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):

June 27, 2014

 

BROOKFIELD DTLA FUND OFFICE

TRUST INVESTOR INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
001-36135
(Commission
File Number)

04-2616226

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10281

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(212) 417-7000

 

N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

 

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

 

On June 27, 2014, Mitchell E. Rudin resigned from his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Commercial Operations, of Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc. (the “Company”). Mr. Rudin’s resignation was not due to any disagreement between Mr. Rudin and the Company on any matters relating to the Company’s operations or financial practices and policies.

 

On August 11, 2014, Michelle L. Campbell was elected by the remaining directors serving on the Board to fill the vacancy on the Board created by Mr. Rudin’s resignation, and Ms. Campbell shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until a successor is elected and qualified (or her earlier resignation or removal). The Board elected Ms. Campbell as a director based on, among other factors, her knowledge of the Company and her experience in legal matters and commercial real estate. Ms. Campbell was not, and as of the date of this Current Report is not expected to be, named to any committees of the Board. Ms. Campbell will continue in her capacity as Vice President and Secretary of the Company. Ms. Campbell, age 43 and Canadian citizen, has served as Vice President, Secretary of the Company since April 2013 and has served as Vice President, Compliance and Secretary of BOP Management Inc. (“BOP”) and Brookfield Office Properties Inc. (“BPO”) since 2007. BPO is the Company’s ultimate parent and, through its subsidiary Brookfield DTLA Holdings LLC (“DTLA Holdings”), BPO manages the Company’s operations and activities, and it, together with the Board and officers, makes decisions on the Company’s behalf. BOP, an affiliate of BPO, is affiliated with the Company because certain subsidiaries of the Company have entered into arrangements with BOP, pursuant to which BOP provides property management and various other services to the Company.

 

Also on August 11, 2014, the Board appointed Paul L. Schulman as Chairman of the Board and President of the Company, effective August 11, 2014. The Board appointed Mr. Schulman as Chairman of the Board based on, among other factors, his knowledge of the Company, leadership capabilities and his experience in commercial real estate. Mr. Schulman will continue in his capacity as Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Commercial Operations of the Company. Mr. Schulman, age 46 and U.S. citizen, has served on the Board since November 2013. Mr. Schulman was appointed Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Commercial Operations of BPO in 2009. As described above, BPO is affiliated with the Company. Prior to this position, Mr. Schulman served as Senior Vice President, Regional Head of the Washington, DC Region for BPO. He joined Trizec Properties, Inc. (which was acquired by BPO) in 1998 as Portfolio Manager for the Washington, DC and northern Virginia portfolios.

 

Mr. Schulman and Ms. Campbell will continue to be compensated for their service on the Board pursuant to existing arrangements they have with the Company’s ultimate parent, BPO.

 

On August 14, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the aforementioned changes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

This Current Report on Form 8−K with respect to Mr. Rudin’s resignation was inadvertently filed late. When the inadvertent lapse in filing was determined, the Company promptly filed this Current Report on Form 8−K.

 

Item 5.03. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On August 11, 2014, the Board adopted and approved the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended Bylaws”), effective as of August 11, 2014. The Amended Bylaws restate the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws in their entirety and were adopted to incorporate (i) advance notice provisions with respect to certain stockholder matters, including the procedural and other requirements which must be met in order for a stockholder to propose a nominee for election as a director of the Board or any other matter for consideration at a meeting of the stockholders of the Company and (ii) a forum selection clause.

 

 
 

 

 

The Amended Bylaws, among other things, incorporate notice provisions for stockholder business proposals and nominations of directors for stockholder meetings to (i) give stockholders time to submit business proposals or director nominations by implementing advance notice deadlines applicable to any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, including (A) with respect to the first annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders to be held on October 17, 2014, as described below, which deadline is 10 days after the date of this filing, and (B) with respect to any subsequent annual meeting, 90 days before the first anniversary of the prior year’s date of mailing of the notice of the preceding year’s annual meeting, but no more than 120 days prior to such date, (ii) instruct a stockholder as to what type of disclosure the stockholder must include in its notice of a business proposal or director nomination. The Amended Bylaws also detail procedural requirements related to director nominations if the Board increases or decreases the size of the Board.

