UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x | Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the quarterly period ended January 1, 2011. |
¨ | Transition Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 001-32833
TransDigm Group Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 41-2101738 | |
(State or other Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1301 East 9 th Street, Suite 3000, Cleveland, Ohio | 44114 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(216)
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES x NO ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES x NO ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, accelerated filer, non-accelerated filer, or smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one).
LARGE ACCELERATED FILER | x | ACCELERATED FILER | ¨ | |||
NON-ACCELERATED FILER | ¨ | SMALLER REPORTING COMPANY | ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ¨ NO x
The number of shares outstanding of TransDigm Group Incorporateds common stock, par value $.01 per share, was 49,649,280 as of January 28, 2011.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
January 1,
2011 |
September 30,
2010 |
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ASSETS |
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CURRENT ASSETS: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 234,308 | $ | 234,112 | ||||
Trade accounts receivable - Net |
158,427 | 134,461 | ||||||
Inventories |
252,521 | 188,756 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
12,927 | 15,200 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other |
19,522 | 10,979 | ||||||
Total current assets |
677,705 | 583,508 | ||||||
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Net |
150,008 | 99,613 | ||||||
GOODWILL |
2,577,024 | 1,571,664 | ||||||
TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES |
298,056 | 187,556 | ||||||
OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Net |
443,554 | 212,838 | ||||||
DEBT ISSUE COSTS - Net |
61,018 | 18,649 | ||||||
OTHER |
5,547 | 3,990 | ||||||
TOTAL ASSETS |
$ | 4,212,912 | $ | 2,677,818 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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CURRENT LIABILITIES: |
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Current portion of long-term debt |
$ | 46,905 | $ | | ||||
Accounts payable |
51,303 | 44,226 | ||||||
Accrued liabilities |
70,376 | 68,786 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
168,584 | 113,012 | ||||||
LONG-TERM DEBT |
3,134,500 | 1,771,646 | ||||||
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES |
255,873 | 168,588 | ||||||
OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES |
57,693 | 31,593 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
3,616,650 | 2,084,839 | ||||||
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY: |
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Common stock - $.01 par value; authorized 224,400,000 shares; issued 50,125,617 and 49,928,241 at January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively |
501 | 499 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
428,395 | 419,396 | ||||||
Retained earnings |
184,779 | 192,126 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(2,171 | ) | (3,800 | ) | ||||
Treasury stock, at cost - 494,100 shares at January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2010 |
(15,242 | ) | (15,242 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders equity |
596,262 | 592,979 | ||||||
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
$ | 4,212,912 | $ | 2,677,818 | ||||
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEK PERIODS ENDED
JANUARY 1, 2011 AND JANUARY 2, 2010
(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Thirteen Week
Periods Ended |
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January 1,
2011 |
January 2,
2010 |
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NET SALES |
$ | 240,046 | $ | 184,278 | ||||
COST OF SALES |
112,314 | 81,219 | ||||||
GROSS PROFIT |
127,732 | 103,059 | ||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES: |
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Selling and administrative |
31,030 | 22,466 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
4,415 | 4,140 | ||||||
Refinancing costs |
70,730 | | ||||||
Total operating expenses |
106,175 | 26,606 | ||||||
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS |
21,557 | 76,453 | ||||||
INTEREST EXPENSE - Net |
32,554 | 28,515 | ||||||
(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
(10,997 | ) | 47,938 | |||||
INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) PROVISION |
(3,650 | ) | 17,180 | |||||
NET (LOSS) INCOME |
$ | (7,347 | ) | $ | 30,758 | |||
NET (LOSS) INCOME APPLICABLE TO COMMON STOCK |
$ | (10,157 | ) | $ | 445 | |||
Net (loss) earnings per share - see Note 4: |
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Basic and diluted |
$ | (0.19 | ) | $ | 0.01 | |||
Cash dividends paid per common share |
$ | | $ | 7.65 | ||||
Weighted-average shares outstanding: |
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Basic and diluted |
53,328 | 52,869 |
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEK PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 1, 2011
(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Additional | Other | Treasury Stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | Par | Paid-In | Retained | Comprehensive | Number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
of Shares | Value | Capital | Earnings | Income/(Loss) | of Shares | Value | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, OCTOBER 1, 2010 |
49,928,241 | $ | 499 | $ | 419,396 | $ | 192,126 | $ | (3,800 | ) | (494,100 | ) | $ | (15,242 | ) | $ | 592,979 | |||||||||||||||
Compensation expense recognized for employee stock options |
| | 1,857 | | | | | 1,857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Excess tax benefits related to share- based payment arrangements |
| | 4,163 | | | | | 4,163 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of employee stock options |
197,376 | 2 | 2,978 | | | | | 2,980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Restricted stock compensation |
| | 1 | | | | | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive income (loss): |
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Net loss |
| | | (7,347 | ) | | | | (7,347 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swap, net of tax |
| | | | 2,423 | | | 2,423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive loss |
| | | | (794 | ) | | | (794 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive loss |
(5,718 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE, JANUARY 1, 2011 |
50,125,617 | $ | 501 | $ | 428,395 | $ | 184,779 | $ | (2,171 | ) | (494,100 | ) | $ | (15,242 | ) | $ | 596,262 | |||||||||||||||
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Thirteen Week Periods Ended | ||||||||
January 1,
2011 |
January 2,
2010 |
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES: |
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Net (loss) income |
$ | (7,347 | ) | $ | 30,758 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
4,414 | 3,476 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
4,415 | 4,140 | ||||||
Amortization of debt issue costs |
2,082 | 1,878 | ||||||
Refinancing costs |
70,730 | | ||||||
Non-cash equity compensation |
1,858 | 1,628 | ||||||
Excess tax benefits related to share-based payment arrangements |
(4,163 | ) | (11,231 | ) | ||||
Deferred income taxes |
2,218 | 1,500 | ||||||
Changes in assets/liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions of businesses: |
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Trade accounts receivable |
19,294 | 8,886 | ||||||
Inventories |
3,793 | 4,260 | ||||||
Income taxes receivable/payable |
(5,072 | ) | 16,610 | |||||
Other assets |
59 | (3,840 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable |
(11,949 | ) | (9,891 | ) | ||||
Accrued and other liabilities |
(18,184 | ) | 11,423 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
62,148 | 59,597 | ||||||
INVESTING ACTIVITIES: |
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Capital expenditures |
(2,987 | ) | (3,493 | ) | ||||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired |
(1,362,201 | ) | (95,750 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(1,365,188 | ) | (99,243 | ) | ||||
FINANCING ACTIVITIES: |
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Excess tax benefits related to share-based payment arrangements |
4,163 | 11,231 | ||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
2,980 | 569 | ||||||
Dividends paid |
(2,810 | ) | (404,868 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from new senior secured credit facility |
1,505,007 | | ||||||
Proceeds from senior subordinated notes due 2018-net of discount and financing fees |
1,583,165 | 404,503 | ||||||
Repurchase of senior subordinated notes due 2014 |
(1,009,269 | ) | | |||||
Repayment of existing senior secured credit facility |
(780,000 | ) | | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
1,303,236 | 11,435 | ||||||
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
196 | (28,211 | ) | |||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF PERIOD |
234,112 | 190,167 | ||||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD |
$ | 234,308 | $ | 161,956 | ||||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION: |
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Cash paid during the period for interest |
$ | 34,641 | $ | 6,799 | ||||
Cash paid during the period for income taxes |
$ | 10 | $ | 150 | ||||
See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
THIRTEEN WEEK PERIODS ENDED JANUARY 1, 2011 AND JANUARY 2, 2010
(UNAUDITED)
1. | DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS |
Description of the Business TransDigm Group Incorporated (TD Group), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, TransDigm Inc., is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. TransDigm Inc. (which includes the Adel Wiggins Group), along with TransDigm Inc.s direct and indirect wholly-owned operating subsidiaries (collectively, with TD Group, the Company or TransDigm) offers a broad range of proprietary aerospace components. TD Group has no significant assets or operations other than its 100% ownership of TransDigm Inc. TD Groups common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, under the trading symbol TDG.
Major product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, ignition systems and engine technology, specialized pumps and valves, power conditioning devices, specialized AC/DC electric motors and generators, aircraft audio systems, specialized cockpit displays, engineered latching and locking devices, specialized lavatory components, engineered connectors and elastomers, rods and locking devices, NiCad batteries/chargers, and lighting and control technology.
Separate Financial Statements Separate financial statements of TransDigm Inc. are not presented since TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by TD Group and all existing domestic subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. and since TD Group has no significant operations or assets separate from its investment in TransDigm Inc.
2. | UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
The financial information included herein is unaudited; however, the information reflects all adjustments (consisting solely of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the Companys financial position and results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes for the year ended September 30, 2010 included in TD Groups Form 10-K dated November 15, 2010 and Form 10-K/A dated November 19, 2010. As disclosed therein, the Companys annual consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). The September 30, 2010 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from TD Groups audited financial statements. The results of operations for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
3. | ACQUISITIONS |
McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc. On December 6, 2010, TransDigm Inc. completed the acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings Inc. (McKechnie Aerospace), for approximately $1.27 billion in cash, subject to adjustments based on the level of working capital as of the closing date of the acquisition. McKechnie Aerospace is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of aerospace components, assemblies and subsystems for commercial aircraft, regional/business jets, military fixed wing and rotorcraft. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction.
The Company financed the McKechnie Aerospace acquisition, repaid borrowings under the previous senior secured credit facility and redeemed outstanding 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 through a combination of the offering of $1.60 billion of 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes dues 2018 and borrowings under the new revolving credit facility of $1.55 billion. See Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
The total purchase price was allocated to the underlying assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon managements estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company is in the process of obtaining information to assist in the valuation of certain tangible and intangible assets of McKechnie Aerospace, and therefore the condensed consolidated balance sheet at January 1, 2011 reflects the preliminary purchase price allocation for the business. To the extent the purchase price exceeded the estimated fair value of the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired, such excess was allocated to goodwill.
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The following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price allocation of the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the transaction date.
Assets acquired: |
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Current assets, excluding cash acquired |
$ | 100,509 | ||
Property, plant and equipment |
48,560 | |||
Intangible assets |
330,000 | |||
Goodwill |
938,652 | |||
Other noncurrent assets |
1,181 | |||
Total assets acquired |
$ | 1,418,902 | ||
Liabilities assumed: |
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Current liabilities |
$ | 39,177 | ||
Deferred tax liabilities |
84,161 | |||
Other noncurrent liabilities |
30,206 | |||
Total liabilities assumed |
$ | 153,544 | ||
Net assets acquired |
$ | 1,265,358 | ||
The Company expects that the approximately $938.7 million of goodwill recognized for the acquisition will not be deductible for tax purposes.
The results of operations of McKechnie Aerospace are included in the Companys consolidated financial statements from the date of the transaction. The Company recorded net sales of $22.8 million from the date of acquisition through January 1, 2011. Had the McKechnie acquisition and related financing transactions occurred at the beginning of the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010, unaudited pro forma consolidated results for the thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 would have been as follows:
Thirteen Week
Periods Ended |
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January 1, 2011 | January 2, 2010 | |||||||
Net sales |
$ | 298,161 | $ | 263,744 | ||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 39,408 | $ | (58,628 | ) | |||
Net income (loss) per share: |
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Basic and diluted |
$ | 0.74 | $ | (1.11 | ) | |||
The unaudited pro forma consolidated results are based on the Companys historical financial statements and those of McKechnie Aerospace and do not necessarily indicate the results of operations that would have resulted had the acquisition actually been completed at the beginning of the applicable period presented. The pro forma financial information assumes that the companies were combined as of October 1, 2009. The pro forma results for the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010 reflect the business combination accounting effects from the acquisition including amortization charges from the acquired intangible assets, inventory purchase accounting adjustments charged to cost of sales as the inventory is sold, increase in interest expense associated with debt incurred to fund the acquisition, refinancing costs associated with the refinancing of the Companys entire debt structure and acquisition-related transaction costs. The unaudited pro forma consolidated results do not give effect to the synergies of the acquisition and are not indicative of the results of operations in future periods.
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Talley Actuation On December 31, 2010, TransDigm Inc. completed the acquisition of the actuation business of Telair International Inc. (Talley Actuation), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teleflex Incorporated, for approximately $94 million in cash, subject to adjustments based on the level of working capital as of the closing date of the acquisition. Talley Actuation manufactures proprietary, highly engineered electro-mechanical products and other components for commercial and military aircraft. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction. The Company expects that the approximately $67 million of goodwill recognized for the acquisition will be deductible for tax purposes.
Semco Instruments On September 3, 2010, TransDigm Inc. completed the acquisition of Semco Instruments, Inc. (Semco Instruments) for approximately $73.6 million in cash, which includes a purchase price adjustment of $3.0 million paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. Semco Instruments manufactures proprietary, highly engineered components for major turbo-prop, turbo-fan, and turbo-shaft engines which are primarily used on helicopters, business jets and selected regional airplanes. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction. The Company expects that the approximately $42.6 million of goodwill recognized for the acquisition will not be deductible for tax purposes.
Dukes Aerospace On December 2, 2009, TransDigm Inc., through a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary of TransDigm Inc., Dukes Aerospace Inc., acquired certain assets and liabilities from Dukes, Inc. and GST Industries, Inc. (collectively Dukes Aerospace) for approximately $95.7 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on the level of working capital as of the closing date of the acquisition. In addition, the agreement provides for potential earn-out payments up to a total of $60 million over four years based on the achievement of certain growth targets. Dukes Aerospace is a supplier of proprietary, highly engineered components primarily to the business jet, regional jet, and military aerospace markets, along with commercial and military helicopter markets. The products are comprised primarily of highly engineered valves and certain pumps, solenoids and related components. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction. The purchase price allocation includes a fair value liability of $8.0 million recorded for the potential earn-out payments. The Company expects that the approximately $64.0 million of goodwill recognized for the acquisition will be deductible for tax purposes.
The Company accounted for the acquisitions of McKechnie Aerospace, Talley Actuation, Semco Instruments and Dukes Aerospace (collectively, the Acquisitions) using the acquisition method and included the results of operations of the Acquisitions in its consolidated financial statements from the effective date of each acquisition. The Company is in the process of obtaining information to assist in the valuation of certain tangible and intangible assets of McKechnie Aerospace and Talley Actuation; thus, the values attributed to acquired assets in the consolidated financial statements are subject to adjustment. Pro forma net sales and results of operations for the acquisitions of Talley Actuation, Semco Instruments and Dukes Aerospace, had they occurred at the beginning of the thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, respectively, are not significant and, accordingly, are not provided.
The Acquisitions strengthen and expand our position to design, produce and supply highly engineered proprietary aerospace components in niche markets with significant aftermarket content and provide opportunities to create value through the application of our three core value-driven operating strategies. The purchase price paid for each acquisition reflects the current earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and cash flows, as well as, the future EBITDA and cash flows expected to be generated by the business, which is driven in most cases by the recurring aftermarket consumption over the life of a particular aircraft, which is estimated to be approximately 30 years.
