UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) November 6, 2007

 


Radian Group Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 


Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

1-11356   23-2691170
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1601 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   19103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(215) 231 - 1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 


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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.

(e) On November 6, 2007, the Board of Directors of Radian Group Inc. (the “Company”), upon the recommendation of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors, approved certain amendments to the Company’s employee benefit plans and programs, including the following amendments to plans in which the Company’s executive officers participate:

(1) Benefit Restoration Plan . The Company’s Benefit Restoration Plan, which serves as a non-tax-qualified supplement to the Company’s 401(k) plan, was amended and restated as follows:

 

   

To mandate a lump sum form of payment (rather than offering an installment election) for participants who separate from service after 2007.

 

   

To de-link Company discretionary contributions under the Benefit Restoration Plan from discretionary contributions under the 401(k) plan.

 

   

To provide the Company with the flexibility to waive the eligibility requirements for discretionary contributions under the plan to allow otherwise ineligible employees, such as those involuntarily terminated during the year, to participate in such contributions.

 

   

To conform the plan’s definitions to the final regulations under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Company’s Amended and Restated Benefit Restoration Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report and is incorporated into this Item 5.02 as if fully set forth herein.

(2) Equity Compensation Plan . The Company’s Amended and Restated Equity Compensation Plan was further amended as follows:

 

   

To clarify that the definition of “retirement” under the plan for purposes of the plan’s vesting and post-termination exercise provisions includes both “normal” retirement after attaining age 65 with 5 years of service, and “early” retirement after attaining age 55 with 10 years of service.

 

   

For future stock option grants, to extend the post-termination exercise period for optionees who are terminated by the Company without cause from the current 90 days to one year.

(3) Employee Stock Purchase Plan . The Board of Directors took the following actions with respect to the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

 

   

The Board of Directors determined to re-start the plan, which had been suspended in anticipation of the Company’s prior planned merger with MGIC Investment Corporation, by declaring two new six-month offering periods commencing on January 1 and July 1, 2008.

 

   

The Board of Directors amended the eligibility criteria of the plan to eliminate the 18-month waiting period previously imposed on new employees.

 

   

The Board of Directors also approved certain administrative amendments to the plan to allow for the maximum annual contributions by participants under the plan to be equal to the maximum amount permitted from time to time by the Internal Revenue Service.

 

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

(a) At its meeting on November 6, 2007, the Board of Directors also approved amendments to sections 6.01 and 6.02 of the Company’s By-Laws to clarify that the By-Laws permit the issuance and transfer of uncertificated shares. This amendment was made in response to recent amendments to the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules, which require securities listed on the NYSE to be eligible to participate in a direct registration system (“DRS”) by January 1, 2008. DRS allows a stockholder to be registered directly on the books of the transfer agent without the need of a physical certificate to evidence the security ownership and allows stockholders to electronically transfer securities to broker-dealers in order to effect transactions without the risks and delays associated with transferring physical certificates. The rule does not require issuers to actually participate in a DRS or to eliminate physical stock certificates but rather requires that the listed securities are eligible for such a program.

The Board of Directors also approved an unrelated amendment to section 4.13(a) of the Company’s By-Laws to remove the age qualification prohibiting the election or appointment, as a director, of any person who had reached the age of 72.5.

The Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws, which became effective upon approval of the Board, are filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this report and are incorporated into this Item 5.03 as if fully set forth herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

  3.2*   Amended and Restated By-Laws of Radian Group Inc.
10.1*†   Radian Group Inc. Amended and Restated Benefit Restoration Plan.

* Filed herewith.

 

Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  RADIAN GROUP INC.
 

(Registrant)

Date: November 13, 2007

  By:  

/s/ Edward J. Hoffman

   

Edward J. Hoffman

   

Vice President, Securities Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

  3.2*   Amended and Restated By-Laws of Radian Group Inc.
10.1*†   Radian Group Inc. Amended and Restated Benefit Restoration Plan

* Filed herewith.

 

Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

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Exhibit 3.2

BY LAWS

OF

RADIAN GROUP INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

ARTICLE I

Offices and Fiscal Year

SECTION 1.01. Registered Office . The registered office of the corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware until otherwise established by resolution of the board of directors, and a certificate certifying the change is filed in the manner provided by statute.

SECTION 1.02. Other Offices . The corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation requires.

SECTION 1.03. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the corporation shall end on the 31st day of December in each year.

ARTICLE II

Notice – Waivers – Meetings

SECTION 2.01. Notice, What Constitutes . Whenever, under the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“GCL”)or the certificate of incorporation or of these By-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to require personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail or by telegram (with messenger service specified), electronic transmission or courier service, charges prepaid, or by telephone or facsimile transmission to the address (or to the e-mail address, facsimile or telephone number) of the person appearing on the books of the corporation, or in the case of directors, supplied to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail, telegram or courier service, it shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office or courier service for delivery to that person or, in the case of electronic transmission, when sent, or in the case of facsimile transmission, when received.

SECTION 2.02. Notice of Meetings of Board of Directors . Notice of a regular meeting of the board of directors need not be given. Notice of every special meeting of the board of directors shall be given to each director in person or by telephone or in writing at least 24 hours (in the case of notice in person or by telephone, electronic transmission or facsimile transmission) or 48 hours (in the case of notice by telegram, courier service or express mail) or five days (in the case of notice by first class mail) before the time at which the meeting is to be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board need be specified in a notice of the meeting.


