indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE
VIII
LOANS, CHECKS DEPOSITS,
ETC.
Section 1.
General
. All
checks, drafts, bills of exchange or other orders for the payment of money,
issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such person or persons
and in such manner as may from time to time be designated by the Board of
Directors, which designation may be general or confined to specific
instances.
Section 2.
Loans and
Evidences of Indebtedness
.
No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no evidence of
indebtedness shall be issued in its name, unless authorized by the Board of
Directors. Such authorization may be general or confined to specific instances.
Loans so authorized by the Board of Directors may be effected at any time for
the Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution, or from any
firm, corporation or individual. All bonds, debentures, notes and other
obligations or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation issued for such
loans shall be made, executed and delivered as the Board of Directors shall
authorize. When so authorized by the Board of Directors, any part of or all the
properties, including contract rights, assets, business or goodwill of the
Corporation, whether then owned or thereafter acquired, may be mortgaged,
pledged, hypothecated or conveyed or assigned in trust as security for the
payment of such bonds, debentures, notes and other
obligations or evidences of
indebtedness of the Corporation, and of the interest thereon, by instruments
executed and delivered in the name of the Corporation.
Section 3.
Banking
. All
funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to
time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other
depositaries as the Board of Directors may authorize. The Board of Directors may
make such special rules and regulations with respect to such bank accounts, not
inconsistent with the provisions of these Amended and Restated By-laws, as it
may deem expedient. For the purpose of deposit and for the purpose of collection
for the account of the Corporation, checks, drafts and other orders for the
payment of money which are payable to the order of the Corporation shall be
endorsed, assigned and delivered by such person or persons and in such manner as
may from time to time be authorized by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.
Securities Held by the
Corporation
. Unless otherwise provided by resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors, the Board, the President or any Vice President of the Corporation
may from time to time appoint an attorney or attorneys, or an agent or agents,
to exercise in the name and on behalf of the Corporation the powers and rights
to vote or consent which the Corporation may have as the holder of stock or
other securities in any other corporation; and the Board or such officer may
instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of exercising such
powers and rights; and the Board or such officer may execute or cause to be
executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate
seal (if any), or otherwise, all such written proxies, powers of attorney or
other written instruments as the Board or such officer may deem necessary in
order that the Corporation may exercise such powers and rights.
ARTICLE
IX
STOCK
Section 1.
Certificates of
Stock
. Ownership of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be evidenced
by certificates or through the issuance of book-entry or non-certificated
shares. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to
have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the
President, a Vice President or the Chairman of the Board and by the Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation, representing the number and class of shares of stock in the
Corporation owned by him. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be
a facsimile. The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint one or more
transfer agents and/or registrars for the transfer or registration of
certificates of stock of any class, and may require stock certificates to be
countersigned or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or
registrars.
Section 2.
Lost,
Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates
. The Board of Directors may direct a
new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate for stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as it shall require and/or to give the
Corporation a bond in such sum as it
may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
Corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been
lost, stolen or destroyed. A new certificate of stock may be issued in the place
of any certificate previously issued by the Corporation that has become
mutilated without the posting by the owner of any bond upon the surrender by
such owner of such mutilated certificate.
Section 3.
Transfers
.
Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferable upon its books by the
holders thereof, in person or by their duly authorized attorneys or legal
representatives, upon surrender to the Corporation by delivery thereof to the
person in charge of the stock and transfer books and ledgers. Such certificates
shall be cancelled and new certificates shall thereupon be issued. A record
shall be made of each transfer. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made
for collateral security, and not absolutely, it shall be so expressed in the
entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented, both the
transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so. The Board of
Directors shall have power and authority to make such rules and regulations as
it may deem necessary or proper concerning the issue, transfer and registration
of certificates for shares of stock of the Corporation.
Section 4.
Record Dates
.
In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice
of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to
receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any
rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or
exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of
Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing such record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors. In the case of (a) a meeting, such record date also shall not be
more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such
meeting; (b) a consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting, such record date also shall not be more than ten (10) days after
the date upon which such resolution is adopted by the Board of Directors; or
(c) the payment of any dividend or other distribution, allotment of any
rights, exercise of any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange
of stock or any other lawful action, such record date also shall not be more
than sixty (60) days prior to such action. A determination of stockholders
of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall
apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
Section 5.
Protection of
Corporation
. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive
right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
Section 6.
Dividends
. Subject to the provisions of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may at
any regular or special meeting, declare dividends upon the stock of the
Corporation either (a) out of its surplus, as defined in and computed in
accordance with Sections 154 and 244 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law or (b) in case there shall be no such surplus, out of its net profits
for the fiscal year in which the
dividend is declared and/or the
preceding fiscal year. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares
of capital stock. Before the declaration of any dividend, the Board of Directors
may set apart, out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends, such
sum or sums as the Board of Directors deems proper as reserves to meet
contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any
property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of
Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
ARTICLE
X
FORM OF
RECORDS
Any
records maintained by the Corporation in the regular course of its business,
including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books, may be kept in
any manner authorized by the Delaware General Corporation law, including by
means of, or in the form of, any storage device or method, provided that records
so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable
time. The Corporation shall so convert any records kept in such manner upon the
request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
ARTICLE
XI
CORPORATE
SEAL
The
Corporation may adopt a corporate seal which, if adopted, shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words
“Corporate Seal, Delaware”. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile
thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE
XII
EMERGENCY
BY-LAWS
The
Board of Directors may adopt, either before or during an emergency, as that term
is defined by the Delaware General Corporation Law, any emergency by-laws
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law which shall be operative only
during such emergency. In the event the Board of Directors does not adopt any
such emergency by-laws, the special rules provided in the Delaware General
Corporation Law shall be applicable during an emergency as therein
defined.
ARTICLE
XIII
SECTION HEADINGS;
INTERPRETATION
The
headings contained in these Amended and Restated By-laws are for reference
purposes only and shall not be construed to be part of and shall not affect in
any way the meaning or interpretation of these Amended and Restated By-laws. In
the event that any provision of these Amended and Restated By-laws is or becomes
inconsistent with any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware or any other
applicable law, the provision of these Amended and Restated By-laws shall not be
given any effect to the extent of such inconsistency but shall otherwise be
given full force and effect.
ARTICLE
XIV
AMENDMENTS
These
Amended and Restated By-laws may be amended or repealed as provided by the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Any alteration,
amendment or repeal of Article VII of these Amended and Restated By-laws shall
not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
expenses of a person who is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation
existing at the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal with respect to any
acts or omissions occurring prior to such alteration, amendment or
repeal.