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4. | EARNINGS PER SHARE |
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share (in thousands, except per share data):
Thirteen Week Periods Ended | ||||||||
January 1, 2011 | January 2, 2010 | |||||||
Numerator for (loss) earnings per share: |
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Net (loss) income |
$ | (7,347 | ) | $ | 30,758 | |||
Less dividends paid on participating securities |
(2,810 | ) | (30,313 | ) | ||||
Net (loss) income applicable to common stock - basic and diluted |
$ | (10,157 | ) | $ | 445 | |||
Denominator for basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share under the two-class method: |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding |
49,500 | 48,983 | ||||||
Vested options deemed participating securities |
3,828 | 3,886 | ||||||
Total shares for basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share |
53,328 | 52,869 | ||||||
Basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share |
$ | (0.19 | ) | $ | 0.01 | |||
5. | INVENTORIES |
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost of inventories is determined by the average cost and the first-in, first-out (FIFO) methods for all locations except CEF Industries LLC, which determines the cost of inventories using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. Approximately 6% of the inventory was valued under the LIFO method at January 1, 2011.
Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
January 1,
2011 |
September 30,
2010 |
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Raw materials and purchased component parts |
$ | 141,668 | $ | 112,249 | ||||
Work-in-progress |
97,604 | 61,487 | ||||||
Finished goods |
57,738 | 31,251 | ||||||
Total |
297,010 | 204,987 | ||||||
Reserve for excess and obsolete inventory and LIFO |
(44,489 | ) | (16,231 | ) | ||||
Inventories - net |
$ | 252,521 | $ | 188,756 | ||||
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6. | INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
Intangible assets subject to amortization consist of the following (in thousands):
January 1, 2011 | September 30, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Carrying
Amount |
Accumulated
Amortization |
Net |
Gross Carrying
Amount |
Accumulated
Amortization |
Net | |||||||||||||||||||
Technology |
$ | 474,844 | $ | 56,244 | $ | 418,600 | $ | 257,913 | $ | 52,781 | $ | 205,132 | ||||||||||||
Order backlog |
41,813 | 22,646 | 19,167 | 23,613 | 21,883 | 1,730 | ||||||||||||||||||
License agreement |
9,373 | 3,937 | 5,436 | 9,373 | 3,804 | 5,569 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other |
1,600 | 1,249 | 351 | 1,600 | 1,193 | 407 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 527,630 | $ | 84,076 | $ | 443,554 | $ | 292,499 | $ | 79,661 | $ | 212,838 | ||||||||||||
The total carrying amount of identifiable intangible assets not subject to amortization consisted of trademarks and trade names in the amount of $298.1 million and $187.6 million at January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2010, respectively.
Intangible assets acquired during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 were as follows (in thousands):
Cost |
Amortization
|
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Intangible assets not subject to amortization: |
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Goodwill |
$ | 1,005,765 | ||||
Trademarks and trade names |
110,000 | |||||
1,115,765 | ||||||
Intangible assets subject to amortization: |
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Technology |
215,000 | 20 years | ||||
Order backlog |
20,000 | 1 year | ||||
235,000 | 18.4 years | |||||
Total |
$ | 1,350,765 | ||||
The aggregate amortization expense on identifiable intangible assets for the thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 was approximately $4.4 million and $4.1 million, respectively. The estimated amortization expense for fiscal 2011 is $37.0 million and for each of the five succeeding years 2012 through 2016 is $27.9 million, $23.7 million, $23.7 million, $23.7 million and $23.7 million, respectively.
The following is a summary of changes in the carrying value of goodwill from September 30, 2010 through January 1, 2011 (in thousands):
Balance, September 30, 2010 |
$ | 1,571,664 | ||
Goodwill acquired during the year |
1,005,765 | |||
Other |
(405 | ) | ||
Balance, January 1, 2011 |
$ | 2,577,024 | ||
7. | PRODUCT WARRANTY |
The Company provides limited warranties in connection with the sale of its products. The warranty period for products sold varies among the Companys operations, ranging generally from 90 days to six years. A provision for the estimated cost to repair or replace the products is recorded at the time of sale and periodically adjusted to reflect actual experience.
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The following table presents a reconciliation of changes in the product warranty liability for the periods indicated below (in thousands):
Thirteen Week Periods Ended | ||||||||
January 1, 2011 | January 2, 2010 | |||||||
Liability balance at beginning of period |
$ | 8,345 | $ | 9,419 | ||||
Accruals for warranties issued |
222 | 606 | ||||||
Warranty costs incurred |
(560 | ) | (1,252 | ) | ||||
Acquisitions |
91 | 386 | ||||||
Liability balance at end of period |
$ | 8,098 | $ | 9,159 | ||||
8. | DEBT |
Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan In December 2010, TD Groups wholly owned subsidiary, TransDigm Inc., entered into a New Senior Secured Credit Facility, which consists of a $1.55 billion term loan facility and a $245 million revolving credit facility (collectively, the New Senior Secured Credit Facility). The proceeds of the term loan were used to pay the purchase price of and related transaction expenses associated with the acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace and repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under the previous senior secured credit facility. Under the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, TransDigm is entitled on one or more occasions, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, to request an increase in the commitments under the revolving credit facility and/or additional term loans under the term loan facility in the aggregate principal amount of up to $500 million to the extent that existing or new lenders agree to provide such additional revolving commitments or additional term loans. At January 1, 2011, the Company had $7.0 million letters of credit outstanding and $238.0 million of borrowings available under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility.
Under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, the term loan facility matures in December 2016 and the revolving credit facility matures in December 2015. The term loan facility under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility requires quarterly principal payments beginning March 31, 2011. Principal payments under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility are $11.6 million for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011 and $15.5 million for each of the fiscal years ending September 30, 2012 through September 30, 2015.
The interest rates per annum applicable to loans, other than swingline loans, under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility are, at TransDigms option, equal to either an alternate base rate or an adjusted LIBO rate for one, two, three or six-month (or to the extent agreed to by each relevant lender, nine or twelve-month) interest periods chosen by TransDigm, in each case plus an applicable margin percentage. The alternate base rate will be the greatest of (i) 2.50%, (ii) Credit Suisse AGs prime rate, (iii) 50 basis points over the weighted average of rates on overnight Federal funds as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and (iv) the adjusted LIBO rate with a maturity of three months plus 1.0%. The LIBO rate will be determined by reference to settlement rates established for deposits in dollars in the London interbank market for a period equal to the interest period of the loan as adjusted for the maximum reserve percentages established by the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve. The adjusted LIBO rate will be the greater of (i) 1.50% and (ii) the rate obtained by dividing (x) the LIBO Rate by (y) a percentage equal to 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained against Eurocurrency liabilities as specified in Regulation D (including any marginal, emergency, special or supplemental reserves). The applicable margin percentage is a percentage per annum equal to (i) 2.75% for alternate base rate revolving loans, (ii) 3.75% for adjusted LIBO rate revolving loans and (iii) with respect to alternate base rate term loans and adjusted LIBO rate term loans, a per annum rate of 2.00% to 2.50% (in the case of alternate base rate term loans) and 3.00% to 3.50% (in the case of adjusted LIBO rate term loans), as adjusted in accordance with a pricing grid based on the consolidated leverage ratio of TransDigm on the applicable date of determination. At January 1, 2011, the applicable interest rate on the term loan was 5.0%.
Under the terms of the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, the Company is required to pay the administrative agent certain fees. In addition, on the last day of each calendar quarter the Company is required to pay a commitment fee equal to the applicable rate per annum in effect from time to time of any unused commitments under the revolving credit line and certain other fees in respect of letters of credit that may be outstanding thereunder from time to time.
All of the indebtedness outstanding under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility is guaranteed by TD Group and all of TransDigms current and future domestic restricted subsidiaries (other than immaterial subsidiaries), and is
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secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the existing and future property and assets, including inventory, equipment, general intangibles, intellectual property, investment property and other personal property (but excluding leasehold interests and certain other assets) of TransDigm and all of TransDigms existing and future domestic restricted subsidiaries (other than immaterial subsidiaries), and a first priority pledge of the capital stock of TransDigm and its domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the voting capital stock of certain of TransDigms foreign subsidiaries.
The New Senior Secured Credit Facility contains certain covenants that limit the ability of TD Group, TransDigm and TransDigms restricted subsidiaries to, among other things, incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue preferred stock, pay distributions on, redeem or repurchase capital stock or redeem or repurchase subordinated debt, make investments, sell assets, enter into agreements that restrict distributions or other payments from restricted subsidiaries to TransDigm, incur or suffer to exist liens securing indebtedness, consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of their assets, and engage in transactions with affiliates.
In addition, the New Senior Secured Credit Facility contains financial covenants commencing with the quarter ending April 2, 2011 that measure the (i) ratio of TransDigms consolidated total net indebtedness to the amount of TransDigms consolidated EBITDA (consolidated net leverage ratio), and (ii) ratio of the amount of TransDigms consolidated EBITDA to TransDigms consolidated interest expense (consolidated interest coverage ratio). TransDigm is in compliance with all of the covenants contained in the New Senior Secured Credit Facility.
The term loan under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility is subject to mandatory prepayments of principal based on a percentage of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the agreement) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio exceeds 4.50 to 1.00 for the Companys fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. Consolidated Leverage Ratio means the ratio of consolidated total indebtedness to the aggregate amount of EBITDA As Defined, calculated on a pro forma basis. In addition, subject to certain exceptions (including, with respect to asset sales, reinvestment in productive assets), TransDigm will be required to prepay the loans outstanding under the term loan facility at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales and the issuance or incurrence of certain indebtedness.
Senior Subordinated Notes In December 2010, TransDigm issued $1.6 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the 2018 Notes) at an issue price of 100% of the principal amount. The 2018 Notes represent unsecured obligations of TransDigm Inc. ranking subordinate to TransDigm Inc.s senior debt, as defined in the indenture governing the 2018 Notes. Interest under the 2018 Notes is payable semi-annually.
The 2018 Notes are redeemable by TransDigm, in whole or in part, at specified redemption prices, which decline from 103.875% to 100% over the remaining term of the 2018 Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest. Prior to December 15, 2013, TransDigm is permitted to redeem specified percentages of the 2018 Notes from the proceeds of equity offerings at a redemption price of 107.75%, plus accrued and unpaid interest. If a change in control of the Company occurs, the holders of the 2018 Notes will have the right to demand that TransDigm redeem the 2018 Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the 2018 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. The 2018 Notes contain many of the same restrictive covenants included in the New Senior Secured Credit Facility. TransDigm is in compliance with all of the covenants contained in the 2018 Notes.
TransDigm utilized a portion of the proceeds from the 2018 Notes to purchase approximately $968.6 million aggregate principal amount of its 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the 2014 Notes) representing all such 2014 Notes that were validly tendered at or prior to the consent expiration deadline pursuant to TransDigms previously announced cash offers to purchase any and all of its outstanding 2014 Notes in December 2010. TransDigm also received consents from holders of the required majority of the principal amount of the 2014 Notes to, among other modifications, eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default in the indentures governing the 2014 Notes. At January 1, 2011, TransDigm had approximately $31.4 million outstanding under the 2014 Notes. These remaining 2014 Notes were subsequently redeemed in January 2011. See Note 13.
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Remaining proceeds from the 2018 Notes were utilized to pay off the remaining outstanding balance under the previous senior secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
The Company recorded refinancing costs of $70.7 million during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 representing charges resulting from the refinancing of TransDigms entire debt structure. The charge consisted of the premium of $40.7 million paid to redeem the 2014 Notes, the write-off of debt issue costs and unamortized note premium and discount of $25.7 million, and the settlement of the interest rate swap agreement and other expenses of $4.3 million.
Special Cash Dividend Payment In October 2009, TransDigm made a special cash dividend to its stockholders of $7.65 per share and cash dividend equivalents payments (Dividend Equivalent Payments) to holders of options to purchase its common stock from the net proceeds of the $425 million Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 issued in October 2009. After the payment of debt issue fees and expenses, the net proceeds amounted to approximately $404.5 million. The special cash dividend and Dividend Equivalent Payments of $404.9 million were paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2010 and $2.8 million were paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. The $425 million of 2014 Notes were included in the tender offer made in conjunction with the 2018 Notes issuance.
9. | ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITIES |
Our operations and facilities are subject to a number of federal, state, local and foreign environmental laws and regulations that govern, among other things, discharges of pollutants into the air and water, the generation, handling, storage and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes, the remediation of contamination and the health and safety of our employees. Environmental laws and regulations may require that the Company investigate and remediate the effects of the release or disposal of materials at sites associated with past and present operations. At certain facilities acquired in connection with the acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace or third-party sites utilized by McKechnie Aerospace, the Company has been identified as a potentially responsible party under the federal Superfund laws and comparable state laws. The Company is currently involved in the investigation and remediation of a number of sites under applicable laws.
Estimates of the Companys environmental liabilities are based on current facts, laws, regulations and technology. These estimates take into consideration the Companys prior experience and professional judgment of the Companys environmental specialists. Estimates of the Companys environmental liabilities are further subject to uncertainties regarding the nature and extent of site contamination, the range of remediation alternatives available, evolving remediation standards, imprecise engineering evaluations and cost estimates, the extent of corrective actions that may be required and the number and financial condition of other potentially responsible parties, as well as the extent of their responsibility for the remediation.
Accordingly, as investigation and remediation proceed, it is likely that adjustments in the Companys accruals will be necessary to reflect new information. The amounts of any such adjustments could have a material adverse effect on the Companys results of operations or cash flows in a given period. Based on currently available information, however, the Company does not believe that future environmental costs in excess of those accrued with respect to sites for which the Company has been identified as a potentially responsible party are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Companys financial condition.
Environmental liabilities are recorded when the liability is probable and the costs are reasonably estimable, which generally is not later than at completion of a feasibility study or when the Company has recommended a remedy or has committed to an appropriate plan of action. The liabilities are reviewed periodically and, as investigation and remediation proceed, adjustments are made as necessary. Liabilities for losses from environmental remediation obligations do not consider the effects of inflation and anticipated expenditures are not discounted to their present value. The liabilities are not reduced by possible recoveries from insurance carriers or other third parties, but do reflect anticipated allocations among potentially responsible parties at federal Superfund sites or similar state-managed sites, third party indemnity obligations, and an assessment of the likelihood that such parties will fulfill their obligations at such sites.
The Companys consolidated balance sheet includes the following for environmental remediation obligations:
January 1, 2011 | ||||
Accrued liabilities |
$ | 1,318 | ||
Other non-current liabilities |
22,797 | |||
Other assets |
(1,173 | ) | ||
Total |
$ | 22,942 | ||
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10. | INCOME TAXES |
At the end of each reporting period, TD Group makes an estimate of its annual effective income tax rate. The estimate used in the year-to-date period may change in subsequent periods. During the thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, the effective income tax rate was 33.2% and 35.8%, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 was primarily due to the retroactive reinstatement of the research and development tax credit and the continued phase-in of the domestic manufacturing deduction.
TD Group and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, various state and local jurisdictions as well as foreign jurisdictions located in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Malaysia. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal examination for years before fiscal year 2009. In addition, the Company is subject to state and local income tax examinations for fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
At January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2010, TD Group had $1.9 million and $1.8 million in unrecognized tax benefits, the recognition of which would have an effect of approximately $1.3 million on the effective tax rate at January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2010. The Company does not believe that the tax positions that comprise the unrecognized tax benefit amount will change significantly over the next 12 months. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.
11. | FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS |
The following tables present our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs used to determine fair value. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, and inputs (other than quoted prices) that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. A financial asset or liabilitys classification within the hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
The following summarizes the carrying amounts and fair values of financial instruments (in thousands):
January 1, 2011 | September 30, 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||
Level |
Carrying
Amount |
Fair Value |
Carrying
Amount |
Fair Value | ||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
1 | $ | 234,308 | $ | 234,308 | $ | 234,112 | $ | 234,112 | |||||||||||
Liabilities: |
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Interest rate swap (1) |
2 | | | 3,865 | 3,865 | |||||||||||||||
Long-term debt: |
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New term loans |
2 | 1,550,000 | 1,562,000 | | | |||||||||||||||
Previous term loans |
2 | | | 780,000 | 762,000 | |||||||||||||||
7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 |
2 | 31,405 | 32,600 | 991,646 | 1,010,000 | |||||||||||||||
7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 |
2 | 1,600,000 | 1,664,000 | | |
(1) | Included in Accrued liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2010. |
Interest rate swaps were measured at fair value using quoted market prices for the swap interest rate indexes over the term of the swap discounted to present value versus the fixed rate of the contract. The estimated fair value of
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the Companys term loans was based on information provided by the agent under the Companys senior secured credit facility. The estimated fair values of the Companys 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes due 2014 and 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes due 2018 were based upon quoted market prices.
At September 30, 2010, an agreement was in place to swap variable interest rates on our previous senior secured credit facility for a fixed interest rate for the notional amount of $300 million through March 23, 2011. This interest rate swap agreement effectively converted the variable rate interest on the notional amount of our senior secured credit facility to a fixed rate of 3.04% plus the 2% margin percentage, over the term of the agreement. The interest rate swap agreement was terminated in December 2010 in conjunction with the repayment of the outstanding term loan balance under the previous senior secured credit facility.
12. | COMPREHENSIVE INCOME |
Comprehensive income (loss), which primarily includes adjustments for changes in the fair values of the interest rate swap agreements on a net of tax basis and foreign currency translation adjustments, was approximately ($5.7) million and $31.1 million for the thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, respectively.
13. | SUBSEQUENT EVENTS |
On January 15, 2011, TransDigm redeemed all of the 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 that remained outstanding at January 1, 2011 in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $31.4 million. The Company recorded additional refinancing costs of approximately $1.2 million relating to the redemption.
On January 28, 2011, TransDigm entered into a definitive agreement to sell its fastener businesses for approximately $240 million. The TransDigm fastener business, which was acquired in December 2010 as part of the McKechnie Aerospace acquisition, is made up of Valley-Todeco Inc. located in Sylmar, CA, and Linread Ltd. located in the United Kingdom. The divestiture, which is expected to close within sixty days from the date of the agreement, is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
We have evaluated events subsequent to January 1, 2011, through the date the financial statements were issued, and determined that no events have occurred that require adjustment of or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements, other than as disclosed above.
14. | SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR INFORMATION |
TransDigms 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes due 2018 are jointly and severally guaranteed, on a senior subordinated basis, by TD Group and TransDigm Inc.s Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries, as defined in the indenture. The following supplemental condensed consolidating financial information presents, in separate columns, the balance sheets of the Company as of January 1, 2011 and September 30, 2010 and its statements of income and cash flows for the thirteen week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010 for (i) TransDigm Group on a parent only basis with its investment in subsidiaries recorded under the equity method, (ii) TransDigm Inc. including its directly owned operations and non-operating entities, (iii) the Subsidiary Guarantors on a combined basis, (iv) Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries after December 14, 2010 and (v) the Company on a consolidated basis.
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF JANUARY 1, 2011
(Amounts in thousands)
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TRANSDIGM GROUP, INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2010
(Amounts in Thousands)
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEK PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 1, 2011
(Amounts in thousands)
TransDigm
Group |
TransDigm
Inc. |
Subsidiary
Guarantors |
Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries |
Eliminations |
Total
Consolidated |
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NET SALES |
$ | | $ | 17,332 | $ | 218,789 | $ | 5,100 | $ | (1,175 | ) | $ | 240,046 | |||||||||||
COST OF SALES |
| 10,359 | 99,053 | 3,784 | (882 | ) | 112,314 | |||||||||||||||||
GROSS PROFIT |
| 6,973 | 119,736 | 1,316 | (293 | ) | 127,732 | |||||||||||||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES: |
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Selling and administrative |
| 9,696 | 20,836 | 498 | | 31,030 | ||||||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
| 156 | 4,259 | | | 4,415 | ||||||||||||||||||
Refinancing costs |
| 70,730 | | | | 70,730 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
| 80,582 | 25,095 | 498 | | 106,175 | ||||||||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS |
| (73,609 | ) | 94,641 | 818 | (293 | ) | 21,557 | ||||||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): |
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Interest expense - net |
| (32,034 | ) | (524 | ) | 4 | | (32,554 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Equity in income of subsidiaries |
(7,347 | ) | 61,767 | | | (54,420 | ) | | ||||||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
(7,347 | ) | (43,876 | ) | 94,117 | 822 | (54,713 | ) | (10,997 | ) | ||||||||||||||
INCOME TAX PROVISION (BENEFIT) |
| (36,529 | ) | 32,592 | 287 | | (3,650 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
NET INCOME (LOSS) |
$ | (7,347 | ) | $ | (7,347 | ) | $ | 61,525 | $ | 535 | $ | (54,713 | ) | $ | (7,347 | ) | ||||||||
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEK PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 2, 2010
(Amounts in thousands)
TransDigm
Group |
TransDigm
Inc. |
Subsidiary
Guarantors |
Eliminations |
Total
Consolidated |
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NET SALES |
$ | | $ | 13,191 | $ | 171,868 | $ | (781 | ) | $ | 184,278 | |||||||||
COST OF SALES |
| 7,870 | 73,869 | (520 | ) | 81,219 | ||||||||||||||
GROSS PROFIT |
| 5,321 | 97,999 | (261 | ) | 103,059 | ||||||||||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES: |
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Selling and administrative |
| 7,659 | 15,078 | (271 | ) | 22,466 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
| 156 | 3,984 | | 4,140 | |||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
| 7,815 | 19,062 | (271 | ) | 26,606 | ||||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS |
| (2,494 | ) | 78,937 | 10 | 76,453 | ||||||||||||||
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES): |
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Interest expense - net |
| (27,986 | ) | (529 | ) | | (28,515 | ) | ||||||||||||
Equity in income of subsidiaries |
30,758 | 50,286 | | (81,044 | ) | | ||||||||||||||
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES |
30,758 | 19,806 | 78,408 | (81,034 | ) | 47,938 | ||||||||||||||
INCOME TAX PROVISION (BENEFIT) |
| (10,952 | ) | 28,132 | | 17,180 | ||||||||||||||
NET INCOME (LOSS) |
$ | 30,758 | $ | 30,758 | $ | 50,276 | $ | (81,034 | ) | $ | 30,758 | |||||||||
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEK PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 1, 2011
(Amounts in thousands)
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THIRTEEN WEEK PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 2, 2010
(Amounts in thousands)
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion of the Companys financial condition and results of operations should be read together with TD Groups consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. References in this section to TransDigm, the Company, we, us, our, and similar references refer to TD Group, TransDigm Inc. and TransDigm Inc.s subsidiaries, unless the context otherwise indicates. The following discussion may contain predictions, estimates and other forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in this report. These risks could cause our actual results to differ materially from any future performance suggested below.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, in particular, the statements about the Companys plans, strategies and prospects under this section entitled Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by such forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company can give no assurance that such plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved. Many of the factors affecting these forward-looking statements are outside the control of the Company. Consequently, such forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as the Companys current plans, estimates and beliefs. The Company does not undertake, and specifically declines, any obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect any future events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, except as required by applicable law. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include but are not limited to: the sensitivity of our business to the number of flight hours that our customers planes spend aloft and our customers profitability, both of which are affected by general economic conditions; future terrorist attacks; our reliance on certain customers; the U.S. defense budget and risks associated with being a government supplier; failure to maintain government or industry approvals; failure to complete or successfully integrate acquisitions; our substantial indebtedness; and other factors. Please refer to the other information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and to the Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for additional information regarding the foregoing factors that may affect our business.
Overview
We believe we are a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on nearly all commercial and military aircraft in service today. Our business is well diversified due to the broad range of products we offer to our customers. Some of our more significant product offerings, substantially all of which are ultimately provided to end-users in the aerospace industry, include mechanical/electro-mechanical actuators and controls, ignition systems and engine technology, specialized pumps and valves, power conditioning devices, specialized AC/DC electric motors and generators, aircraft audio systems, specialized cockpit displays, engineered latching and locking devices, specialized lavatory components, engineered connectors and elastomers, rods and locking devices, NiCad batteries/chargers, and lighting and control technology. Each of these product offerings is composed of many individual products that are typically customized to meet the needs of a particular aircraft platform or customer.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2011, we generated net sales of $240.0 million and a net loss of $7.3 million. EBITDA As Defined was $111.3 million, or 46.4% of net sales. See below for certain information regarding EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined, including reconciliations of EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined to net income and net cash provided by operating activities.
Certain Acquisitions
Talley Actuation Acquisition
On December 31, 2010, TransDigm Inc. completed the acquisition of the actuation business of Telair International, Inc. (Talley Actuation) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teleflex Incorporated for approximately $94 million in cash, subject
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to adjustments based on the level of working capital as of the closing date of the acquisition. Talley Actuation manufactures proprietary, highly engineered electro-mechanical products and other components for commercial and military aircraft. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction.
McKechnie Aerospace Holdings Acquisition
On December 6, 2010, TransDigm Inc. completed the acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings Inc. (McKechnie Aerospace), for approximately $1.27 billion in cash, subject to adjustments based on the level of working capital as of the closing date of the acquisition. McKechnie Aerospace is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of aerospace components, assemblies and subsystems for commercial aircraft, regional/business jets, military fixed wing and rotorcraft. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction.
Semco Instruments Acquisition
On September 3, 2010, TransDigm Inc. completed the acquisition of Semco Instruments, Inc. (Semco Instruments) for approximately $73.6 million in cash, which includes a purchase price adjustment of $3.0 million paid in the first quarter of fiscal 2011. Semco Instruments manufactures proprietary, highly engineered components for major turbo-prop, turbo-fan, and turbo-shaft engines which are primarily used on helicopters, business jets and selected regional airplanes. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction.
Dukes Aerospace Acquisition
On December 2, 2009, TransDigm Inc. acquired substantially all the aerospace related assets of Dukes, Inc. and GST Industries, Inc. (collectively, Dukes Aerospace) for approximately $95.7 million in cash, subject to adjustment based on the level of working capital as of the closing date of the acquisition. In addition, the agreement provides for potential earn-out payments up to a total of $60 million over four years based on the achievement of certain growth targets. Dukes Aerospace is a supplier of proprietary, highly engineered components primarily to the business jet, regional jet, and military aerospace markets, along with commercial and military helicopter markets. The products are comprised primarily of highly engineered valves and certain pumps, solenoids and related components. These products fit well with TransDigms overall business direction.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We present below certain financial information based on our EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined. References to EBITDA mean earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and references to EBITDA As Defined mean EBITDA plus, as applicable for each relevant period, certain adjustments as set forth in the reconciliations of net income to EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined and the reconciliations of net cash provided by operating activities to EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined presented below.
Neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined is a measurement of financial performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). We present EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined because we believe they are useful indicators for evaluating operating performance and liquidity.
Our management believes that EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined are useful as indicators of liquidity because securities analysts, investors, rating agencies and others use EBITDA to evaluate a companys ability to incur and service debt. In addition, EBITDA As Defined is useful to investors because our revolving credit facility under our senior secured credit facility requires compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a financial covenant that measures the ratio of the amount of our secured indebtedness to the amount of our Consolidated EBITDA defined in the same manner as we define EBITDA As Defined herein. This financial covenant is a material term of our senior secured credit facility as the failure to comply with such financial covenant could result in an event of default in respect of the revolving credit facility (and such an event of default could, in turn, result in an event of default under the indentures governing our 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes).
In addition to the above, our management uses EBITDA As Defined to review and assess the performance of the management team in connection with employee incentive programs and to prepare its annual budget and financial projections. Moreover, our management uses EBITDA As Defined to evaluate acquisitions.
Although we use EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined as measures to assess the performance of our business and for the other purposes set forth above, the use of these non-GAAP financial measures as analytical tools has limitations, and you should not consider any of them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results of operations as reported in accordance with GAAP. Some of these limitations are:
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neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined reflects the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest payments, on our indebtedness; |
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although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined reflects any cash requirements for such replacements; |
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the omission of the substantial amortization expense associated with our intangible assets further limits the usefulness of EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined; |
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neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined includes the payment of taxes, which is a necessary element of our operations; and |
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EBITDA As Defined excludes the cash expense we have incurred to integrate acquired businesses into our operations, which is a necessary element of certain of our acquisitions. |
Because of these limitations, EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. Management compensates for these limitations by not viewing EBITDA or EBITDA As Defined in isolation and specifically by using other GAAP measures, such as net income, net sales and operating profit, to measure our operating performance. Neither EBITDA nor EBITDA As Defined is a measurement of financial performance under GAAP, and neither should be considered as an alternative to net income or cash flow from operations determined in accordance with GAAP. Our calculation of EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined may not be comparable to the calculation of similarly titled measures reported by other companies.\
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined (in thousands):
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January 1,
2011 |
January 2,
2010 |
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Net (loss) income |
$ | (7,347 | ) | $ | 30,758 | |||
Adjustments: |
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Depreciation and amortization expense |
8,829 | 7,616 | ||||||
Interest expense, net |
32,554 | 28,515 | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) provision |
(3,650 | ) | 17,180 | |||||
EBITDA |
30,386 | 84,069 | ||||||
Adjustments: |
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Inventory purchase accounting adjustments (1) |
2,732 | 2,254 | ||||||
Acquisition integration costs (2) |
3,839 | 967 | ||||||
Acquisition transaction-related expenses (3) |
1,801 | 1,450 | ||||||
Stock option expense (4) |
1,857 | 1,621 | ||||||
Refinancing costs (5) |
70,730 | | ||||||
EBITDA As Defined |
$ | 111,345 | $ | 90,361 | ||||
(1) | Represents accounting adjustments to inventory associated with acquisitions of businesses and product lines that were charged to cost of sales when the inventory was sold. |
(2) | Represents costs incurred to integrate acquired businesses and product lines into TD Groups operations, facility relocation costs and other acquisition-related costs. |
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(3) | Represents transaction-related costs comprising deal fees; legal, financial and tax due diligence expenses; and valuation costs that are required to be expensed as incurred. |
(4) | Represents the compensation expense recognized by TD Group under our stock option plans. |
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Represents costs incurred in connection with the refinancing in December 2010, including the premium paid to redeem our 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes of $40.7 million, the write off of debt issue costs and unamortized note premium and discount of $25.7 million, and settlement of the interest rate swap agreement and other expenses of $4.3 million. |
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to EBITDA and EBITDA As Defined (in thousands):
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January 1,
2011 |
January 2,
2010 |
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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities |
$ | 62,148 | $ | 59,597 | ||||
Adjustments: |
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Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions of businesses |
12,059 | (27,448 | ) | |||||
Interest expense, net (1) |
30,472 | 26,637 | ||||||
Income tax provision - current |
(5,868 | ) | 15,680 | |||||
Non-cash equity compensation (2) |
(1,858 | ) | (1,628 | ) | ||||
Excess tax benefit from exercise of stock options |
4,163 | 11,231 | ||||||
Refinancing costs (3) |
(70,730 | ) | | |||||
EBITDA |
30,386 | 84,069 | ||||||
Adjustments: |
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Inventory purchase accounting adjustments (4) |
2,732 | 2,254 | ||||||
Acquisition integration costs (5) |
3,839 | 967 | ||||||
Acquisition transaction-related expenses (6) |
1,801 | 1,450 | ||||||
Stock option expense (7) |
1,857 | 1,621 | ||||||
Refinancing costs (3) |
70,730 | | ||||||
EBITDA As Defined |
$ | 111,345 | $ | 90,361 | ||||
(1) | Represents interest expense excluding the amortization of debt issue costs and note premium and discount. |
(2) | Represents the compensation expense recognized by TD Group under our stock plans. |
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Represents costs incurred in connection with the refinancing in December 2010, including the premium paid to redeem our 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes of $40.7 million, the write off of debt issue costs and unamortized note premium and discount of $25.7 million, and settlement of the interest rate swap agreement and other expenses of $4.3 million. |
(4) | Represents accounting adjustments to inventory associated with acquisitions of businesses and product lines that were charged to cost of sales when the inventory was sold. |
(5) | Represents costs incurred to integrate acquired businesses and product lines into TD Groups operations, facility relocation costs and other acquisition-related costs. |
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(6) | Represents transaction-related costs comprising deal fees; legal, financial and tax due diligence expenses; and valuation costs that are required to be expensed as incurred. |
(7) | Represents the compensation expense recognized by TD Group under our stock option plans. |
Critical Accounting Policies
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, which often requires the judgment of management in the selection and application of certain accounting principles and methods. Management believes that the quality and reasonableness of our most critical policies enable the fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations. However, investors are cautioned that the sensitivity of financial statements to these methods, assumptions and estimates could create materially different results under different conditions or using different assumptions.