SECTION 2.03. Notice of Meetings of Stockholders . Written notice of the place, date and hour of every meeting of the stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting not less than ten nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Every notice of a special meeting shall state the purpose or purposes thereof. If the notice is sent by mail, it shall be deemed to have been given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at the address of the stockholder as it appears on the records of the corporation.

SECTION 2.04. Waivers of Notice .

(a) Written Waiver. Whenever notice is required to be given under any provisions of the GCL or the certificate of incorporation or these By-laws, a written waiver, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice of such meeting.

(b) Waiver by Attendance. Attendance of a person at a meeting, either in person or by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a 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 was not lawfully called or convened.

SECTION 2.05. Exception to Requirements of Notice .

(a) General Rule. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of the GCL or of the certificate of incorporation or these By-laws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given.

(b) Stockholders Without Forwarding Addresses. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of the GCL or the certificate of incorporation or these By-laws, to any stockholder to whom (i) notice of two consecutive annual meetings, and all notices of meetings or of the taking of action by written consent without a meeting to such person during the period between such two consecutive annual meetings, or (ii) all, and at least two, payments (if sent by first class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a 12 month period, have been mailed addressed to such person at his address as shown on the records of the corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to such person shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such person shall deliver to the corporation a written notice setting forth the person’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such person shall be reinstated.


SECTION 2.06. Conference Telephone Meetings . One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the board, or of a committee of the board, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

ARTICLE III

Meetings of Stockholders

SECTION 3.01. Place of Meeting . All meetings of the stockholders of the corporation shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated by the board of directors in the notice of such meeting.

SECTION 3.02. Annual Meeting . The board of directors may fix and designate the date and time of the annual meeting of the stockholders. At said meeting the stockholders then entitled to vote shall elect directors and shall transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting.

SECTION 3.03. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders of the corporation may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, a majority of the board of directors or the holders of a majority of the total number of shares of common stock of the corporation then-outstanding. At any time, upon the written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, which written request shall state the purpose or purposes of the meeting, it shall be the duty of the secretary to fix the date of the meeting which shall be held at such date and time as the secretary may fix, not less than ten nor more than 60 days after the receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the time and date of such meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so.

SECTION 3.04. Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment .

(a) Quorum. The holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders except as otherwise provided by the GCL, by the certificate of incorporation or by these By-laws. If a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting.


(b) Manner of Acting. Directors 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. In all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon shall be the act of the stockholders, unless the question is one upon which, by express provision of the applicable statute, the certificate of incorporation or these By-laws, a different vote is required in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question. The stockholders present in person or by proxy at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

(c) Stockholder Proposals. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation may be made at an annual meeting in compliance with Section 4.13 hereof. The proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made (i) pursuant to the corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the board of directors, or (iii) by any stockholder of the corporation pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed to, and received by, the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 60 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 75 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth(a) as to the stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any on whose behalf the proposal is made, (i) their name and record address, and(ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by each of them, and (b) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder giving notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made. 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. 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.

(d) The chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that any proposal made at the meeting was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures and, in such event, the proposal shall be disregarded. Any decision by the chairman of the meeting shall be conclusive and binding upon all stockholders of the corporation for any purpose.

SECTION 3.05. Organization . At every meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the board, if there be one, or in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, one of the following persons present in the order stated: the vice chairman, if one has been appointed, the chief executive officer, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank or seniority, a chairman designated by the board of directors or a chairman chosen by the stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes which all stockholders present in person or


by proxy are entitled to cast, shall act as chairman, and the secretary, or, in the absence of the secretary, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of the secretary and the assistant secretaries, a person appointed by the chairman, shall act as secretary.

SECTION 3.06. Voting .

(a) General Rule. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for each share of capital stock having voting power held by such stockholder.

(b) Voting and Other Action by Proxy.

(1) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for the stockholder as proxy. Such execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or the authorized officer, director, employee or agent of the stockholder signing such writing or causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature. A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for the stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission if such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

(2) No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

(3) A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only so long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally.

SECTION 3.07. Voting Lists . The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting. The list shall be arranged in alphabetical order, 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, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.


SECTION 3.08. Inspectors of Election .

(a) Appointment. All elections of directors shall be by written ballot; the vote upon any other matter need not be by ballot. In advance of any meeting of stockholders the board of directors may appoint one or more inspectors, who need not be stockholders, to act at the meeting and to make a written report thereof. The board of directors may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the person’s best ability.

(b) Duties. The inspectors shall ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, shall determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, shall count all votes and ballots, shall determine and retain for a reasonable period are cord of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and shall certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.

(c) Polls. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No ballot, proxies or votes, nor any revocations thereof or changes thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery upon application by a stockholder shall determine otherwise.

(d) Reconciliation of Proxies and Ballots. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with those proxies, any information transmitted in accordance with Section 3.06, ballots and the regular books and records of the corporation, except that the inspectors may consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make their certification pursuant to subsection (b) shall specify the precise information considered by them including the person or persons from whom they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors’ belief that such information is accurate and reliable.

ARTICLE IV

Board of Directors

SECTION 4.01. Powers . All powers vested by law in the corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the board of directors.


SECTION 4.02. Number . Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, the board of directors shall consist of such number of directors as may be determined only by resolution adopted by of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present.

SECTION 4.03. Term of Office . Subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, directors of the corporation shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified, except in the event of death, resignation or removal.