 

In addition, the Amended Bylaws add a forum selection clause, whereby the Company consents to and selects, among other things, the forum of the Circuit Court for Baltimore, Maryland for certain actions that may be brought by the Company’s stockholders against the Company, its directors, officers or other employees.

 

The foregoing summary of the Amended Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Bylaws which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.08. Shareholder Director Nominations.

 

On August 11, 2014, the Board approved October 17, 2014 as the date for the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The Board fixed the close of business on August 29, 2014 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. Stockholders wishing to nominate a director or propose matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting in the manner contemplated by the Amended Bylaws must submit timely notice thereof to the Company in order for such matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting. Because this is the Company’s first annual meeting, in accordance with Article II, Section 2.1(b) of the Amended Bylaws, to be timely, such notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices by August 25, 2014. Such proposals must also comply with all other requirements set forth in the Amended Bylaws and other applicable securities and other laws. The address of the Company’s principal executive offices is 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10281.

 

Item 8.01. Other Information

 

On August 14, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing the record date and meeting date for the Annual Meeting. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

The following exhibits are either filed or furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

   
Exhibit No. Exhibit Description
3.2 Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc.
99.1 Press release, dated August 14, 2014.

 

 
 

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

BROOKFIELD DTLA FUND OFFICE TRUST INVESTOR INC.

 

Dated:  As of August 14, 2014

By: /s/ Michelle L. Campbell

Name: Michelle L. Campbell

Title: Vice President, Counsel

  Secretary

 

 

Exhibit 3.2

BROOKFIELD DTLA FUND OFFICE TRUST INVESTOR INC.
(the “ Corporation ”)

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

 

Section 1 Principal Office. The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland shall be located at such place as the board of directors (the “ Board of Directors ”) of the Corporation may designate.

 

Section 2 Additional Offices . The Corporation may have additional offices, including a principal executive office, at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

Section 1 Place . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at such other place as shall be set by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting.

 

Section 2 Annual Meeting; Advance Notice. An annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Corporation shall be held on the date and at the time set by the Board of Directors. Failure to hold an annual meeting does not invalidate the Corporation's existence or affect any otherwise valid corporate acts.

 

(a) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting in Article II, Section 4, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in Article II, Section 2 and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with this Article II, Section 2.

 

(b) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to Article II, Section 2(a)(iii), the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall set forth all information required under this Article II, Section 2 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation, with respect to the first annual

 

 
 

 

meeting, after August 1, 2014, not later than the tenth day (or, if such tenth day is not a business day, the first business day after such tenth day) following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made, and with respect to any subsequent annual meeting, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the mailing of the notice for the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 120th day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for such annual meeting or the tenth day (or, if such tenth day is not a business day, the first business day after such tenth day) following the day on which public announcement of the date of mailing of the notice for such meeting is first made. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth (i) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director, (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of such individual, (B) the class, series and number of any shares of stock of the Corporation that are beneficially owned by such individual and the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, (C) whether such stockholder believes any such individual is, or is not, an “interested person” of the Corporation and (D) all other information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (the “ Exchange Act ”) (including such individual’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); (ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person therefrom; (iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person, the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially by such stockholder and by such Stockholder Associated Person, if any, (iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice and any Stockholder Associated Person covered by clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Article II, Section 2(b), the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock ledger and current name and address, if different, and of such Stockholder Associated Person and (v) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such stockholder’s notice.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Article II, Section 2 to the contrary, in the event the Board of Directors increases or decreases the number of directors in accordance with Article III, Section 2 hereof, and there is no public announcement of such action at least 100 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Article II, Section 2 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth day (or, if such tenth day is not a business day, the first business day after such tenth day) following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

 

 
 

 

 

(d) For purposes of this Article II, Section 2, “ Stockholder Associated Person ” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Stockholder Associated Person.