A summary of our significant accounting policies and estimates is included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2010. There has been no other significant changes to our critical accounting policies during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011.
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain operating data of the Company as a percentage of net sales:
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January 1,
2011 |
January 2,
2010 |
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Net sales |
100.0 | % | 100.0 | % | ||||
Cost of sales |
46.8 | 44.1 | ||||||
Gross profit |
53.2 | 55.9 | ||||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
12.9 | 12.2 | ||||||
Refinancing costs |
29.5 | | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
1.8 | 2.2 | ||||||
Income from operations |
9.0 | 41.5 | ||||||
Interest expense - net |
13.6 | 15.5 | ||||||
Income tax (benefit) provision |
(1.5 | ) | 9.3 | |||||
Net (loss) income |
(3.1 | )% | 16.7 | % | ||||
Changes in Results of Operations
Thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 compared with the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010.
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Net Sales . Net sales increased by $55.7 million, or 30.3%, to $240.0 million for the quarter ended January 1, 2011, from $184.3 million for the comparable quarter last year. Sales of $36.3 million resulted from the acquisitions of Dukes Aerospace and Semco Instruments in fiscal 2010 and McKechnie Aerospace in fiscal 2011. Organic sales increased by $19.4 million or 10.6% from the prior year. The organic sales growth was primarily due to an increase of $3.8 million in commercial OEM sales, and an increase of $15.6 million in commercial aftermarket sales resulting primarily from higher volumes given an improving market demand for aftermarket products. Defense sales were essentially flat for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 compared to the quarter ended January 2, 2010. |
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Cost of Sales and Gross Profit. Cost of sales increased by $31.1 million, or 38.3%, to $112.3 million for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 from $81.2 million for the comparable period last year. The increase in the dollar amount of cost of sales was primarily due to increased volume associated with the higher net sales discussed above. |
Gross profit as a percentage of sales decreased to 53.2% for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 from 55.9% for the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010. The dollar amount of gross profit increased by $24.6 million, or 23.9%, to $127.7 million for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 from $103.1 million for the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010. The increase in the amount of gross profit was primarily due to the following items:
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Sales of $36.3 million from the acquisitions indicated above contributed gross profit of approximately $11 million for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011, which includes the acquisition-related costs incurred in connection with those acquisitions. These acquisitions diluted gross profit as a percentage of sales for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 by approximately four percentage points. |
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Organic sales growth and favorable product pricing on our proprietary products resulted in increased gross profit of approximately $14 million for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011. |
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Selling and Administrative Expenses . Selling and administrative expenses increased by $8.5 million to $31.0 million, or 12.9% of sales, for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 from $22.5 million, or 12.2% of sales, for the comparable quarter last year. The increase in selling and administrative expenses is primarily due to $3.5 million of acquisition-related expenses incurred (primarily severance and other corporate office expenses) related to the acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace; $1.8 million of transaction-related expenses incurred in connection with the acquisitions of Semco Instruments, McKechnie Aerospace and the Talley Actuation business (See Note 3 in Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), which were $0.3 million higher than the amount incurred for the quarter ended January 2, 2010 in connection with the acquisition of Dukes Aerospace; and incremental selling and administrative expenses relating to recent acquisitions. |
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Amortization of Intangibles . Amortization of intangibles increased to $4.4 million for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 from $4.1 million for the comparable quarter last year. The net increase of $0.3 million was primarily due to amortization expense related to the additional identifiable intangible assets recognized in connection with acquisitions during the last twelve months partially offset by the order backlog becoming fully amortized in fiscal 2010 relating to prior acquisitions. |
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Refinancing Costs . Refinancing costs were recorded in December 2010 as a result of the refinancing of TransDigms entire debt structure. The charge of $70.7 million consisted of the premium of $40.7 million paid to redeem our 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes, the write-off of debt issue costs and unamortized note premium and discount of $25.7 million, and the settlement of the interest rate swap agreement and other expenses of $4.3 million. |
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Interest Expense-net. Interest expense increased $4.1 million, or 14.2%, to $32.6 million for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 from $28.5 million for the comparable quarter last year. The net increase in interest expense-net was primarily due to the debt refinancing transactions and the acquisition financing related to McKechnie Aerospace which occurred in December 2010. The Companys weighted average level of outstanding borrowings was approximately $2.15 billion for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 and approximately $1.78 billion for the quarter ended January 2, 2010. The average interest rate, calculated as annualized total interest expense divided by the weighted average level of outstanding borrowings, decreased to 6.1% for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 from 6.4% during the comparable quarter last year. The weighted average interest rate on total borrowings outstanding at January 1, 2011was approximately 6.4%. |
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Income Taxes . Income tax expense as a percentage of loss or income before income taxes was approximately 33.2% for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 compared to 35.8% for the quarter ended January 2, 2010. The lower effective tax rate for the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 was primarily due to the retroactive reinstatement of the research and development tax credit and the continued phase-in of the domestic manufacturing deduction. |
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Net Income. Net (loss) income decreased $38.1 million to a net loss of $7.3 million for the quarter ended January 1, 2011, primarily as a result of the factors referred to above. |
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Earnings per Share. The basic and diluted (loss) earnings per share was ($0.19) for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 and $0.01 per share for the quarter ended January 2, 2010. Net loss for the quarter ended January 1, 2011 of $7.3 million was increased by an allocation of dividends to participating securities of $2.8 million resulting in net loss available to common shareholders of $10.2 million. Due to the special cash dividend declared and paid during the quarter ended January 2, 2010, the net income for the quarter of $30.8 million was reduced by an allocation of dividends to participating securities of $30.3 million resulting in a net income available to common shareholders of $0.5 million. |
Backlog
As of January 1, 2011, the Company estimated its sales order backlog at $671 million compared to an estimated sales order backlog of $427 million as of January 2, 2010. This increase in backlog is primarily due to the purchase orders acquired in connection with the acquisitions of Semco Instruments, McKechnie Aerospace and Talley Actuation, discussed above, totaling approximately $207 million as of January 1, 2011. The majority of the purchase orders outstanding as of January 1, 2011 are scheduled for delivery within the next twelve months. Purchase orders may be subject to cancellation or deferral by the customer prior to shipment. The level of unfilled purchase orders at any given date during the year will be materially affected by the timing of the Companys receipt of purchase orders and the speed with which those orders are filled. Accordingly, the Companys backlog as of January 1, 2011 may not necessarily represent the actual amount of shipments or sales for any future period.
Foreign Operations
Although we manufacture substantially all of our products in the United States, we manufacture some products through our wholly-owned subsidiaries located in Malaysia, Mexico, Belgium and the United Kingdom. We sell our products in the United States, as well as in foreign countries. A number of risks inherent in international operations could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, including currency fluctuations, difficulties in staffing and managing multi-national operations, general economic and political uncertainties and potential for social unrest in countries in which we operate, limitations on our ability to enforce legal rights and remedies, restrictions on the repatriation of funds, change in trade policies, tariff regulation, difficulties in obtaining export and import licenses and the risk of government financed competition.
There can be no assurance that foreign governments will not adopt regulations or take other action that would have a direct or indirect adverse impact on the business or market opportunities of the Company within such governments countries. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the political, cultural and economic climate outside the United States will be favorable to our operations and growth strategy.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Operating Activities. The Company generated $62.1 million of cash from operating activities during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 compared to $59.6 million during the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010. The net increase of $2.5 million was due primarily to an increase in income from operations (excluding refinancing costs) and favorable working capital management, partially offset by higher interest payments in connection with the Companys debt refinancing transactions during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011.
Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities was $1,365.2 million during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 consisting primarily of the acquisitions of McKechnie Aerospace and Talley Actuation and capital expenditures of $3.0 million. Cash used in investing activities was $99.2 million during the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010 consisting primarily of the acquisition of Dukes Aerospace and capital expenditures of $3.5 million.
Financing Activities. Cash provided by financing activities during the thirteen week period ended January1, 2011 was $1,303.2 million, which comprised $1,505.0 million of net proceeds from our new senior secured credit facility, $1,583.2 million of net proceeds from the issuance of the 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes due 2018, $780.0 million repayment of previous senior secured credit facility, $1,009.3 million repurchase of the 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes due 2014, $2.8 million of dividends and dividend equivalent payments, and $7.1 million of cash for tax benefits related to share-based
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payment arrangements and from the exercise of stock options. Cash provided by financing activities during the thirteen week period ended January 2, 2010 was $11.4 million, which comprised $404.5 million of net proceeds from the issuance of the 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes, $404.9 million of dividends and dividend equivalent payments, and $11.8 million of cash for tax benefits related to share-based payment arrangements and from the exercise of stock options.
Description of New Senior Secured Credit Facility and Indenture
In December 2010,TransDigm entered into a new Senior Secured Credit Facility, which consists of a $1.55 billion term loan facility and a $245 million revolving credit facility (collectively, the New Senior Secured Credit Facility). The proceeds of the term loan were used to pay the purchase price of and related transaction expenses associated with the acquisition of McKechnie Aerospace and repay a portion of the amounts outstanding under the previous senior secured credit facility. The applicable interest rate on the term loan at January 1, 2011 was 5.0%. At January 1, 2011, the Company had $7.0 million letters of credit outstanding and $238.0 of borrowings available under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility.
Under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility the term loan facility matures in December 2016 and the revolving credit facility matures in December 2015. The term loan facility under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility requires quarterly principal payments beginning March 31, 2011.
The term loan under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility is subject to mandatory prepayments of principal based on a percentage of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the agreement) if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio exceeds 4.50 to 1.00 for the Companys fiscal year commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. Consolidated Leverage Ratio means the ratio of consolidated total indebtedness to the aggregate amount of EBITDA As Defined, calculated on a pro forma basis. In addition, subject to certain exceptions (including, with respect to asset sales, reinvestment in productive assets), TransDigm will be required to prepay the loans outstanding under the term loan facility at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales and the issuance or incurrence of certain indebtedness.
Long-term financing arrangements also include $1.6 billion of aggregate principal amount of 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes (discussed further below). Such notes do not require principal payments prior to their maturity in December 2018.
New 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018
In December 2010, TransDigm issued $1.6 billion in aggregate principal amount of its 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the 2018 Notes) at an issue price of 100% of the principal amount. The 2018 Notes represent unsecured obligations of TransDigm Inc. ranking subordinate to TransDigm Inc.s senior debt, as defined in the indenture governing the 2018 Notes (the Indenture). Interest under the 2018 Notes is payable semi-annually.
TransDigm utilized a portion of the proceeds from the 2018 Notes to purchase approximately $968.6 million aggregate principal amount of its 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 (the 2014 Notes) representing all such 2014 Notes that were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the consent expiration deadline pursuant to TransDigms previously announced cash offers to purchase (Tender Offers) any and all of its outstanding 2014 Notes in December 2010. TransDigm also received consents from holders of the required majority of the principal amount of the 2014 Notes to, among other modifications, eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and certain events of default in the indentures governing the 2014 Notes.
Remaining proceeds from the 2018 Notes were utilized to pay off the remaining outstanding balance under the previous senior secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
The Company recorded refinancing costs of $70.7 million during the thirteen week period ended January 1, 2011 representing one-time charges resulting from the refinancing of TransDigms entire debt structure. The charge consisted of the premium of $40.7 million paid to redeem our 2014 Notes, the write-off of debt issue costs and unamortized note premium and discount of $25.7 million, and the settlement of the interest rate swap agreement and other expenses of $4.3 million.
On January 15, 2011, TransDigm redeemed all of the 2014 Notes that remained outstanding at January 1, 2011 in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $31.4 million. The Company recorded additional refinancing costs of approximately $1.2 million relating to the redemption.
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Certain Restrictive Covenants in Our Debt Documents
Both the New Senior Secured Credit Facility and the Indenture contain restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the payment of dividends, transactions with affiliates, asset sales, acquisitions, mergers and consolidations, liens and encumbrances, and prepayments of other indebtedness. A breach of any of the covenants or an inability to comply with the required leverage ratio could result in a default under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility or the Indenture. If any such default occurs, the lenders under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility and the holders of the 2018 Notes may elect to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued interest and other amounts payable thereunder, to be immediately due and payable. The lenders under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility also have the right in these circumstances to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings. In addition, following an event of default under the New Senior Secured Credit Facility, the lenders thereunder will have the right to proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure the debt, which includes our available cash, and they will also have the right to prevent us from making debt service payments on the 2018 Notes.
ITEM 3. | QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK |
Our main exposure to market risk relates to interest rates. Our financial instruments that are subject to interest rate risk principally include fixed-rate and floating-rate long-term debt. At January 1, 2011, we had borrowings under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility of $1.55 billion that were subject to interest rate risk. Borrowings under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either an alternate base rate or an adjusted LIBO rate for a one-, two-, three- or six-month (or to the extent available to each lender, nine- or twelve-month) interest period chosen by us, in each case, plus an applicable margin percentage. Accordingly, the Companys cash flows and earnings will be exposed to the market risk of interest rate changes resulting from variable rate borrowings under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility. The effect of a hypothetical one percentage point increase in interest rates would increase the annual interest costs under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility by approximately $15.5 million based on the amount of outstanding borrowings at January 1, 2011. The weighted average interest rate on the $1.55 billion of borrowings under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility on January 1, 2011 was 5.0%.