SECTION 4.04. Vacancies .

(a) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, and a director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of directors and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute.

(b) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected.

(c) If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the entire board (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorship, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office.

SECTION 4.05. Resignations . Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the chairman, chief executive officer, president or secretary of the corporation. The resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereof by the corporation or at such subsequent time as shall be specified in the notice of resignation and, unless otherwise specified in the notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 4.06. Organization . At every meeting of the board of directors, the chairman of the board, if there be one, or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, one of the following officers present in the order stated: the vice chairman of the board, if there be one, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank and seniority, or a chairman chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall preside, and the secretary, or, in the absence of the secretary, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of the secretary and the assistant secretaries, any person appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary.


SECTION 4.07. Place of Meeting . Meetings of the board of directors, both regular and special, shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware as the board of directors may from time to time determine, or as may be designated in the notice of the meeting.

SECTION 4.08. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held without notice at such time and place as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors.

SECTION 4.09. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman or by three or more of the directors.

SECTION 4.10. Quorum, Manner of Acting and Adjournment .

(a) General Rule. At all meetings of the board of directors a majority of the entire board of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the GCL or by the certificate of incorporation. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

(b) Unanimous Written Consent. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the board of directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the board consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board.

SECTION 4.11. Committees of the Board .

(a) Establishment. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire board, establish an Executive Committee and one or more other committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors. 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 and the alternate or alternates, if any, designated for such member, the member or members of the committee present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

(b) Powers. The Executive Committee, if established, and any such other committee, to the extent provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the power and authority of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee shall have such power or authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee may, to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in Section 151(a) of the GCL, fix the designation and any of the


preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption, dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the corporation or fix the number of shares of any series of stock or authorize the increase or decrease of shares of any series), adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation under Section 251, 252, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 263 or 264 of the GCL, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation’s property and assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-laws of the corporation. The Executive Committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock and to adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the GCL. 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 so formed shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the board of directors when required.

(c) Committee Procedures. The term “board of directors” or “board,” when used in any provision of these By-laws relating to the organization or procedures of or the manner of taking action by the board of directors, shall be construed to include and refer to the Executive Committee or other committee of the board.

SECTION 4.12. Compensation of Directors . Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation, the board of directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the board of directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the board of directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

SECTION 4.13. Qualifications and Election of Directors .

(a) All directors of the corporation shall be natural persons of full age, but need not be residents of Delaware or stockholders of the corporation. Except in the case of vacancies, directors shall be elected by the stockholders.

(b) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the board of directors.

(c) Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the corporation may also be made by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at a meeting of stockholders who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 4.13(c). Such nominations shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed to, and received by, the secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not less than 60 days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that in the event that less than 75 days’ notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting is given or made to stockholders,


notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day on which such notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such stockholder’s notice to the secretary shall set forth(a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the person, and (iv) any other information relating to the person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations for proxies for election of directors pursuant to the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of the stockholder and (ii) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder. The corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director by the stockholders of the corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.

(d) The chairman of the meeting may, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that any nomination made at the meeting was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures and, in such event, the nomination shall be disregarded. Any decision by the chairman of the meeting shall be conclusive and binding upon all stockholders of the corporation for any purpose.

SECTION 4.14. Voting of Stock . Unless otherwise ordered by the board of directors, each of the chairman of the board, the principal executive officer (as defined by the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission) and the principal accounting officer (as defined by the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission) shall have full power and authority, on behalf of the corporation, to attend and to act and vote, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the stockholders of any company in which the corporation may hold stock, and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all of the rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock which, as the owner thereof, the corporation might have possessed and exercised if present. The board of directors, by resolution adopted from time to time, may confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

SECTION 4.15. Endorsement of Securities for Transfer . Each of the chairman of the board, the principal executive officer and the principal accounting officer shall have the power to endorse and deliver for sale, assignment or transfer certificates for stock, bonds or other securities, registered in the name of or belonging to the corporation, whether issued by the corporation or by any other corporation, government, state or municipality or agency thereof; and the board of directors from time to time may confer like power upon any other officer, agent or person by resolution adopted from time to time. Every such endorsement shall be countersigned by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer.

SECTION 4.16. Lead Director . Unless the corporation shall have a non-executive Chairman of the Board, the directors will elect one of their numbers to serve as Lead Director. The Lead Director will assume such duties as the directors may designate from time to time.


Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 8.06, this Section 4.16 may only be altered, amended or repealed (a) by vote of the stockholders at a duly organized annual or special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the certificate of incorporation, or (b) by vote of 75% of the entire board of directors at any regular or special meeting of directors.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 5.01. Number, Qualifications and Designation . The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.03 of this Article. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Officers may, but need not, be directors or stockholders of the corporation. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board a chairman of the board and a vice chairman of the board.

SECTION 5.02. Election and Term of Office . The officers of the corporation, except those elected by delegated authority pursuant to Section 5.03 of this Article, shall be elected annually by the board of directors, and each such officer shall hold office for a term of one year and until a successor is elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation.

SECTION 5.03. Subordinate Officers, Committees and Agents . The board of directors may from time to time elect such other officers and appoint such committees, employees or other agents as it deems necessary, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are provided in these By-laws, or as the board of directors may from time to time determine. The board of directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and to retain or appoint employees or other agents, or committees thereof, and to prescribe the authority and duties of such subordinate officers, committees, employees or other agents.