 

Section 3 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or purposes prescribed in the notice of the meeting, may be called by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer and shall be held at such place, on such date, and at such time as they or he or she shall fix. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) provided that the Board has determined that directors shall be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 3 and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice required by subsection (a)(2) of this Section 3 shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day (or, if such tenth day is not a business day, the first business day after such tenth day) following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

Section 4 Notice . Not less than ten (10) nor more than ninety (90) days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote but who is entitled to notice of the meeting written or printed notice stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by any statute, the purpose for which the meeting is called, either by mail, by presenting it to such stockholder personally, by leaving it at the stockholder's residence or usual place of business or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder's address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. A single notice shall be effective as to all stockholders who share an address, except to the extent that a stockholder at such address objects to such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more stockholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this Article II, or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.

 

 
 

 

 

Subject to Section 11 of this Article II, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by any statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice. The Corporation may postpone or cancel a meeting of stockholders by giving written notice to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote but who is entitled to notice of such meeting.

 

Section 5 Organization and Conduct . Such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or, in the absence of such a person, the president of the Corporation or, in his or her absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order any meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the secretary of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman of the meeting appoints. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him or her in order. The date and time of the opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.

 

Section 6 Quorum; Adjournments . At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter shall constitute a quorum; but this Section 6 shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the charter of the Corporation for the vote necessary for the adoption of any measure. If, however, such quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting or the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time to a date not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

 

The stockholders present either in person or by proxy, at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum was established, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 7 Voting . A plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director. Each share may be voted for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the share is entitled to be voted. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to approve any other matter which may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by statute or by the charter of the Corporation. Unless otherwise provided by statute or the charter of the Corporation, each outstanding share, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 8 Proxies . A stockholder may cast the votes entitled to be cast by the holder of the shares of stock owned of record by the stockholder in person or by proxy executed by the stockholder or by the stockholder's duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy or evidence of authorization of such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the meeting. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months after its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

 

Section 9 Voting of Stock by Certain Holders . Stock of the Corporation registered in the name of a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, a general partner or trustee thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such stock pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or agreement of the partners of a partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such stock. Any director or other fiduciary may vote stock registered in his or her name in his or her capacity as such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy.

 

Shares of stock of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned by it shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time, unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

 

The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder may certify in writing to the Corporation that any shares of stock registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specified person other than the stockholder. The resolution shall set forth the class of stockholders who may make the certification, the purpose for which the certification may be made, the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time after the record date within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable. On receipt of such certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as, for the purposes set forth in the certification, the stockholder of record of the specified stock in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.

 

Section 10 Inspectors . The Board of Directors may appoint, before or at the meeting, one or more inspectors for the meeting and any successor thereto. The inspectors, if any, shall (i) determine the number of shares of stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy and the validity and effect of proxies, (ii) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (iii) report such tabulation to the chair of the meeting, (iv) hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, and (v) do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. Each such report shall be in writing and signed by him or her or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 11 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may 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, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in Maryland, 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 made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.

 

Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of 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. 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 to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with the MGCL.

 

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

 

Section 12 Voting by Ballot. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva voce unless the presiding officer shall order or any stockholder shall demand that voting be by ballot.

 

Section 13 Meeting by Conference Telephone . Stockholders may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means constitutes presence in person at a meeting.

 

Section 14 Control Share Acquisition Act . Notwithstanding any other provision of the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “ MGCL ”) (or any successor statute) shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of the Corporation. This Section 14 may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor bylaw, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 15 General .

 

(a) Upon written request by the secretary or the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, any stockholder proposing a nominee for election as a director or any proposal for other business at a meeting of stockholders shall provide, within five business days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Article II. If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification within such period, the information as to which written verification was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Article II.

 

(b) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Article II 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 this Article II. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article II.

 

(c) For purposes of these Bylaws “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure (i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable news service or (ii) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

 

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article II, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Article II. Nothing in this Article II shall be deemed to affect any right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, nor the right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act.