The fair value of the $1.55 billion aggregate principal amount of borrowings under our New Senior Secured Credit Facility is exposed to the market risk of interest rates. The estimated fair value of such term loan approximated $1.56 billion at January 1, 2011 based upon information provided to the Company from its agent under the credit facility. The fair value of the $1.60 billion aggregate principal amount of our 7 3 / 4 % senior subordinated notes due 2018 is exposed to the market risk of interest rate changes. The estimated fair value of such notes approximated $1.66 billion at January 1, 2011 based upon quoted market rates.
ITEM 4. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
As of January 1, 2011, TD Group carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of TD Groups management, including its Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of TD Groups disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that TD Groups disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by TD Group in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to TD Groups management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, TD Groups management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in designing and evaluating the controls and procedures. There have been no significant changes in TD Groups internal controls or other factors that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date of TD Groups evaluations.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
On December 6, 2010, we acquired McKechnie Aerospace. McKechnie Aerospace operated under its own set of systems and internal controls and we are currently maintaining those systems and much of that control environment until we are able to incorporate McKechnie Aerospaces processes into our own systems and control environment. We currently
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expect to complete the incorporation of McKechnie Aerospaces operations into our systems and control environment in fiscal 2011. There were no other changes to our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended January
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010. There have been no material changes to the risk factors set forth therein.
ITEM 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
On October 23, 2008, the Board of Directors authorized a common share repurchase program, which was announced on October 27, 2008. Under the terms of the program, the Company may purchase up to a maximum aggregate value of $50 million of its shares of common stock. At January 1, 2011, the Company had repurchased under this program 494,100 shares of its common stock at a gross cost of approximately $15.2 million at a weighted-average price per share of $30.85. No repurchases were made under the program during the quarter ended January 1, 2011.
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ITEM 6. | Exhibits |
3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed April 25, 2007, of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc. | |
3.2 | Bylaws of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc. | |
3.3 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed April 13, 2007, of McKechnie Aerospace DE, Inc. | |
3.4 | Bylaws of McKechnie Aerospace, DE, Inc. | |
3.5 | Certificate of Formation, filed May 11, 2005, of Melrose US 3 LLC (now known as McKechnie Aerospace US LLC). | |
3.6 | Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Formation of Melrose US 3 LLC (now known as McKechnie Aerospace US LLC), filed May 11, 2007. | |
3.7 | Limited Liability Agreement of McKechnie Aerospace US LLC. | |
3.8 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed December 11, 1998, of McKechnie US Holdings Inc. (now known as McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc.) | |
3.9 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of McKechnie Investments, Inc. (now known as McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc.), filed May 11, 2007. | |
3.10 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc. | |
3.11 | Certificate of Formation, filed February 29, 2000, of Western Sky Industries, LLC. | |
3.12 | Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Agreement of Western Sky Industries, LLC. | |
3.13 | Articles of Incorporation, filed May 10, 1957, of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company (now known as Hartwell Corporation). | |
3.14 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, filed June 9, 1960, of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company (now known as Hartwell Corporation). | |
3.15 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, filed October 23, 1987, of Hartwell Corporation. | |
3.16 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, filed April 9, 1997, of Hartwell Corporation. | |
3.17 | Bylaws of Hartwell Corporation. | |
3.18 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed September 28, 1995, of Valley-Todeco, Inc. | |
3.19 | Bylaws of Valley-Todeco, Inc. | |
3.20 | Articles of Incorporation, filed August 6, 1999, of Texas Rotronics, Inc. | |
3.21 | Bylaws of Texas Rotronics, Inc. | |
4.1 | Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2010, to Indenture dated June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
4.2 | Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2010, to Indenture dated June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.3 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2010, to Indenture dated October 6, 2009, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
4.4 | Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2010, to Indenture dated October 6, 2009, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). |
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4.5 | Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.6 | Form of 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018. (Included in exhibit 4.5 which is incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.7 | Form of Notation of Guarantee. (Included in exhibit 4.5 which is incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.8 |
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as representative for the initial purchasers listed therein. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). |
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10.1 | Credit Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. from time to time party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Barclays Capital, as Joint Bookrunners, UBS Securities LLC, as Syndication Agent, and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
10.2 | Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, as amended and restated as of December 6, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
10.3 | Joinder Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2010, among McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc., McKechnie Aerospace DE, Inc., McKechnie Aerospace US LLC, McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc., Valley-Todeco, Inc., Hartwell Corporation, Western Sky Industries, LLC,Texas Rotronics, Inc. and Credit Suisse AG, as agent. (Incorporated by reference to form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
10.4 | Form of Option Agreement under 2008 stock incentive program under TransDigm Group 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporating amendments made in January 2011 (in the form of options granted in fiscal 2011)* | |
31.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
31.2 | Certification by Principal Financial Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.2 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101 | Financial Statements and Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements formatted in XBRL. |
* | Indicates management contract or compensatory plan contract or arrangement |
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TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED
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 thereunto duly assigned.
SIGNATURE | TITLE | DATE | ||
/s/ W. Nicholas Howley |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and | February 8, 2011 | ||
W. Nicholas Howley | Chief Executive Officer | |||
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||||
/s/ Gregory Rufus |
Executive Vice President, Chief | February 8, 2011 | ||
Gregory Rufus | Financial Officer and Secretary | |||
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO FORM 10-Q FOR THE PERIOD ENDED JANUARY 1, 2011
EXHIBIT NO. |
DESCRIPTION |
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3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed April 25, 2007, of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc. | |
3.2 | Bylaws of McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc. | |
3.3 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed April 13, 2007, of McKechnie Aerospace DE, Inc. | |
3.4 | Bylaws of McKechnie Aerospace, DE, Inc. | |
3.5 | Certificate of Formation, filed May 11, 2005, of Melrose US 3 LLC (now known as McKechnie Aerospace US LLC). | |
3.6 | Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Formation of Melrose US 3 LLC (now known as McKechnie Aerospace US LLC), filed May 11, 2007. | |
3.7 | Limited Liability Agreement of McKechnie Aerospace US LLC. | |
3.8 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed December 11, 1998, of McKechnie US Holdings Inc. (now known as McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc.) | |
3.9 | Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of McKechnie Investments, Inc. (now known as McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc.), filed May 11, 2007. | |
3.10 | Amended and Restated Bylaws of McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc. | |
3.11 | Certificate of Formation, filed February 29, 2000, of Western Sky Industries, LLC. | |
3.12 | Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Agreement of Western Sky Industries, LLC. | |
3.13 | Articles of Incorporation, filed May 10, 1957, of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company (now known as Hartwell Corporation). | |
3.14 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, filed June 9, 1960, of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company (now known as Hartwell Corporation). | |
3.15 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, filed October 23, 1987, of Hartwell Corporation. | |
3.16 | Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation, filed April 9, 1997, of Hartwell Corporation. | |
3.17 | Bylaws of Hartwell Corporation. | |
3.18 | Certificate of Incorporation, filed September 28, 1995, of Valley-Todeco, Inc. | |
3.19 | Bylaws of Valley-Todeco, Inc. | |
3.20 | Articles of Incorporation, filed August 6, 1999, of Texas Rotronics, Inc. | |
3.21 | Bylaws of Texas Rotronics, Inc. | |
4.1 | Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2010, to Indenture dated June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
4.2 | Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2010, to Indenture dated June 23, 2006, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.3 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2010, to Indenture dated October 6, 2009, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). |
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4.4 | Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2010, to Indenture dated October 6, 2009, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.5 | Indenture, dated as of December 14, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, relating to TransDigm Inc.s 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.6
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Form of 7 3 / 4 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018. (Included in exhibit 4.5 which is incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). |
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4.7 | Form of Notation of Guarantee. (Included in exhibit 4.5 which is incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
4.8
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 14, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., as issuer, TransDigm Group Incorporated, as a guarantor, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as representative for the initial purchasers listed therein. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 15, 2010). | |
10.1 | Credit Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. from time to time party thereto, the financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and UBS Securities LLC, as joint lead arrangers, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and Barclays Capital, as Joint Bookrunners, UBS Securities LLC, as Syndication Agent, and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and PNC Capital Markets LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
10.2 | Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 23, 2006, as amended and restated as of December 6, 2010, among TransDigm Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated, the subsidiaries of TransDigm Inc. named therein and Credit Suisse AG, as administrative agent and collateral agent. (Incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
10.3 | Joinder Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2010, among McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc., McKechnie Aerospace DE, Inc., McKechnie Aerospace US LLC, McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc., Valley-Todeco, Inc., Hartwell Corporation, Western Sky Industries, LLC,Texas Rotronics, Inc. and Credit Suisse AG, as agent. (Incorporated by reference to form 8-K filed December 9, 2010). | |
10.4 | Form of Option Agreement under 2008 stock incentive program under TransDigm Group 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, incorporating amendments made in January 2011 (in the form of options granted in fiscal 2011)* | |
31.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
31.2 | Certification by Principal Financial Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.1 | Certification by Principal Executive Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.2 | Certification by Principal Financial Officer of TransDigm Group Incorporated pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
101 | Financial Statements and Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements formatted in XBRL. |
* | Indicates management contract or compensatory plan contract or arrangement |
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Exhibit 3.1
State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 11:58 AM 04/25/2007 FILED 11:58 AM 04/25/2007 |
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
FIRST : The name of the Corporation is McKechnie Aerospace Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter the Corporation).
SECOND : The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD : The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the GCL).
FOURTH : The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, each having a par value of $.01.
FIFTH : The name and mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:
Name |
Address | |
Deborah M. Reusch |
P.O. Box 636 Wilmington, DE 19899 |
SIXTH : The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
(1) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
(2) The directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
(3) The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-Laws of the Corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.
(4) No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
(5) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.
SEVENTH : The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided , however , that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.
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The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
EIGHTH : Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
NINTH : The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Sole Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the GCL, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 25 th day of April 2007.
/s/ Deborah M. Reusch |
Deborah M. Reusch |
Sole Incorporator |
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Exhibit 3.2
BY-LAWS
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
Effective April 25, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I OFFICES
1
Section 1.1
Registered Office
1
Section 1.2
Other Offices
1
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
1
Section 2.1
Place of Meetings
1
Section 2.2
Annual Meetings
1
Section 2.3
Special Meetings
1
Section 2.4
Notice
2
Section 2.5
Adjournments
2
Section 2.6
Quorum
3
Section 2.7
Voting
3
Section 2.8
Proxies
4
Section 2.9
Consent of Stockholders in
Lieu of Meeting
5
Section 2.10
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote
6
Section 2.11
Record Date.
7
Section 2.12
Stock Ledger
8
Section 2.13
Conduct of Meetings
9
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS
9
Section 3.1
Number and Election of Directors
9
Section 3.2
Vacancies
9
Section 3.3
Duties and Powers
10
Section 3.4
Meetings
10
Section 3.5
Organization
10
Section 3.6
Resignations and Removals of Directors
11
Section 3.7
Quorum
12
Section 3.8
Actions of the Board by Written Consent
12
Section 3.9
Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone
13
Section 3.10
Committees
13
Section 3.11
Compensation
15
Section 3.12
Interested Directors
15
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS
16
Section 4.1
General
16
Section 4.2
Election
16
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Section 4.3
Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation
17
Section 4.4
Chairman of the Board of Directors
17
Section 4.5
President
18
Section 4.6
Vice Presidents
18
Section 4.7
Secretary
19
Section 4.8
Treasurer
20
Section 4.9
Assistant Secretaries
20
Section 4.10
Assistant Treasurers
21
Section 4.11
Other Officers
21
ARTICLE V STOCK
22
Section 5.1
Form of Certificates
22
Section 5.2
Signatures
22
Section 5.3
Lost Certificates
22
Section 5.4
Transfers
23
Section 5.5
Dividend Record Date
23
Section 5.6
Record Owners
24
Section 5.7
Transfer and Registry Agents
24
ARTICLE VI NOTICES
24
Section 6.1
Notices
24
Section 6.2
Waivers of Notice
25
ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1
Dividends
25
Section 7.2
Disbursements
26
Section 7.3
Fiscal Year
26
Section 7.4
Corporate Seal
26
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION
26
Section 8.1
Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by
or in the Right of the Corporation
26
Section 8.2
Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of
the Corporation
27
Section 8.3
Authorization of Indemnification
28
Section 8.4
Good Faith Defined
29
Section 8.5
Indemnification by a Court
29
Section 8.6
Expenses Payable in Advance
30
Section 8.7
Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses
31
Section 8.8
Insurance
31
Section 8.9
Certain Definitions
31
Section 8.10
Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses
32
Section 8.11
Limitation on Indemnification
33
Section 8.12
Indemnification of Employees and Agents
33
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS
33
Section 9.1
Amendments
33
Section 9.2
Entire Board of Directors
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BY-LAWS
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE DE, INC.
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, State of Delaware.
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE 11
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 2.2 Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation), Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any
purpose or purposes, may be called by either (I) the Chairman, if there be one, or (ii) the President (ill) any Vice President, if there be one, (iv) the Secretary or (v) any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly
designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority include the power to call such meetings or (iii) stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).
Section 2.4 Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted
to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall
state the place, date and hour of the meetings and, in case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shal1 be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.5 Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 hereof shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
Section 2.6 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the Corporations capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, in the manner provided in Section 5 hereof, until a quorum shall be present or represented.
Section 2.7 Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate
of Incorporation or these By-Laws or permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Companys shares are listed and traded, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the Corporations capital stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by
proxy as provided in Section 8 of this Article II. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such
officers discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 2.8 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
(i)A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholders authorized officer, director ,employee or agent signing such writing or
causing such persons signature to be affixed to such writing by any
reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram or cablegram 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 telegram or cablegram,
provided that any such telegram or cablegram must either set forth or be
submitted with information from which it can be determined that the
telegram or cablegram was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams or cablegrams are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing, telegram or cablegram authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing, telegram or cablegram for any and all purposes for which the original writing, telegram or cablegram could be used; provided, however, that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other
reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing, telegram or
cablegram.
Section 2.9 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless
otherwise provided in the Certification of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation 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 the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be 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 earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. 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. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 9.
Section 2.10 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) 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 or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.
Section 2.11 Record Date.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the 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 sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) 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 the 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 the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) 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 applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 2.12 Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 10 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 2.13 Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 Number and Election of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one nor more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall initially be fixed by the Incorporator and thereafter from time to time by the Board of Directors. Except as provided in Section 2 of this Article III, directors shall be
elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each Annual Meeting of Stockholders and each director so elected shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and
until such directors successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3.2 Vacancies. Unless otherwise required by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies on the Board of Directors or any committee
thereof arising through death, resignation, removal, an increase in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors or such committee or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director. The directors so chosen shall, in the case of the Board of Directors, hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and
qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal and, in the case of any
committee of the Board of Directors shall hold office until their successors are duly
appointed by the Board of Director or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 3.3 Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which
may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as
are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to
be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 3.4 Meetings. The Board of Directors and any committee
thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be
held without notice at such time at such place as may from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or by any director. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be one, the President, or any director serving on such committee. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four (24) hours notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 3.5 Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, or in his or her absence or if there be none, a director
chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman. Except as provided
below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.