SECTION 5.04. The Chairman of the Board .

(a) Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if one shall have been elected, shall be a member of the Board, an officer of the corporation and, if present, shall preside at each meeting of the board of directors or the shareholders. He shall advise and counsel with the chief executive officer and, in his absence, with other executives of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors.

(b) Non-executive Chairman of the Board. If the Board of Directors does not choose to elect a Chairman of the Board as described in(a) above, then the Board of Directors shall elect a non-executive Chairman of the Board, who shall be a member of the board of directors but not an officer of the corporation. If present, the non-executive Chairman of the Board shall preside at each meeting of the board of directors or the shareholders. He shall advise and counsel with the chief executive officer and, in his absence, with other executives of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of Directors.


SECTION 5.05. The Vice Chairman of the Board . The vice chairman of the board, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors.

SECTION 5.06. The Chief Executive Officer . The chief executive officer of the corporation shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the corporation, subject, however, to the control of the board of directors, and shall perform all duties incident to his office which maybe required by law and all such other duties as are properly required of him by the board of directors. He shall make reports to the board of directors and the stockholders, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors and of any committee thereof are carried into effect.

SECTION 5.07. The President . The president shall perform such duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors or by the chairman of the board.

SECTION 5.08. The Vice Presidents . The vice presidents shall perform the duties of the chairman of the board and president in his absence and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the board of directors or by the chairman of the board.

SECTION 5.09. The Secretary . The secretary, or an assistant secretary, shall attend all meetings of the stockholders and of the board of directors and shall record the proceedings of the stockholders and of the directors and of committees of the board in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; shall see that notices are given and records and reports properly kept and filed by the corporation as required by law; shall be the custodian of the seal of the corporation and see that it is affixed to all documents to be executed on behalf of the corporation under its seal; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the board of directors or the chairman of the board.

SECTION 5.10. The Treasurer . The treasurer, or an assistant treasurer, shall have or provide for the custody of the funds or other property of the corporation; shall collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipt of moneys earned by or in any manner due to or received by the corporation; shall deposit all funds in his or her custody as treasurer in such banks or other places of deposit as the board of directors may from time to time designate; whenever so required by the board of directors, shall render an account showing his or her transactions as treasurer and the financial condition of the corporation; and, in general, shall discharge such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the board of directors or the chairman of the board.

SECTION 5.11. Officers’ Bonds . No officer of the corporation need provide a bond to guarantee the faithful discharge of the officer’s duties unless the board of directors shall by resolution so require a bond in which event such officer shall give the corporation a bond(which shall be renewed if and as required) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of office.


SECTION 5.12. Salaries . The salaries of the officers and agents of the corporation elected by the board of directors shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, except that the compensation of the corporation’s chief executive officer shall be subject to the approval of the independent (as defined by the applicable rules of the New York Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission) members of the board of directors rather than the full board of directors.

ARTICLE VI

Certificates of Stock, Transfer, Etc.

SECTION 6.01. Form and Issuance .

(a) Issuance . Shares of the capital stock of the corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Any certificated shares shall remain certificated until the certificate representing such shares is surrendered to the corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors, or the chief executive officer, president or vice president, and by the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.

(b) Form and Records . Stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and in such form as approved by the board of directors. The stock record books and the blank stock certificate books shall be kept by the secretary or by any agency designated by the board of directors for that purpose. The shares of common stock of the corporation shall be registered in the stock ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued.

(c) Signatures . Any of or all the signatures upon the stock certificates of the corporation may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, any share certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar, before the certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if the signatory were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of its issue.

SECTION 6.02. Transfer . Transfers of shares shall be made on the share register or transfer books of the corporation by the holder of record thereof or by an attorney lawfully constituted in writing and, if certificated, upon surrender of the certificate therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate. No transfer shall be made which would be inconsistent with the provisions of Article 8, Title 6 of the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code-Investment Securities.

SECTION 6.03. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Certificates . The board of directors may direct a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the board of directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the


owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or the legal representative of the owner, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify against any claim that may be made against the corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

SECTION 6.04. Record Holder of Shares . 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 6.05. Determination of Stockholders of Record .

(a) Meetings of Stockholders. 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, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. 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 unless the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

(b) Consent of Stockholders. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the board of directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors, and which date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the board of directors is required by the GCL, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the board of directors and prior action by the board of directors is required by the GCL, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.

(c) Dividends. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights of the stockholders


entitled 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 the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

ARTICLE VII

Indemnification of Directors, Officers and Other Authorized Representatives

SECTION 7.01. Indemnification of Authorized Representatives in Third Party Proceedings . The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is an authorized representative of the corporation, and who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party to any third party proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person was or is an authorized representative of the corporation, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such third party proceeding 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 third party proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The termination of any third party proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not of itself create a presumption that the authorized representative did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal third party proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful.

SECTION 7.02. Indemnification of Authorized Representatives in Corporate Proceedings . The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is an authorized representative of the corporation and who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any corporate proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person was or is an authorized representative of the corporation, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such corporate proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such corporate proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such authorized representative is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

SECTION 7.03. Mandatory Indemnification of Authorized Representatives . To the extent that an authorized representative or other employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any third party or corporate proceeding or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.