 

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

 

Section 1 General Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of its Board of Directors. All powers of the Corporation may be exercised by or under authority of the Board of Directors, except as conferred on or reserved to the stockholders by statute or by the charter of the Corporation or Bylaws.

 

Section 2 Number and Term of Office . The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors shall be four (4). Thereafter, the number of directors may be fixed, from time to time, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors or by action of the stockholders of the Corporation. Any decrease in the number of directors shall be effective at the time of the next succeeding annual meeting of stockholders unless there shall be vacancies in the Board of Directors, in which case such decrease may become effective at any time prior to the next succeeding annual meeting to the extent of the number of such vacancies. Directors need not be stockholders. Except as otherwise provided by statute or these Bylaws, the directors (other than members of the initial Board of Directors) shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders. Each director shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until his death, or until he shall have resigned, or have been removed, as hereinafter provided in these Bylaws .

 

 
 

 

 

Section 3 Resignation . Any director may resign at any time by sending a written notice of such resignation to the principal executive office of the Corporation addressed to the chairman of the board or the president. Unless otherwise specified therein such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the chairman of the board or the president.

 

Section 4 Removal of Director . Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed only in accordance with the provisions of the charter of the Corporation.

 

Section 5 Annual and Regular Meetings . An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. In the event such meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 6 Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chief executive officer or by a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of special meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

 

Section 7 Notice . Except as provided in Article III, Sections 5 and 6 of these Bylaws, notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, United States mail or courier to each director at his or her business or residence address. Notice by personal delivery, telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by United States mail shall be given at least three days prior to the meeting. Notice by courier shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when the director or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which the director or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Corporation by the director. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Corporation by the director and receipt of a completed answer-back indicating receipt. Notice by United States mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.

 

Section 8 Quorum . A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that, if less than a majority of such directors is present at such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided , further, that it pursuant to applicable law, the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority or other percentage of a particular group of directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority of such group.

 

 
 

 

 

The directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and convened may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough directors to leave less than a quorum.

 

Section 9 Voting . The action of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws. If enough directors have withdrawn from a meeting to leave less than a quorum but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable laws, the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws.

 

Section 10 Chairman of the Board . The Board of Directors shall designate a chairman of the board. The chairman of the board shall have the power to preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he or she shall be present. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board shall not be deemed to be an officer of the Corporation.

 

Section 11 Organization . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or in the absence of the chief executive officer, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman of the Board meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence, an assistant secretary of the Corporation, or in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the chairman of the Board meeting, shall act as secretary of the meeting. Agendas for meetings of the Board of Directors shall be set by the chairman of the board in consultation with the chief executive officer.

 

Section 12 Telephone and Internet Meetings . Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

Section 13 Consent by Directors Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each director and filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 14 Vacancies . If for any reason any or all the directors cease to be directors, such event shall not terminate the Corporation or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining directors hereunder (even if fewer than three directors remain). Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until a successor is elected and qualifies.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 15 Compensation . Directors, as such, may receive, pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors, fixed fees and other compensation for their services as directors, including, without limitation, their services as members of committees of the Board of Directors.

 

Section 16 Loss of Deposits . No director shall be liable for any loss which may occur by reason of the failure of the bank, trust company, savings and loan association, or other institution with whom moneys or stock have been deposited.

 

Section 17 Surety Bonds . Unless required by law, no director shall be obligated to give any bond or surety or other security for the performance of any of his or her duties.

 

Section 18 Reliance . Each director and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be entitled to rely on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data, prepared or presented by an officer or employee of the Corporation whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, by a lawyer, certified public accountant or other person, as to a matter which the director or officer reasonably believes to be within the person's professional or expert competence, or, with respect to a director, by a committee of the Board of Directors on which the director does not serve, as to a matter within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence.

 

Section 19 Certain Rights of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents . A director shall have no responsibility to devote his or her full time to the affairs of the Corporation. Any director or officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee, or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to or in addition to or in competition with those of or relating to the Corporation.