Section 3.6 Resignations and Removals of Directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock then outstanding, any director or
the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors, Any director
serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Corporations securities are listed or quoted for trading, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 3.8 Actions of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.
Section 3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate or Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.10 Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities
exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.
Section 3.11 Compensation. 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 for service as director, payable in cash or securities. 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 service as committee members.
Section 3.12 Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason or solely because the director or officer is
present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof
which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such directors or officers vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contact or transaction is
fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director) and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
Section 4.2 Election. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting held
after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders (or action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders), shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officers successor is elected and qualified, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any
vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.3 Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the President or any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The
Board of Directors may, by resolution from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless the Board of Directors designates the President as the Chief Executive Officer, and, except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of Directors. During the absence or
disability of the President, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.5 President. The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and, if there be one, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the President is also a director, the Board of Directors. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if the Board of Directors shall otherwise designate, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.6 Vice Presidents. At the request of the President or in the Presidents absence or in the event of the Presidents inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President or the Vice
Presidents if there are more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), 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. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, 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
Section 4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the
Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors
may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officers signature. The Secretary shall see that all books,
reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 4.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such
depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. 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 the Board
of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an
account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond 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 the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurers possession or under the Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 4.9 Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to
them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretarys inability or refusa1 to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
Section 4.10 Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any,
shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer. If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond 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 the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the
restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurers death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurers possession or under the Assistant Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 4.11 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 5.1 Form of Certificates. Every holder of stock in the
Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the
Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice
President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such
stockholder in the Corporation.
Section 5.2 Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.3 Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate 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, 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 such owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section 5.4 Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or
by such persons attorney Iawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. Every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked Cancelled, with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom
transferred.
Section 5.5 Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or 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 sixty (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.
Section 5.6 Record Owners. 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 required by law.
Section 5.7 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 6.1 Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram, telex or cable.
Section 6.2 Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is requited by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL) and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 8 of Article III hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations capital stock. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or
reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 7.2 Disbursements. All cheeks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 7.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or 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 action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person 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 action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such persons conduct
was unlawful.
Section 8.2 .Power to indemnify Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation
shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit 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; 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 of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 8.3 Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VIII (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 present
or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII,
as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a
director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors
who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
described above, or in defense of any claim, issue of matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys feds) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
Section 8.4 Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have 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, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful, if such persons action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or
another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the
Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to
the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by
an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.
Section 8.5 Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filling of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.
Section 8.6 Expenses Payable Advance. Expenses(including attorneys fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
Section 8.7 Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation
has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DGCL, or otherwise.
Section 8.8 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the corporation 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 such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons 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 VIII.
Section 8.9 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the 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 or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation 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 VIII 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. The term another enterprise as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to
fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee
benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as referred to in this Article VIII.
Section 8.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 8.11 Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5 of this Article VIII), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs,
executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 8.12 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and
officers of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 Amendments. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such meeting of the stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be. All such amendments must be approved by either the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office.
Section 9.2 Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these By-Laws generally, the term entire Board of Directors means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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Adopted as of: April 25, 2007
Exhibit 3.3
State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 02:14 PM 04/13/2007 FILED 02:14 PM 04/13/2007 SRV 070432434 4333330 FILE |
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE DE, INC.
FIRST : The name of the Corporation is McKechnie Aerospace DE, Inc. (hereinafter the Corporation).
SECOND : The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at that address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD : The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code (the GCL).
FOURTH : The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares of Common Stock, each having a par value of $.01.
FIFTH : The name and mailing address of the Sole Incorporator is as follows:
Name |
Address | |
Deborah M. Reusch |
P.O. Box 636 Wilmington, DE 19899 |
SIXTH : The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its directors and stockholders:
(1) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
(2) The directors shall have concurrent power with the stockholders to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation.
(3) The number of directors of the Corporation shall be as from time to time fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the By-Laws of the Corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws so provide.
(4) No director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this Article SIXTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
(5) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the GCL, this Certificate of Incorporation, and any By-Laws adopted by the stockholders; provided, however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the directors which would have been valid if such By-Laws had not been adopted.
SEVENTH : The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, as now or hereafter in effect, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives; provided , however , that, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article SEVENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition.
The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.
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The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation, the By-Laws of the Corporation, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
EIGHTH : Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such pace or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation.
NINTH : The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the Sole Incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the GCL, do make this Certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is my act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set my hand this 13 th day of April 2007.
/s/ Deborah M. Reusch |
Deborah M. Reusch |
Sole Incorporator |
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Exhibit 3.4
BY-LAWS
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE DE, INC.
A Delaware Corporation
Effective April 13, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE I OFFICES 1 Section 1.1 Registered Office 1 Section 1.2 Other Offices
1 ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS 1 Section 2.1 Place of Meetings 1 Section 2.2 Annual Meetings
1 Section 2.3 Special Meetings 1 Section 2.4 Notice 2 Section 2.5 Adjournments 2 Section 2.6 Quorum 3
Section 2.7 Voting 3 Section 2.8 Proxies 4 Section 2.9 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting 5 Section 2.10
List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote 6 Section 2.11 Record Date 7 Section 2.12 Stock Ledger Stock Ledger
8 Section 2.13 Conduct of Meetings 9 ARTICLE III DIRECTORS 9 Section 3.1 Number and Election of Directors 9 Section 3.2 Vacancies 10 Section 3.3 Duties and Powers 10 Section 3.4 Meetings 10 Section 3.5
Organization 11 Section 3.6 Resignations and Removals of Directors 12 Section 3.7 Quorum 12 Section 3.8 Actions of
the Board by Written Consent 13 Section 3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone 13
Section 3.10 Committees 13 Section 3.11 Compensation 15 Section 3.12 Interested Directors 15
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS 16 Section 4.1 General 16 Section 4.2 Election 16
Section 4.3 Voting Securities Owned by the Corporation 17 Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board of Directors
17 Section 4.5 President 18 Section 4.6 Vice Presidents 18 Section 4.7 Secretary 19 Section 4.8
Treasurer 20 Section 4.9 Assistant Secretaries 20 Section 4.10 Assistant Treasurers 21 Section 4.11 Other Officers
21 ARTICLE V STOCK 22 Section 5.1 Form of Certificates 22 Section 5.2 Signatures 22 Section 5.3
Lost Certificates 22 Section 5.4 Transfers 23 Section 5.5 Dividend Record Date 23 Section 5.6 Record Owners
24 Section 5.7 Transfer and Registry Agents 24 ARTICLE VI NOTICES 24 Section 6.1 Notices 24 Section 6.2
Waivers of Notice 25 ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS 25 Section 7.1 Dividends 25
Section 7.2 Disbursements 26 Section 7.3 Fiscal Year 26 Section 7.4 Corporate Seal 26
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION 26 Section 8.1 or
Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the right of the Corporation 26
Section 8.2 Power to Indemnify in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation
27 Section 8.3 Authorization of Indemnification 28 Section 8.4 Good Faith Defined 29
Section 8.5 Indemnification by a Court 29 Section 8.6 Expenses Payable in Advance 30 Section 8.7
Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses 31 Section 8.8 Insurance 31 Section 8.9
Certain Definitions 31 Section 8.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses 32
Section 8.11 Limitation on Indemnification 33
Section 8.12 Indemnification of Employees and Agents 33 ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS 33 Section 9.1 Amendments 33
Section 9.2 Entire Board of Directors 34
BY-LAWS
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE DE, INC.
(hereinafter called the Corporation)
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, State of Delaware.
Section 1.2 Other Offices. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 2.1 Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 2.2 Annual Meetings. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders for the election of directors shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors. Any other proper business may be transacted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Section 2.3 Special Meetings. Unless otherwise required by law or by the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated from time to time (the Certificate of Incorporation), Special Meetings of Stockholders, for any
purpose or purposes, may be called by either (i) the Chairman, if there be one, or (ii) the President (iii) any Vice President, if there be one, (iv) the Secretary or (v) any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors, (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been duly designated by the Board of Directors and whose powers and authority include the power to call such meetings or (iii) stockholders owning a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. At a Special Meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).
Section 2.4 Notice. Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting.
Section 2.5 Adjournments. Any meeting of the stockholders may be adjourned from time to time to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with the requirements of Section 4 hereof shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting.
Section 2.6 Quorum. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the holders of a majority of the Corporations capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, such quorum shall not be 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, in the manner provided in Section 5 hereof, until a quorum shall be present or represented.
Section 2.7 Voting. Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws or permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Companys shares are listed and traded, any question brought before any meeting of the stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the total number of votes of the Corporations capital stock represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on such question, voting as a single class. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, each stockholder represented at a meeting of the stockholders shall be entitled to cast one (1) vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. Such votes may be cast in person or by
proxy as provided in Section 8 of this Article II. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of the stockholders, in such officers discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.
Section 2.8 Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of the stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted upon after three years from its date, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority:
(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholders authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.
(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram or cablegram 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 telegram or cablegram,
provided that any such telegram or cablegram must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram or cablegram was authorized by the stockholder. If it is determined that such telegrams or cablegrams are valid, the inspectors or, if there are no inspectors, such other persons making that determination shall specify the information on which they relied.
Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing, telegram or cablegram authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing, telegram or cablegram for any and all purposes for which the original writing, telegram or cablegram could be used; provided, however, that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing, telegram or cablegram.
Section 2.9 Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation 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 the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporations registered office shall be 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 earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by this Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. 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 Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders. who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 9.
Section 2.10 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting (i) 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 or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present .
Section 2.11 Record Date.
(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the 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 sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) 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 the 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 the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
(b) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than ten (10) 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 applicable law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of
the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery
made to the Corporations registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 2.12 Stock Ledger. The stock ledger of the Corporation shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list required by Section 10 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders.
Section 2.13 Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of any meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of the stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) the determination of when the polls shall open and close for any given matter to be voted on at the meeting; (iii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (iv) limitation on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chairman of the meeting shall determine; (v) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (vi) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 Number and Election of Directors. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than one nor more than fifteen members, the exact number of which shall initially be fixed by the Incorporator and thereafter from time to time by the Board of Directors. Except as provided in Section 2 of this Article Ill, directors shall be
elected by a plurality of the votes cast at each Annual Meeting of Stockholders and each director so elected shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until such directors successor is duly elected and qualified, or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders.
Section 3.2 Vacancies. Unless otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof arising through death, resignation, removal, an increase in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors or such committee or otherwise may be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The directors so chosen shall, in the case of the Board of Directors, hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal and, in the case of any committee of the Board of Directors shall hold office until their successors are duly appointed by the Board of Directors or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 3.3 Duties and Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 3.4 Meetings. The Board of Directors and any committee thereof may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be held without notice at such time and at such place as may from time to time be
determined by the Board of Directors or such committee, respectively. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or by any director. Special meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors may be called by the chairman of such committee, if there be one, the President, or any director serving on such committee. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director (or, in the case of a committee, to each member of such committee) either by mail not less than forty-eight (48) hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four (24) hours notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances.
Section 3.5 Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the chairman of such committee, as the case may be, or, in his or her absence or if there be none, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman. Except as provided below, the Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors and of each committee thereof. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and all the Assistant Secretaries, the chairman of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of each committee of the Board of Directors may appoint any person to act as secretary of any meeting of such committee and the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation may, but need not if such committee so elects, serve in such capacity.
Section 3.6 Resignations and Removals of Directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign from the Board of Directors or any committee thereof at any time, by giving notice in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation and, in the case of a committee, to the chairman of such committee, if there be one. Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein specified or, if no time is specified, immediately; and, unless otherwise specified in such notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Except as otherwise required by applicable law and subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of shares of preferred stock then outstanding, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority in voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors. Any director serving on a committee of the Board of Directors may be removed from such committee at any time by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.7 Quorum. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the Corporations securities are listed or quoted for trading, at all meetings of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, a majority of the entire Board of Directors or a majority of the directors constituting such committee, as the case may be, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as applicable. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 3.8 Actions of the Board by Written Consent. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all the members of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee.
Section 3.9 Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone. Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 9 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 3.10 Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each member of a committee must meet the requirements for membership, if any, imposed by applicable law and the rules and regulations of any securities
exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of any such committee. Subject to the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or quotation system on which the securities of the Corporation are listed or quoted for trading, in the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, and in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors of an alternate member to replace the absent or disqualified member, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another qualified member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent permitted by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article III, the resolution of the Board of Directors establishing any committee of the Board of Directors and/or the charter of any such committee may establish requirements or procedures relating to the governance and/or operation of such committee that are different from, or in addition to, those set forth in these By-Laws and, to the extent that there is any inconsistency between these By-Laws and any such resolution or charter, the terms of such resolution or charter shall be controlling.
Section 3.11 Compensation. 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 for service as director, payable in cash or securities. 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 service as committee members.
Section 3.12 Interested Directors. No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because any such directors or officers vote is counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less than a quorum; or (ii) the material facts as to the directors or officers relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is
fair as to the Corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or the stockholders. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.1 General. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, also may choose a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director) and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law the certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.
Section 4.2 Election. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting held after each Annual Meeting of Stockholders (or action by written consent of stockholders in lieu of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders), shall elect the officers of the Corporation who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors; and each officer of the Corporation shall hold office until such officers successor is elected and qualified, or until such officers earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the Board of Directors. Any
vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. The salaries of all officers of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.3 Voting Securities. Owned by the Corporation. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the President or any Vice President or any other officer authorized to do so by the Board of Directors and any such officer may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities and at any such meeting shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed if present. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
Section 4.4 Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the
Board of Directors, if there be one, shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, unless the Board of Directors designates the President as the Chief Executive Officer, and, except where by law the signature of the President is required, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall possess the same power as the President to sign all contracts, certificates and other instruments of the Corporation which may be authorized by the Board of Directors. During the absence or
disability of the President the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the duties of the President. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.5 President The President shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors and, if there be one, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, have general supervision of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect .The President shall execute all bonds, mortgages, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except that the other officers of the Corporation may sign and execute documents when so authorized by these By-Laws, the Board of Directors or the President. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there be none, the President shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and, provided the President is also a director, the Board of Directors. If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors, or if the Board of Directors shall otherwise designate, the President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The President shall also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as may from time to time be assigned to such officer by these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.6 Vice Presidents. At the request of the President or in the Presidents absence or in the event of the Presidents inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President or the Vice
Presidents if there are more than one (in the order designated by the Board of Directors), 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. Each Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors from time to time may prescribe, If there be no Chairman of the Board of Directors and no Vice President, the Board of Directors shall designate the officer of the Corporation who, in the absence of the President or in the event of the inability or refusal of the President to act, 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.
Section 4.7 Secretary. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings thereat in a book or books to be kept for the purpose; the Secretary shall also perform like duties for committees of the Board of Directors when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be. If the Secretary shall be unable or shall refuse to cause to be given notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and if there be no Assistant Secretary, then either the Board of Directors or the President may choose another officer to cause such notice to be given. The Secretary shall have custody of the seal of the Corporation and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, if there be one, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the signature of the
Secretary or by the signature of any such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest to the affixing by such officers signature. The Secretary shall see that all books, reports, statements, certificates and other documents and records required by law to be kept or filed are properly kept or filed, as the case may be.