SECTION 7.04. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification . Any indemnification under Section 7.01, 7.02 or 7.03 of this Article (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the authorized representative or other employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because such person has either met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 7.01 or 7.02 or has been successful on the merits or otherwise as set forth in Section 7.03 and that the amount requested has been actually and reasonably incurred. Such determination shall be made:

(1) by the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such third party or corporate proceeding; or

(2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable, a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or

(3) by the stockholders.

SECTION 7.05. Advancing Expenses . Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in defending a third party or corporate proceeding shall be paid on behalf of an authorized representative by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such third party or corporate proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the authorized representative to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the authorized representative is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Article. The financial ability of any authorized representative to make a repayment contemplated by this section shall not be a prerequisite to the making of an advance. Expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the board of directors deems appropriate.

SECTION 7.06. Definitions . For purposes of this Article:

(1) “authorized representative” shall mean any and all directors and officers of the corporation and any person designated as an authorized representative by the board of directors of the corporation (which may, but need not, include any person serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise);

(2) “corporation” shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued;


(3) “corporate proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or investigative proceeding by the corporation;

(4) “criminal third party proceeding” shall include any action or investigation which could or does lead to a criminal third party proceeding;

(5) “expenses” shall include attorneys’ fees and disbursements;

(6) “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan;

(7) “not opposed to the best interests of the corporation” shall include actions taken in good faith and in a manner the authorized representative reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan;

(8) “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans;

(9) “party” shall include the giving of testimony or similar involvement;

(10) “serving at the request of the corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer or employee of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer or employee with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and

(11) “third party proceeding” shall mean any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation.

SECTION 7.07. Insurance . The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

SECTION 7.08. Scope of Article . The indemnification of authorized representatives and advancement of expenses, as authorized by the preceding provisions of 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 agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be an authorized representative and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.


SECTION 7.09. Reliance on Provisions . Each person who shall act as an authorized representative of the corporation shall be deemed to be doing so in reliance upon rights of indemnification provided by this Article.

ARTICLE VIII

General Provisions

SECTION 8.01. Dividends . Subject to the restrictions contained in the GCL and any restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation, the board of directors may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of capital stock of the corporation.

SECTION 8.02. Contracts . Except as otherwise provided in these By-laws, the board of directors may authorize any officer or officers including the chairman and vice chairman of the board of directors, or any agent or agents, to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument on behalf of the corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any officer so authorized may, unless the authorizing resolution otherwise provides, delegate such authority to one or more subordinate officers, employees or agents, and such delegation may provide for further delegation.

SECTION 8.03. Corporate Seal . The corporation shall have a corporate seal, which 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 in any other manner reproduced.

SECTION 8.04. Deposits . All funds of the corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies, or other depositories as the board of directors may approve or designate, and all such funds shall be withdrawn only upon checks signed by such one or more officers or employees as the board of directors shall from time to time determine.

SECTION 8.05. Corporate Records .

(a) Examination by Stockholders. Every stockholder shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have a right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney, during the usual hours for business, for any proper purpose, the stock ledger, list of stockholders, books or records of account, and records of the proceedings of the stockholders and directors of the corporation, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person’s interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Delaware or at its principal place of business. Where the stockholder seeks to inspect the books and records of the corporation, other than its stock ledger or list of stockholders, the stockholder shall first establish (1) that the stockholder has complied with the provisions of this section respecting the form and manner of making demand


for inspection of such documents; and (2) that the inspection sought is for a proper purpose. Where the stockholder seeks to inspect the stock ledger or list of stockholders of the corporation and has complied with the provisions of this section respecting the form and manner of making demand for inspection of such documents, the burden of proof shall be upon the corporation to establish that the inspection sought is for an improper purpose.

(b) Examination by Directors. Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation’s stock ledger, a list of its stockholders and its other books and records for a purpose reasonably related to the person’s position as a director.

SECTION 8.06. Amendment of By-laws . These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-laws may be adopted either(a) by vote of the stockholders at a duly organized annual or special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the certificate of incorporation, or (b) by vote of two-thirds of the entire board of directors at any regular or special meeting of directors if such power is conferred upon the board of directors by the certificate of incorporation.

Exhibit 10.1

RADIAN GROUP INC.

BENEFIT RESTORATION PLAN

WHEREAS, Radian Group Inc. (Radian) and its subsidiaries established the Radian Group Inc. Benefit Restoration Plan effective on January 1, 2007 (the Original Plan); and

WHEREAS, Radian and its subsidiaries desire to amend and restate the Original Plan for the purpose of amending certain terms of the Original Plan, and to adopt the terms of this Plan as the complete expression of their covenants, agreements, and undertakings with respect to the Plan, thereby superseding the Original Plan in its entirety.

NOW, THEREFORE, this Radian Group Inc. Benefit Restoration Plan is adopted, on the following terms and conditions:

ARTICLE I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Purpose. Radian and its subsidiaries (collectively with Radian, the Employer) have established this Radian Group Inc. Benefit Restoration Plan (the Plan) to (a) amend and restate in its entirety the Original Plan, and (b) attract and retain key employees by providing additional retirement benefits to employees whose benefits under the Radian Group Inc. Savings Incentive Plan (the Savings Plan) are limited by reason of Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).

1.2 Legal status. The Plan shall be maintained primarily to provide deferred compensation for a select group of highly-compensated employees within the meaning of Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3), and 401(a)(1) of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The Employer intends the Plan to be unfunded for purposes of ERISA and the Code and to satisfy the requirements of Code Section 409A. Plan provisions shall be interpreted consistent with this intent.