 

Section 20 Ratification . The Board of Directors or the stockholders may ratify and make binding on the Corporation any action or inaction by the Corporation or its officers to the extent that the Board of Directors or the stockholders could have originally authorized the matter. Moreover, any action or inaction questioned in any stockholders' derivative proceeding or any other proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting, or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so ratified, shall have the same force and effect as if the questioned action or inaction had been originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.

 

 
 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

 

Section 1 Committees of the Board of Directors . The Board of Directors may from time to time designate committees of the Board of Directors, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and shall, for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any committee and any alternate member in his or her place, the member or members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a quorum, may appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of the absent or disqualified member.

 

Section 2 Conduct of Business . Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision shall be made for notice to members of all meetings; one-third (1/3) of the members shall constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one (1) or two (2) members, in which event one (1) member shall constitute a quorum; and all matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present. Action may be taken by any committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the proceedings of such 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.

 

ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

 

Section 1 General Provisions . The officers of the Corporation shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Board of Directors may from time to time elect such other officers with such powers and duties as they shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, except that the chief executive officer or president may from time to time appoint one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers or other officers. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, or his or her resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. In its discretion, the Board of Directors may leave unfilled any office except that of president, treasurer and secretary. Any two or more offices except president and vice president may be held by the same person. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Corporation and such officer or agent.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 2 Removal and Resignation . Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors if in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice of his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the notice of resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Corporation.

 

Section 3 Vacancies . A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors for the balance of the term.

 

Section 4 Chief Executive Officer . The Board of Directors may designate a chief executive officer. In the absence of such designation, the chairman of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The chief executive officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation.

 

Section 5 Chief Operating Officer . The Board of Directors may designate a chief operating officer. The chief operating officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

 

Section 6 Chief Financial Officer . The Board of Directors may designate a chief financial officer. The chief financial officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

 

Section 7 President . In the absence of a chief executive officer, the president shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of a designation of a chief operating officer by the Board of Directors, the president shall be the chief operating officer. He may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

Section 8 Vice Presidents . In the absence of the president or in the event of a vacancy in such office, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or, in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to such vice president by the president or by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president for particular areas of responsibility.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 9 Secretary . The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder; (e) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (t) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by the chief executive officer, the president or by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 10 Treasurer . The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of a designation of a chief financial officer by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.

 

The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors or whenever it may so require, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

 

Section 11 Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers . The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the president or the Board of Directors.

 

Section 12 Salaries . The salaries and other compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by or under the authority of the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that he is also a director.

 

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

 

Section 1 Contracts . The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation when duly authorized or ratified by action of the Board of Directors and executed by an authorized person.

 

Section 2 Checks and Drafts . All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or agent of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 3 Deposits . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited or invested from time to time to the credit of the Corporation as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors may determine.

 

ARTICLE VII

STOCK

 

Section 1 Certificates . The Corporation may issue some or all of the shares of any or all of the Corporation's classes or series of stock without certificates if authorized by the Board of Directors. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock represented by certificates, such certificates shall be in such form as prescribed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized officer, shall contain the statements and information required by the MGCL and shall be signed by the officers of the Corporation in the manner permitted by the MGCL. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock without certificates, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates. There shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of stockholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates. If a class or series of stock is authorized by the Board of Directors to be issued without certificates, no stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates representing any shares of such class or series of stock held by such stockholder unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors and then only upon written request by such stockholder to the secretary of the Corporation.

 

Section 2 Transfers . All transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, by the holder of the shares, in person or by his or her attorney, in such manner as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Corporation may prescribe and, if such shares are certificated, upon surrender of certificates duly endorsed. The issuance of a new certificate upon the transfer of certificated shares is subject to the determination of the Board of Directors that such shares shall no longer be represented by certificates. Upon the transfer of uncertificated shares, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates.

 

The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or 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 the State of Maryland.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of shares of any class of stock will be subject in all respects to the charter of the Corporation and all of the terms and conditions contained therein.