Section 4.8 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors. 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 the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Treasure and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasure shall give the Corporation a bond 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 the office of the Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Treasurers death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Treasurers possession or under the Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 4.9 Assistant Secretaries. Assistant Secretaries, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to
them by the Board of Directors, the President any Vice President if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretarys inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Secretary, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Secretary.
Section 4.10 Assistant Treasurers. Assistant Treasurers, if there be any, shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors, the President any Vice President if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurers inability or refusal to act, shall perform the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Treasurer If required by the Board of Directors, an Assistant Treasurer shall give the Corporation a bond 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 the office of Assistant Treasurer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of the Assistant Treasurers death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in the Assistant Treasurers possession or under the Assistant Treasurers control belonging to the Corporation.
Section 4.11 Other Officers. Such other officers as the Board of Directors may choose shall perform such duties and have such powers as from time to time may be assigned to them by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate to any other officer of the Corporation the power to choose such other officers and to prescribe their respective duties and powers.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 5.1 Form of Certificates. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation (i) by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President and (ii) by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation.
Section 5.2 Signatures. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.3 Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate 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, 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 such owners legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as the Board of Directors shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the
Corporation on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section 5.4 Transfers. Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by applicable law and in these By-Laws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation only by the person named in the certificate or by such persons attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, properly endorsed for transfer and payment of all necessary transfer taxes; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the officers of the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. Every certificate exchanged, returned or surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked Cancelled, with the date of cancellation, by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or the transfer agent thereof. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.
Section 5.5 Dividend Record Date. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or 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 sixty (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.
Section 5.6 Record Owners. 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 required by law.
Section 5.7 Transfer and Registry Agents. The Corporation may from time to time maintain one or more transfer offices or agencies and registry offices or agencies at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VI
NOTICES
Section 6.1 Notices. Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, such notice may be given by mail, addressed to such director, member of a committee or stockholder, at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Written notice may also be given personally or by telegram, telex or cable.
Section 6.2 Waivers of Notice. Whenever any notice is required by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, to be given to any director, member of a committee or stockholder, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where the person attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any Annual or Special Meeting of Stockholders or any regular or special meeting of the directors or members of a committee of directors need be specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 7.1 Dividends. Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the requirements of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (the DGCL) and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors (or any action by written consent in lieu thereof Id accordance with Section 8 of Article III hereof), and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Corporations capital stock Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board of Directors from time to time, in its absolute discretion, deems proper as a reserve or
reserves to meet contingencies, or for purchasing any of the shares of capital stock, warrants, rights, options, bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for any proper purpose, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 7.2 Disbursements. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 7.3 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 7.4 Corporate Seal. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the year of its organization and the words Corporate Seal, Delaware. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Power to Indemnify in Actions. Suits or Proceedings other than Those by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or 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 action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person 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 action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such persons conduct was unlawful.
Section 8.2 Power to Indemnity in Actions, Suits or Proceedings by or in the Right of the Corporation. Subject to Section 3 of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit 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; 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 of the State of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 8.3 Authorization of Indemnification. Any indemnification under this Article VIII (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 present or former director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer at the time of such determination, (i) by a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (ii) by a committee of such directors designated by a majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (iii) if there are no such directors, or if such directors, so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iv) by the stockholders. Such determination shall be made, with respect to former directors and officers, by any person or persons having the authority to act on the matter on behalf of the Corporation. To the extent, however, that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
described above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.
Section 8.4 Good Faith Defined. For purposes of any determination under Section 3 of this Article VIII, a person shall be deemed to have 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, or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, to have had no reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was unlawful, if such persons action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to such person by the officers of the Corporation or another enterprise in the course of their duties, or on the advice of legal counsel for the Corporation or another enterprise or on information or records given or reports made to the Corporation or another enterprise by an independent certified public accountant or by an appraiser or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Corporation or another enterprise. The provisions of this Section 4 shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.
Section 8.5 Indemnification by a Court. Notwithstanding any contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII, and notwithstanding the absence of any determination thereunder, any director or officer may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent
jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII. The basis of such indemnification by a court shall be a determination by such court that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the circumstances because such person has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be. Neither a contrary determination in the specific case under Section 3 of this Article VIII nor the absence of any determination thereunder shall be a defense to such application or create a presumption that the director or officer seeking indemnification has not met any applicable standard of conduct. Notice of any application for indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 shall be given to the Corporation promptly upon the filing of such application. If successful, in whole or in part, the director or officer seeking indemnification shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such application.
Section 8.6 Expenses Payable in Advance. Expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by a director or officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII. Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate.
Section 8.7 Nonexclusivity of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-Laws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, it being the policy of the Corporation that indemnification of the persons specified in Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be made to the fullest extent permitted by law. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not be deemed to preclude the indemnification of any person who is not specified in Section 1 or Section 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the DUCL, or otherwise.
Section 8.8 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation 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 such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons 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 VIII.
Section 8.9 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the 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 or officers, so that any person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation 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 VIII 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. The term another enterprise as used in this Article VIII shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as referred to in this Article VIII.
Section 8.10 Survival of Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as
to a person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Section 8.11 Limitation on Indemnification. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VIII to the contrary, except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification (which shall be governed by Section 5 of this Article VIII), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director or officer (or his or her heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives) or advance expenses in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person unless such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
Section 8.12 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, provide rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to employees and agents of the Corporation similar to those conferred in this Article VIII to directors and officers of the Corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 Amendments. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-Laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that notice of such alteration, amendment repeal or adoption of new By-Laws be contained in the notice of such meeting of the stockholders or Board of Directors, as the case may be. All such amendments must be approved by either the holders of a majority of the outstanding capital stock entitled to vote thereon or by a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office.
Section 9.2 Entire Board of Directors. As used in this Article IX and in these By-Laws generally, the term entire Board of Directors means the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
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Adopted as of: April 13, 2007
Exhibit 3.5
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
OF
MELROSE US 3 LLC
The undersigned, an authorized natural person, for the purpose of forming a limited liability company, under the provisions and subject to the requirements of the State of Delaware (particularly Chapter 18, Title 6 of the Delaware Code and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and known, identified, and referred to as the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act), hereby certifies that:
FIRST: The name of the limited liability company (hereinafter called the Company) is MELROSE US 3 LLC.
SECOND: The address of the registered office and the name and the address of the registered agent of the Company required to be maintained by Section 18-104 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act are The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington DE 19801 USA.
THIRD: The duration of the Company is to be perpetual, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Act).
FOURTH: The purpose of the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a limited liability company may be organized under the Act.
Executed on May 10, 2005.
/s/ Monty Steckler |
Monty Steckler, Authorized Person |
State of Delaware | ||||||
Secretary of State | ||||||
Division of Corporations | ||||||
Delivered 12:03 PM 05/11/2005 | ||||||
FILED 11:55 AM 05/11/2005 | ||||||
SRV 050383119 3968140 FILE |
Exhibit 3.6
State of Delaware Secretary of State Division of Corporations Delivered 03:39 PM 05/11/2007 FILED 03:39 PM 05/11/2007 SRV 070554127 3968140 FILE |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION
OF
MELROSE US 3 LLC
Pursuant to Section 18-202 of the
Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
1. The name of the limited liability company is Melrose US 3 LLC (the Company).
2. The Certificate of Formation of the Company is hereby amended to change the name of the Company to McKechnie Aerospace US LLC.
3. Accordingly, Article First of the Certificate of Formation shall, as amended, read as follows:
First: The name of the limited liability company (hereinafter called the Company is McKechnie Aerospace US LLC.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned authorized person has executed this Certificate of Amendment this 11 th day of May, 2007.
/s/ Bruce E. Graben |
Name: Bruce E. Graben |
Title: Authorized Person |
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Exhibit 3.7
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE US LLC
The undersigned, being the sole member of McKechnie Aerospace US LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), does hereby execute this Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective the 6 th day of December, 2010. The Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company on the 11 th day of May, 2005, upon the filing of its Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE I
MEMBER
McKechnie Aerospace DE, Inc. shall be, and is, hereby admitted to the Company as the sole member of the Company (the Member). All actions taken and all things done and all expenditures made by any authorized representative of the Company, including, without limitation, the Member, in connection with its organization and qualification are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.
ARTICLE II
OFFICE
The principal office of the Company shall be located at 20 Pacifica, Irvine, California 92618 (the Principal Office). The Company may have such other offices as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require. The name and address of the statutory agent of the Company is as set forth in the Companys Certificate of Formation, and such agent and address of agent may be changed from time to time by the Member.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose for which the Company is organized is to conduct any lawful business purposes as defined in Section 18-106 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Act). The Company shall have all of the powers granted to a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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ARTICLE IV
DURATION OF THE COMPANY
The Company shall continue in perpetuity unless terminated sooner by operation of law or by decision of the Member.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
The Member has contributed all of the capital of the Company and may in the future contribute any additional capital deemed necessary by the Member for the operation of the Company.
ARTICLE VI
OWNERSHIP OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
The Member shall own all of the membership interests in the Company and the Member shall have a 100% distributive share of the Companys profits, losses and cash flow.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT
The Member will manage the affairs of the Company, but shall be entitled to appoint or authorize representatives to act on behalf of the Company and to delegate the authority otherwise reserved to the Member to such representatives. The signature of the Member of the Company shall be sufficient to bind the Company with respect to any matter on which the Member shall be required or entitled to act. The Member has the power, on behalf of the Company, to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the business and affairs of the Company. A copy of this Limited Liability Company Agreement may be shown to third parties (and all third parties may rely hereupon) in order to confirm the identity and authorization of the Member.
ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS AND RECORDS
The Company books shall be maintained at the Principal Office. The books shall be kept on a calendar year basis, and shall be closed and balanced at the end of each such year. The Member shall cause all known business transactions pertaining to the purpose of the Company to be entered properly and completely into said book. The Member will prepare and file on behalf of the Company all tax returns in a timely manner.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
This Limited Liability Company Agreement may be amended by a written instrument adopted by the Member and executed by the Member at any time, for any purpose, at the sole discretion of the Member.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Indemnification in Non-Derivative Actions . The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a member, manager or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Indemnification in Derivative Actions . The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a member, manager or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company 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 Company unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Indemnification as a Matter of Right . To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
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defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article X, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Section 4. Determination of Conduct . Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article X (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article X. 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 action, suit or 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 5. Advance Payment of Expenses . Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this section.
Section 6. Nonexclusivity . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article X shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7. Liability Insurance . The Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section.
Section 8. Company . For purposes of this Article X, references to the Company shall include, in addition to the resulting entity, any constituent entity (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 members, managers, directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article X with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
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Section 9. Employee Benefit Plans . For purposes of this Article X, references to any other enterprise shall include employee benefit plans; references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Company shall include any service as a member, manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such member, manager, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company as referred to in this Article X.
Section 10. Continuation . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article X shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
ARTICLE Xl
APPLICABILITY OF UCC ARTICLE 8
The Company hereby irrevocably elects that all membership interests in the Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Each certificate evidencing membership interests in the Company shall bear the following legend:
This certificate evidences an interest in McKechnie Aerospace US LLC and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
No change to this provision shall be effective until all outstanding certificates have been surrendered for cancellation and any new certificates thereafter issued shall not bear the foregoing legend.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
This Limited Liability Company Agreement is made by the Member for the exclusive benefit of the Company, its Member, and his successors and assignees. This Limited Liability Company Agreement is expressly not intended for the benefit of any creditor of the Company or any other person or entity. Except and only to the extent provided by applicable statute or otherwise in this Limited Liability Company Agreement, no such creditor or third party shall have any rights under this Limited Liability Company Agreement or any agreement between the Company and the Member with respect to any capital contribution or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has hereunto set his hand effective the day and year first above written.
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE DE, INC., sole member |
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By: |
/s/ Gregory Rufus |
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lts: |
Secretary/Treasurer |
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Exhibit 3.8
STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 02:45 PM 12/11/1998 981478218 2977910 |
STATE OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
MCKECHNIE US HOLDINGS INC.
First: |
The name of this Corporation is Mckechnie US Holdings Inc. |
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Second: |
Its registered office in the State of Delaware is to be located at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Zip Code 19801. The registered agent in charge thereof is The Corporation Trust company. |
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Third: |
The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. |
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Fourth: |
Total authorized capital stock of this corporation shall consist of the following: 5,000 shares of Class A common stock and 15,000 shares of Class B common stock, each of which shall have a par value of One Dollar ($1.00) per share. The shares of Class A common stock and the shares of Class B common stock shall have identical rights with respect to dividends, distributions, liquidation and all other rights, except that the shares of Class A common stock will have sole voting rights, and the shares of Class B common stock will have no voting rights. |
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Fifth: |
The name and mailing address of the Incorporator is as follows: Name: Eric R. Wapnick - Butzel Long Mailing Address: Suite 900, 150W. Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48226 |
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Sixth: |
The corporation is to have perpetual existence. |
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Seventh: |
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the bylaws of the corporation. |
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Eighth: |
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware. as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept subject to any provision contained in the statutes outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. |
Ninth: |
The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. |
I, The Undersigned , for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, do make, file and record this Certificate, and do certify that the facts herein stated are true, and I have accordingly hereunto set my hand this 11th day of December, A.D. 1998.
BY: |
/s/ Eric R. Wapnick |
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Eric R. Wapnick, Incorporator |
Exhibit 3.9
State of Delaware | ||
Secretary of State | ||
Division of Corporations | ||
Delivered 03:38 PM 05/11/2007 | ||
FILED 03:38 PM 05/11/2007 | ||
SRV 070554132 2977910 FILE |
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
MCKECHNIE INVESTMENTS, INC.
Pursuant to Section 242 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
McKechnie Investments, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the Corporation), does hereby certify as follows:
FIRST : Article FIRST of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended to read in its entirety as set forth below:
FIRST : The name of the corporation is McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc. (hereinafter the Corporation).
SECOND : The foregoing amendment was duly adopted in accordance with Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be duly executed in its corporate name this 11 th day of May, 2007.
MCKECHNIE INVESTMENTS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ James M. Slattery |
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Name: James M. Slattery | ||
Title: Vice President |
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Exhibit 3.10
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE INVESTMENTS, INC .
ARTICLE I
Meetings of Stockholders
Section 1. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held at such time and place and on such date in each year as may be fixed by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, for the election of directors, the consideration of reports to be laid before such meeting and the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Section 2. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders shall be called upon the written request of the chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the directors by action at a meeting, a majority of the directors acting without a meeting, or of the holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat. Calls for such meetings shall specify the purposes thereof. No business other than that specified in the call shall be considered at any special meeting.
Section 3. Notices of Meetings . Unless waived, and except as provided in Section 230 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, written notice of each annual or special meeting stating the date, time, place and purposes thereof shall be given by personal delivery or by mail to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at or entitled to notice of the meeting, not more than sixty days nor less than ten days before any such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to the stockholder at his address as the same appears upon the records of the Corporation. Any stockholder, either before or after any meeting, may waive any notice required to be given by law or under these By-laws.