1.3 Effective date. The Plan shall take effect on January 1, 2007.

 

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ARTICLE II: ADMINISTRATION

2.1 Plan administrator. The Compensation and Human Resources Committee of Radian’s Board of Directors shall administer the Plan (the Administrator). The Administrator may appoint one or more delegates to discharge any or all of its responsibilities under the Plan. The Administrator and its delegates shall have all of the discretionary authority, rights, and duties that are necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan and may retain and rely upon financial, accounting, and legal advisors, as they see fit. The decisions of the Administrator and its delegates, including (but not limited to) interpretations and determinations of amounts due under the Plan, shall be final and binding on all parties. To the extent the law allows, the Administrator and its delegates shall incur no liabilities with respect to the administration of the Plan.

2.2 Plan Year. The Plan Year shall be the calendar year.

ARTICLE III: ELIGIBILITY

3.1 Plan participation. An employee shall be a participant in the Plan (Participant) in each Plan Year in which his or her Compensation exceeds the limit on compensation under Code Section 401(a)(17) ($225,000 for 2007). For purposes of this Plan, Compensation means a Participant’s base salary, bonus, and commission income that is paid in the Plan Year, the sum of which does not exceed the greatest of (i) the Participant’s base salary plus the Participant’s bonus up to (but not exceeding) 25% of his or her base salary, (ii) the Participant’s base salary plus the Participant’s commission income up to (but not exceeding) 25% of his or her base salary, or (iii) 75% of the sum of the Participant’s base salary and commission income. For purposes of this Plan, commission income shall include quarterly Management-Based Objectives. A Participant shall remain a Participant as long as he or she has an account balance in the Plan.

ARTICLE IV: ACCOUNTS

4.1 Establishment of accounts. The Administrator shall establish a bookkeeping account for each Participant to which the contributions described in Article V will be credited and sub-accounts to keep track of the Participant’s matching contributions (Matching Contribution Sub-Account), discretionary contributions (Discretionary Contribution Sub-Account), transition credits (Transition Credit Sub-Account), and SERP-related benefits (SERP Sub-Account). The accounts and sub-accounts shall be adjusted daily to reflect distributions and any income, gains, and losses.

4.2 Investment credits. The Administrator shall offer Participants a choice of a Radian Common Stock fund and two or more mutual funds in which their account balances will be deemed to be invested. The Administrator may add to, eliminate, or modify these hypothetical investment options from time to time. Participants’ accounts shall be valued and Participants may reallocate their account balances among the funds on a daily basis, subject, with respect to investments in the Radian Common Stock fund,

 

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to the Participants’ compliance with Radian’s insider trading policy. Until the hypothetical investment options are made available, the Plan shall credit Participants’ account balances with interest at an annual rate of 4.73%.

ARTICLE V: CONTRIBUTIONS

5.1 Matching contributions. For each Plan Year, the Employer shall contribute to each Participant’s Matching Contribution Sub-Account an amount equal to 6% of the Participant’s Eligible Compensation that is paid in the Plan Year. For purposes of this Plan, Eligible Compensation shall be defined as (i) the Participant’s Compensation as defined in Section 3.1 above, minus (ii) the Participant’s “Compensation” as such term is defined in Section 1.13(a) of the Savings Plan, as limited by Section 1.13(d) thereof (or any successor definition).

5.2 Discretionary contributions. The Employer may, but is not obligated to, make discretionary contributions to the Plan for any Plan Year. Such contributions, if made, shall be allocated to each Participant’s Discretionary Contribution Sub-Account and may, at the Employer’s option, be either (i) a flat dollar amount, which shall be the same for each Participant or (ii) a percentage of Eligible Compensation.

A Participant shall be eligible to share in a discretionary contribution if he or she performs at least 1,000 hours of service in, and is employed on the last day of, the Plan Year to which the discretionary contribution relates. A Participant shall be deemed employed on the last day of a Plan Year if he or she is on Family and Medical Leave Act or military leave and returns to work within the time prescribed by law. A Participant shall be deemed eligible to share in a discretionary contribution for a Plan Year if he or she dies, suffers a disability (as defined in Radian’s long-term disability plan) or retires on or after his or her early or normal retirement date during the Plan Year.

For purposes of this Section 5.2, a Participant’s early retirement is the date he or she attains age 55 and completes at least 6 years of service with the Employer and a Participant’s normal retirement date is the first day of the month coincident with or next following the date on which the Participant attains age 65. For purposes of this Plan, a year of service is any year in which the Participant performs at least 1,000 hours of service for the Employer, including years before the effective date of the Plan.

Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Employer may, in its sole discretion, award discretionary contributions to Participants who have not otherwise met the requirements for such contributions under this Section 5.2.

5.3 Transition credits. The Employer shall contribute a percentage of a Participant’s Eligible Compensation to the Transition Credit Sub-Account of each Participant who is eligible for transition credits under the Savings Plan for a Plan Year. The contribution shall be subject to the same terms and conditions, including (but not limited to) the same contribution percentage, as the Participant’s Savings Plan transition credits.

 

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5.4 SERP-related benefits. The Employer shall establish a SERP Sub-Account for each employee who was a participant in the Radian Group Inc. Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) on December 31, 2006. The Employer shall contribute to the SERP Sub-Account an amount equal to the present value of the employee’s SERP benefits, determined as of December 31, 2006, using reasonable actuarial assumptions. The Employer’s contribution shall include the present value of any special SERP benefits that are provided for in any employment or other agreement between the Employer and an employee.