 

 
 

 

 

Section 3 Replacement Certificate . Any officer of the Corporation 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, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated; provided, however, if such shares have ceased to be certificated, no new certificate shall be issued unless requested in writing by such stockholder and the Board of Directors has determined that such certificates may be issued. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the Corporation, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Corporation a bond in such sums as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation.

 

Section 4 Closing of Transfer Books or Fixing of Record Date . The Board of Directors may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than 90 days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days, before the date on which the meeting or particular action requiring such determination of stockholders of record is to be held or taken.

 

When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Section 4, such determination shall apply to any adjournment or postponement thereof, except when the meeting is adjourned or postponed to a date more than 120 days after the record date fixed for the original meeting, in either of which case a new record date shall be determined as set forth herein.

 

Section 5 Stock Ledger . The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent, an original or duplicate stock ledger containing the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class held by such stockholder.

 

Section 6 Fractional Stock: Issuance of Units . The Board of Directors may issue fractional stock or provide for the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as they may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may issue units consisting of different securities of the Corporation. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Corporation, except that the Board of Directors may provide that for a specified period securities of the Corporation issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Corporation only in such unit.

 

 
 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTING YEAR

 

The Board of Directors shall have the power, from time to time, to fix the fiscal year of the Corporation by a duly adopted resolution.

 

ARTICLE IX

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Section 1 Authorization . Dividends and other distributions upon the stock of the Corporation may be authorized by the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of law and the charter of the Corporation. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or stack of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of law and the charter of the Corporation.

 

Section 2 Contingencies . Before payment of any dividends or other distributions, there may be set aside out of any assets of the Corporation available for dividends or other distributions such sum or sums as the Board of Directors may from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund for contingencies, for equalizing dividends, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall determine, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

 

ARTICLE X

INVESTMENT POLICY

 

Subject to the provisions of the charter of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt, amend, revise or terminate any policy or policies with respect to investments by the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

 

ARTICLE XI

SEAL

 

Section 1 Seal . The Board of Directors may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Corporation. The seal shall contain the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation and the words “ Incorporated Maryland .” The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.

 

Section 2 Affixing Seal . Whenever the Corporation is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word “(SEAL)” adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Corporation.

 

 
 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCE OF EXPENSES

 

To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Corporation may, with the approval of its Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation. The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, regulation, insurance, agreement or otherwise.

 

Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article XII, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Bylaws or charter of the Corporation inconsistent with this Article XII, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

 

ARTICLE XIII

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given pursuant to the charter of the Corporation or these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

 

ARTICLE XIV

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

 

The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter, or repeal any provision of these Bylaws and to make new Bylaws .

 

 
 

 

 

ARTICLE XV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 1 Books and Records . The Corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of its accounts and transactions and minutes of the proceedings of its stockholders and Board of Directors and of an executive or other committee when exercising any of the powers of the Board of Directors. The books and records of the Corporation may be in written form or in any other form which can be converted within a reasonable time into written form for visual inspection. Minutes shall be recorded in written form but may be maintained in the for of a reproduction. The original or a certified copy of these Bylaws shall be kept at the principal office of the Corporation.

 

Section 2 Voting of Stock in Other Companies . Stock of other corporations or associations, registered in the name of the Corporation, may be voted by the president, a vice president, or a proxy appointed by either of them. The Board of Directors, however, may by resolution appoint some other person to vote such shares, in which case such person shall be entitled to vote such shares upon the production of a certified copy of such resolution.

 

Section 3 Mail . Any notice or other document which is required by these Bylaws to be mailed shall be deposited in the United States mails, postage prepaid.

 

Section 4 Execution of Documents . A person who holds more than one office in the Corporation may not act in more than one capacity to execute, acknowledge, or verify an instrument required by law to be executed, acknowledged, or verified by more than one officer.

 

Section 5 Forum Selection . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of a different forum, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (or, if the Circuit Court for Baltimore City lacks subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland; provided, in each such case that such court has personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation of a duty owed to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders or of any standard of conduct set forth in the MGCL, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL including, but not limited to, the meaning, interpretation, effect, validity, performance or enforcement of the charter or bylaws of the Corporation, or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The Corporation and its stockholders consent to the assignment of any proceeding described in the foregoing sentence to the Business and Technology Case Management Program pursuant to Maryland Rule 16-205 or any successor thereof.

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

THIS IS TO CERTIFY:

 

 

 

That I am the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc. and that the foregoing Bylaws were adopted as the Bylaws of the Corporation as of August 11, 2014 by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

 

 

Dated: August 11, 2014

 

By: /s/ Michelle L. Campbell
Name: Michelle L. Campbell
Title: Vice President, Counsel
Secretary

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

BROOKFIELD DTLA FUND OFFICE TRUST INVESTOR INC. SETS RECORD AND MEETING DATES FOR ITS ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING, ANNOUNCES AMENDMENTS TO ITS BYLAWS AND CHANGES TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

NEW YORK, NY , August 14, 2014 – BROOKFIELD DTLA FUND OFFICE TRUST INVESTOR INC. (NYSE: DTLA-P), a subsidiary of Brookfield Office Properties Inc. (NYSE: BPO, TSX) that owns and invests in commercial properties primarily in the Los Angeles Central Business District, announced today that it will hold its annual meeting of stockholders on October 17, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. (New York time) at 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY. The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the 2014 annual meeting will be August 29, 2014. At the annual meeting, DTLA’s stockholders will vote on matters customarily placed before stockholders at an annual meeting, including the election of directors. DTLA will make available to all stockholders of record an information statement containing the meeting details and admission procedures. Stockholders are encouraged to review this information when it becomes available .

 

In addition, DTLA announced that the Board adopted and approved the Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the “Amended Bylaws”), effective as of August 11, 2014. The Amended Bylaws restate the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws in their entirety and were adopted to incorporate (i) advance notice provisions with respect to certain stockholder matters, including the procedural and other requirements which must be met in order for a stockholder to propose a nominee for election as a director of the Board or any other matter for consideration at a meeting of the stockholders of the Company and (ii) a forum selection clause.

 

In light of the Amended Bylaws, stockholders wishing to nominate a director or propose matters to be considered at this year’s annual meeting on October 17, 2014 must submit timely notice thereof to the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal executive offices by August 25, 2014. Such proposals must comply with the requirements set forth in the Amended Bylaws as well as all applicable securities and other laws. The address of the Company’s principal executive offices is 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10281.

 

DTLA also announced today that Mitchell E. Rudin resigned from his position as President, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Commercial Operations, and Chairman of the Board, effective June 27, 2014, and that Michelle L. Campbell was elected by the remaining directors serving on the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Rudin’s resignation, effective August 11, 2014. The Board also appointed Paul L. Schulman, existing director, to serve as Chairman of the Board and President of DTLA, effective August 11, 2014.

 

 
 

 

 

About Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc. and Brookfield Office Properties Inc.

 

Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc. owns and invests in commercial properties primarily in the Los Angeles Central Business District that are of a high-quality, determined by its view of the certainty of receiving rental payments generated by the tenants of those assets.

 

Brookfield Office Properties Inc. is a division of Brookfield Property Partners (NYSE: BPY; TSX: BPY.UN), a global commercial property company that owns, operates and invests in best-in-class office, retail, industrial, multifamily and hotel assets. Brookfield Office Properties owns, develops and manages premier office properties in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom. Its portfolio is comprised of interests in 113 properties totaling 88 million square feet in the downtown cores of New York, Washington, D.C., Houston, Los Angeles, Toronto, Calgary, Ottawa, London, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, making Brookfield the global leader in the ownership and management of office assets. Landmark properties include Brookfield Places in Manhattan, Toronto and Perth, Bank of America Plaza in Los Angeles, Bankers Hall in Calgary and Darling Park in Sydney. For more information, visit www.brookfieldofficeproperties.com.

 

Investor Contact: Matt Cherry, VP, Investor Relations and Communications

 

(212) 417-7488; matthew.cherry@brookfield.com