ARTICLE VI: VESTING

6.1 Vesting. Contributions to a Participant’s Matching Contribution Sub-Account and Transition Credit Sub-Account, and any income and gains attributable to the contributions, shall be immediately 100% vested. Contributions to a Participant’s Discretionary Contribution Sub-Account, and any income and gains attributable to the contributions, shall become 100% vested when the Participant completes 3 years of service with the Employer, dies, or suffers a disability (as defined in Radian’s long-term disability plan) or when the Employer experiences a Change in Control (as defined below). Contributions to a Participant’s SERP Sub-Account, and any income and gains attributable to the contributions, shall become 100% vested when the Participant completes 10 years of service with the Employer, dies, or suffers a disability (as defined in Radian’s long-term disability plan).

For purposes of this Plan, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have taken place if (i) any Person (except for an employee or his or her family, the Employer, or any employee benefit plan of the Employer or of any Affiliate, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Employer for or pursuant to the terms of any such employee benefit plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Persons shall become the Beneficial Owner in the aggregate of 20% or more of the shares of the Employer then outstanding and entitled to vote for directors generally, (ii) any Person (except an employee and his or her family), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, purchases substantially all of the assets of the Employer, or (iii) during any 24-month period, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted Radian’s Board of Directors cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by Radian’s stockholders, of at least 75% of the directors who were not directors at the beginning of such period was approved by a vote of at least 75% of the directors in office at the time of such election or nomination who were directors at the beginning of such period. For purposes of this definition, the terms “Affiliate”, “Associate” and “Beneficial Owner” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) and the rules and regulations under the Act; and the term “Person” shall mean any individual firm, corporation, partnership or other entity.

 

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6.2 Forfeitures. A Participant who separates from the Employer’s service for reasons other than death or disability (as defined in Radian’s long-term disability plan) shall forfeit any unvested balance in his or her Discretionary Contribution and SERP Sub-Accounts. In addition, a Participant shall forfeit all benefits under the Plan, including all existing account balances, regardless of whether they are vested, if the Employer terminates his or her employment for acts that constitute embezzlement of funds, gross negligence or deliberate misconduct, or for acts or omissions involving moral turpitude, breach of a material provision of any agreement between the Participant and the Employer, or violation of any material written policy of the Employer.

ARTICLE VII: PAYMENT OF BENEFITS

7.1 Separation from Service in 2007. This Section 7.1 shall apply only to Participants who Separate from Service in 2007. Such a Participant’s benefits shall be paid in cash and, at the Participant’s election, in either a single lump sum or up to 15 annual installments. Payment of the Participant’s benefit shall commence on the day on which the Participant Separates from Service, or as soon as administratively feasible (but in no event later than 30 days) thereafter. If the benefit is payable in annual installments, the second and subsequent installments shall be paid each year on the anniversary date of the first installment. Each year’s installment shall be determined by dividing the Participant’s current account balance by the number of remaining installments.

A Participant shall elect the form of his or her benefit before the beginning of the Plan Year in which he or she first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan or, to the extent Code Section 409A permits, within 30 days after he or she first becomes eligible to participate in the Plan. The election shall be in writing on a form provided by the Employer. If a Participant fails to make a timely election, his or her benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum. Notwithstanding a Participant’s payment election, the Participant’s benefit shall be paid in a single lump sum if the value of the Participant’s account balance is less than $10,000 (adjusted for annual increases in the Consumer Price Index following the effective date of this Plan and rounded to the nearest $1,000) on the date of his or her Separation from Service.

7.2 Separation from Service after 2007. This Section 7.2 shall apply to Participants who Separate from Service on or after January 1, 2008. Such a Participant’s benefit shall be paid in cash in a single lump sum on the day on which the Participant Separates from Service, or as soon as administratively feasible (but in no event later than 30 days) thereafter.

7.3 Specified employees. Notwithstanding Sections 7.1 and 7.2, the benefits of a Specified Employee who Separates from Service for a reason other than death shall commence on the first day of the seventh month following the month in which the separation occurs, or as soon as administratively feasible (but in no event later than 30 days) thereafter. If the benefit is payable in annual installments, the second and subsequent installments shall be paid each year on the anniversary date of the first installment.

 

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For purposes of this Plan, a Specified Employee means an individual who satisfies the definition of “specified employee” under Code Section 409A at any time during the applicable look-back year. If an individual’s Separation from Service occurs on or after April 1 of a Plan Year, the applicable look-back year is the preceding Plan Year. If an individual’s Separation from Service occurs between January 1 and March 31, inclusive, the applicable look-back year is the second Plan Year preceding the Plan Year of separation. An individual’s status as a Specified Employee shall be determined in a manner consistent with Code Section 409A.

7.4 Definition of Separation from Service. For purposes of this Plan, a Participant has a Separation from Service when the Participant ceases to be employed by the Employer as a result of the Participant’s death, retirement, or other termination of employment. Whether a Separation from Service has occurred shall be based on all of the relevant facts and circumstances as set forth in IRS Reg 1.409A-1(h)(1)(ii). Provided, however, that a Participant’s employment relationship shall be treated as continuing while he or she is on military leave, sick leave, or other bona fide leave of absence, if (i) the period of such leave does not exceed six months or, if longer, so long as the Participant’s right to reemployment with the Employer is provided by statute or contract and (ii) there is a reasonable expectation that the employee will return to perform services for the Employer. If the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not provided by statute or contract, the employment relationship is deemed to terminate on the first date immediately following such six-month period.

Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, a 29-month period shall be substituted for the six-month period in the event a Participant’s leave of absence is due to a medically-determinable mental or physical impairment that can be expected to result in death or last for a continuous period of at least six months and that causes the Participant to be unable to perform the duties of his or her position or any substantially-similar position.

7.5 Death benefits. A Participant shall designate the beneficiary (or beneficiaries) who shall receive benefits payable upon the Participant’s death and may change or revoke the designation without the consent of any beneficiary. The designation shall be in writing on a form provided by the Employer. Notwithstanding a Participant’s payment election, the Participant’s designated beneficiary (or beneficiaries) shall be paid the Participant’s entire account balance in cash in a single lump sum on the first day of the second month following the month in which the Participant dies, or as soon as administratively feasible (but in no event later than 30 days) thereafter. If a Participant fails to designate a beneficiary, or survives his or her beneficiaries, payment shall be made to the Participant’s estate.

7.6 Tax withholding. Each Participant acknowledges that his or her Plan benefit shall be reduced by any and all federal, state, and local taxes, which the Employer is required to withhold.

 

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ARTICLE VIII: SOURCE OF PAYMENTS

8.1 Benefits and expenses. The Plan shall be unfunded within the meaning of ERISA and the Code. Subject to Section 8.2, benefits and expenses shall be paid solely from the Employer’s general assets. The Employer shall not be required to set aside, earmark, or escrow any funds or other assets to satisfy its obligations under the Plan. No Participant or beneficiary shall have an interest in any specific assets of the Employer, other than the unsecured right to receive benefits under the Plan. In this regard, each Participant acknowledges that the term “contributions” in Articles IV and V refers only to the bookkeeping credits used to track his or her benefits under the Plan.

8.2 Rabbi trust. The Employer may establish a rabbi trust and, in its sole discretion, contribute funds or other assets at such times and in such amounts as it deems appropriate to help satisfy its obligations under the Plan. The trustee of the rabbi trust shall be a bank or other independent financial institution and shall be authorized to invest the trust assets, subject to investment guidelines set by the Administrator and applicable law. The rabbi trust shall be an employer grantor trust under Code Sections 671 through 679, the assets of which are available to pay the claims of the Employer’s creditors in the event of the Employer’s insolvency.

 

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ARTICLE IX: CLAIMS PROCEDURE

9.1 Claims procedure. In general, the payment of Plan benefits shall be automatic and no claim for benefits need be filed. However, a Participant or beneficiary may submit a claim for benefits in writing to the Administrator. If the claim is denied (in whole or in part), the claimant shall receive from the Administrator notice in writing, in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant, setting forth the specific reasons for the denial, with reference to pertinent Plan provisions. The notice shall be provided within 90 days (or 45 days, in the case of a disability claim) of the date the claim for benefits is received. Any disagreements about the interpretation of the Plan or the claimant’s rights under the Plan may be appealed within 60 days to the Administrator. The Administrator (or a person or persons independent of the Administrator, in the case of a disability claim) shall respond to the appeal within 60 days (or 45 days, in the case of a disability claim) with notice in writing fully disclosing and explaining the decision.

ARTICLE X: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

10.1 Amendment and termination of Plan. Radian reserves the right to amend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan at any time, or discontinue contributions on behalf of any Participant, by action of its Board of Directors. However, except as provided in Section 6.2, no amendment, discontinuance, or termination shall reduce a Participant’s benefits that are earned and vested prior to the date of the amendment, discontinuance, or termination. The Employer may not accelerate the timing of benefit payments upon Plan termination, except to the extent Code Section 409A permits.

10.2 Non-alienation of benefits. The interests of a Participant or beneficiary under the Plan shall not be subject to the claims of the Participant’s or beneficiary’s creditors and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily sold, transferred, pledged, alienated, assigned, anticipated, or encumbered. Any attempt by a Participant or beneficiary to sell, transfer, pledge, alienate, assign, anticipate, or encumber any right to Plan benefits shall be null and void.

10.3 No employment rights. The Plan does not constitute a contract of employment and participation in the Plan does not give a Participant the right to continue employment with the Employer or limit the Employer’s right to discharge any employee with or without cause.

10.4 Indemnification. In furtherance and not in limitation of Section 2.1, the Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator, any delegate thereof, and any employee who may act on behalf of the Employer in the administration of this Plan from and against any liability, loss, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred at any time as a result of or in connection with any claims, demands, actions, or causes of action of any Participants, any person claiming through or under any of them, or any other person, party, or authority claiming to have an interest in this Plan

 

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or standing to act for any persons or groups having an interest in this Plan, for or on account of any of the acts or omissions (or alleged acts or omissions) of the Administrator, any delegate thereof, or any such employee, except to the extent resulting from such person’s willful misconduct.

10.5 Successors. The Plan shall be binding on the Employer and its successors and assigns and on every Participant and beneficiary.

10.6 Severability. In case any provision of the Plan is held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions of the Plan and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been set forth.

10.7 Controlling law. To the extent not superseded by the laws of the United States, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be controlling in all matters relating to the Plan, without regard to that state’s conflict of laws provisions.

 

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