Section 4. Place of Meetings . Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation unless the board of directors determines that a meeting shall be held at some other place within or without the State of Delaware and causes the notice thereof to so state.
Section 5. Quorum . The holders of shares entitling them to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation entitled to vote at any meeting, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business to be considered at such meeting; provided, however, that no action required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws to be authorized or taken by the holders of a designated proportion of the shares of any particular class or of each class may be authorized or taken by a lesser proportion; and provided, further, that if a separate class vote is required with respect to any matter, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of such class, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of such class, and the affirmative vote of the majority of shares of such class so present shall be the act of such class. The holders of a majority of the voting shares represented at a meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn such meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 6. Record Date . The board of directors may fix a record date for any lawful purpose, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the determination of stockholders entitled to (i) receive notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (ii) receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or (iii) exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock. Such record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the board of directors. Such record date shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days before the date fixed for the payment of any dividend or distribution or the date fixed for the receipt or the exercise of rights, nor more than ten days after the date on which the resolution fixing the record date for such written consent is adopted by the board of directors, as the case may be.
If a record date shall not be fixed in respect of any such matter, the record date shall be determined in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 7. Proxies . A person who is entitled to attend a stockholders meeting, to vote thereat, or to execute consents, waivers or releases, may be represented at such meeting or vote thereat, and execute consents, waivers and releases, and exercise any of his other rights, by proxy or proxies appointed by a writing signed by such person.
ARTICLE II
Directors
Section 1. Number of Directors . Until changed in accordance with the provisions of this section, the number of directors of the Corporation, none of whom need be stockholders, shall be no fewer than two (2) and no more than three (3). The number of directors may be fixed or changed by amendment of these By-laws or by resolution of the board of directors.
Section 2. Election of Directors . Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders, but when the annual meeting is not held or directors are not elected thereat, they may be elected at a special meeting called and held for that purpose. Such election shall be by ballot whenever requested by any stockholder entitled to vote at such election, but unless such request is made the election may be conducted in any manner approved at such meeting.
At each meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, the persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be directors.
Section 3. Term of Office . Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting next succeeding his election and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his earlier resignation, removal from office or death.
Section 4. Removal . All the directors, or all the directors of a particular class, or any individual director may be removed from office, without assigning any cause, by the vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitling them to elect directors in place of those to be removed.
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Section 5. Vacancies . Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining directors until an election to fill such vacancies is held. Stockholders entitled to elect directors shall have the right to fill any vacancy in the board (whether the same has been temporarily filled by the remaining directors or not) at any meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, and any directors elected at any such meeting of stockholders shall serve until the next annual election of directors and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Section 6. Quorum and Transaction of Business . A majority of the whole authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except that a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum for filling a vacancy on the board. Whenever less than a quorum is present at the time and place appointed for any meeting of the board, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be present. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board.
Section 7. Annual Meeting . Annual meetings of the board of directors shall be held immediately following annual meetings of the stockholders, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. If no annual meeting of the stockholders is held, or if directors are not elected thereat, then the annual meeting of the board of directors shall be held immediately following any special meeting of the stockholders at which directors are elected, or as soon thereafter as is practicable. If such annual meeting of directors is held immediately following a meeting of the stockholders, it shall be held at the same place at which such stockholders meeting was held.
Section 8. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as the board of directors may, by resolution, from time to time determine. The secretary shall give notice of each such resolution to any director who was not present at the time the same was adopted, but no further notice of such regular meeting need be given.
Section 9. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president or any two members of the board of directors, and shall be held at such times and places, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be specified in such call.
Section 10. Notice of Annual or Special Meetings . Notice of the time and place of each annual or special meeting shall be given to each director by the secretary or by the person or persons calling such meeting. Such notice need not specify the purpose or purposes of the meeting and may be given in any manner or method and at such time so that the director receiving it may have reasonable opportunity to attend the meeting. Such notice shall, in all events, be deemed to have been properly and duly given if mailed at least forty-eight hours prior to the meeting and directed to the residence of each director as shown upon the secretarys records. The giving of notice shall be deemed to have been waived by any director who shall attend and participate in such meeting and may be waived, in writing, by any director either before or after such meeting.
Section 11. Compensation . The directors, as such, shall be entitled to receive such reasonable compensation, if any, for their services as may be fixed from time to time by
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resolution of the board, and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each annual, regular or special meeting of the board. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of the executive committee or of any standing or special committee may by resolution of the board be allowed such compensation for their services as the board may deem reasonable, and additional compensation may be allowed to directors for special services rendered.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 1. Executive Committee . The board of directors may from time to time, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole board, create an executive committee of three or more directors, the members of which shall be elected by the board of directors to serve during the pleasure of the board. If the board of directors does not designate a chairman of the executive committee, the executive committee shall elect a chairman from its own number. Except as otherwise provided herein and in the resolution creating an executive committee, such committee shall, during the intervals between the meetings of the board of directors, possess and may exercise all of the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, other than that of filling vacancies among the directors or in any committee of the directors or except as provided by law. The executive committee shall keep full records and accounts of its proceedings and transactions. All action by the executive committee shall be reported to the board of directors at its meeting next succeeding such action and shall be subject to control, revision and alteration by the board of directors, provided that no rights of third persons shall be prejudicially affected thereby. Vacancies in the executive committee shall be filled by the directors, and the directors may appoint one or more directors as alternate members of the committee who may take the place of any absent member or members at any meeting.
Section 2. Meetings of Executive Committee . Subject to the provisions of these By-laws, the executive committee shall fix its own rules of procedure and shall meet as provided by such rules or by resolutions of the board of directors, and it shall also meet at the call of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president, the chairman of the executive committee or any two members of the committee. Unless otherwise provided by such rules or by such resolutions, the provisions of Section 10 of Article II relating to the notice required to be given of meetings of the board of directors shall also apply to meetings of the members of the executive committee. A majority of the executive committee shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. The executive committee may act in writing without a meeting, but no such action of the executive committee shall be effective unless concurred in by all members of the committee.
Section 3. Other Committees . The board of directors may by resolution provide for such other standing or special committees as it deems desirable, and discontinue the same at its pleasure. Each such committee shall have such powers and perform such duties, not inconsistent with law, as may be delegated to it by the board of directors. The provisions of Section 1 and Section 2 of this Article shall govern the appointment and action of such committees so far as consistent, unless otherwise provided by the board of directors. Vacancies
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in such committees shall be filled by the board of directors or as the board of directors may provide.
ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 1. General Provisions . The board of directors shall elect a president, such number of vice presidents, if any, as the board may from time to time determine, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also elect a chairman of the board of directors and may from time to time create such offices and appoint such other officers, subordinate officers and assistant officers as it may determine. The chairman of the board, if one be elected, shall be, but the other officers need not be, chosen from among the members of the board of directors. Any two or more of such offices, other than those of president and vice president, may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity.
Section 2. Term of Office . The officers of the Corporation shall hold office during the pleasure of the board of directors, and, unless sooner removed by the board of directors, until the annual meeting of the board of directors following the date of their election and until their successors are chosen and qualified. The board of directors may remove any officer at any time, with or without cause. Subject to the provisions of Section 6 of Article V of these By-laws, a vacancy in any office, however created, shall be filled by the board of directors.
ARTICLE V
Duties of Officers
Section 1. Chairman of the Board . The chairman of the board, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the board of directors and meetings of stockholders and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors.
Section 2. Chief Executive Officer . The chief executive officer, if any, shall have, subject to the powers of the board of directors, charge of the overall general direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation, control of the general policies relating to all aspects of the Corporations business operations, and the power to fix the compensation of officers and the power to remove officers. In the absence of the chairman of the board, or if none be elected, the chief executive officer shall preside at meetings of stockholders. The chief executive officer may appoint and discharge agents and employees and perform such other duties as are incident to such office. The chief executive officer shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or as may be provided in these By-laws. In the absence or disability of the officer designated as chief executive officer, the president shall perform any and all duties of the chief executive officer
Section 3. President . The president shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or the chief executive officer. The president shall have authority to sign all certificates for shares and all deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes, and other instruments requiring
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his signature; and shall have all the powers and duties prescribed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and such others as the board of directors may from time to time assign to him.
Section 4. Vice Presidents . The vice presidents shall have such powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the president. At the request of the chief executive officer or the president, or in the case of his absence or disability, the vice president designated by the president (or in the absence of such designation, the vice president designated by the board) shall perform all the duties of the president and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of the president. The authority of vice presidents to sign in the name of the Corporation certificates for shares and deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and other instruments shall be coordinate with like authority of the president.
Section 5. Secretary . The secretary shall keep minutes of all the proceedings of the stockholders and the board of directors and shall make proper record of the same, which shall be attested by him; shall have authority to execute and deliver certificates as to any of such proceedings and any other records of the Corporation; shall have authority to sign all certificates for shares and all deeds, mortgages, bonds, agreements, notes and other instruments to be executed by the Corporation which require his signature; shall give notice of meetings of stockholders and directors; shall produce on request at each meeting of stockholders a certified list of stockholders arranged in alphabetical order; shall keep such books and records as may be required by law or by the board of directors; 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 to him by the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the president.
Section 6. Treasurer . The treasurer shall have general supervision of all finances; he shall have in charge all money, bills, notes, deeds, leases, mortgages and similar property belonging to the Corporation, and shall do with the same as may from time to time be required by the board of directors. He shall cause to be kept adequate and correct accounts of the business transactions of the Corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, stated capital and shares, together with such other accounts as may be required; and he shall have such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the president.
Section 7. Assistant and Subordinate Officers . Each other officer shall perform such duties as the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the president may prescribe. The board of directors may, from time to time, authorize any officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers, to prescribe their authority and duties, and to fix their compensation.
Section 8. Duties of Officers May Be Delegated . In the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason the board of directors may deem sufficient, the board of directors may delegate, for the time being, the powers or duties, or any of them, of such officers to any other officer or to any director.
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ARTICLE VI
Indemnification and Insurance
Section 1. Indemnification in Non-Derivative Actions . The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member, manager, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Indemnification in Derivative Actions . The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, member, manager, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he 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 action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Indemnification as a Matter of Right . To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Section 4. Determination of Conduct . Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI (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 director, officer,
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employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article VI. 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 action, suit or 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 5. Advance Payment of Expenses . Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this section.
Section 6. Nonexclusivity . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7. Liability Insurance . The Corporation shall have the power to 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, member, manager, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section.
Section 8. Corporation . For purposes of this Article VI, references to the Corporation shall include, in addition to the resulting entity, any constituent entity (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, members, managers and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, member, manager, employee or agent of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, officer, member, manager, 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 VI with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
Section 9. Employee Benefit Plans . For purposes of this Article VI, references to any other enterprise shall include employee benefit plans; references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Corporation shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed
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to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation as referred to in this Article VI.
Section 10. Continuation . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
ARTICLE VII
Certificates for Shares
Section 1. Form and Execution . Certificates for shares, certifying the number of full-paid shares owned, shall be issued to each stockholder in such form as shall be approved by the board of directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chief executive officer or the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer; provided, however, that the signatures of any of such officers and the seal of the Corporation upon such certificates may be facsimiles, engraved, stamped or printed. If any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature shall have been used, printed or stamped on any certificate or certificates for shares, shall cease to be such officer or officers, because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates shall nevertheless be as effective in all respects as though signed by a duly elected, qualified and authorized officer or officers, and as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used thereon, had not ceased to be an officer or officers of the Corporation.
Section 2. Registration of Transfer . Any certificate for shares of the Corporation shall be transferable in person or by attorney upon the surrender thereof to the Corporation or any transfer agent therefor (for the class of shares represented by the certificate surrendered) properly endorsed for transfer and accompanied by such assurances as the Corporation or such transfer agent may require as to the genuineness and effectiveness of each necessary endorsement.
Section 3. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates . A new share certificate or certificates may be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation which is alleged to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken upon (i) the execution and delivery to the Corporation by the person claiming the certificate to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken of an affidavit of that fact, specifying whether or not, at the time of such alleged loss, destruction or taking, the certificate was endorsed, and (ii) the furnishing to the Corporation of indemnity and other assurances, if any, satisfactory to the Corporation and to all transfer agents and registrars of the class of shares represented by the certificate against any and all losses, damages, costs, expenses or liabilities to which they or any of them may be subjected by reason of the issue and delivery of such new certificate or certificates or in respect of the original certificate.
Section 4. Registered Stockholders . A person in whose name shares are of record on the books of the Corporation shall conclusively be deemed the unqualified owner and holder
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thereof for all purposes and to have capacity to exercise all rights of ownership. Neither the Corporation nor any transfer agent of the Corporation shall be bound to recognize any equitable interest in or claim to such shares on the part of any other person, whether disclosed upon such certificate or otherwise, nor shall they be obliged to see to the execution of any trust or obligation.
ARTICLE VIII
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on such date in each year as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors. In the absence of such designation, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 in each year.
ARTICLE IX
Seal
The board of directors may provide a suitable seal containing the name of the Corporation. If deemed advisable by the board of directors, duplicate seals may be provided and kept for the purposes of the Corporation.
ARTICLE X
Amendments
These By-laws shall be subject to alteration, amendment, repeal, or the adoption of new By-laws either by the affirmative vote or written consent of a majority of the whole board of directors, or by the affirmative vote or written consent of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding stock of the Corporation, present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote in respect thereof, given at an annual meeting or at any special meeting at which a quorum shall be present.
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Exhibit 3.11
STATE OF DELAWARE | ||
SECRETARY OF STATE | ||
DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS | ||
FILED 12:00 PM 02/29/2000 | ||
001101183 2118418 |
CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF
WESTERN SKY INDUSTRIES, LLC
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The name of the limited liability company is: |
Western Sky Industries, LLC
2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of Western Sky Industries, LLC this 24th day of February, 2000.
/s/ Bruce Graben |
BRUCE GRABEN |
AUTHORIZED PERSON |
Exhibit 3.12
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
WESTERN SKY INDUSTRIES, LLC
The undersigned, being the sole member of Western Sky Industries, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), does hereby execute this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company effective the 6 th day of December, 2010. The Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company on the 25 th day of February, 1987, upon the filing of its Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE I
MEMBER
McKechnie Aerospace Investments, Inc. shall be, and is, hereby admitted to the Company as the sole member of the Company (the Member). All actions taken and all things done and all expenditures made by any authorized representative of the Company, including, without limitation, the Member, in connection with its organization and qualification are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects.
ARTICLE II
OFFICE
The principal office of the Company shall be located at 2600 S. Custer Avenue, Wichita, Kansas 67217 (the Principal Office). The Company may have such other offices as the Member may designate or as the business of the Company may require. The name and address of the statutory agent of the Company is as set forth in the Companys Certificate of Formation, and such agent and address of agent may be changed from time to time by the Member.
ARTICLE III
PURPOSE
The purpose for which the Company is organized is to conduct any lawful business purposes as defined in Section 18-106 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Act). The Company shall have all of the powers granted to a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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ARTICLE IV
DURATION OF THE COMPANY
The Company shall continue in perpetuity unless terminated sooner by operation of law or by decision of the Member.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
The Member has contributed all of the capital of the Company and may in the future contribute any additional capital deemed necessary by the Member for the operation of the Company.
ARTICLE VI
OWNERSHIP OF MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS
The Member shall own all of the membership interests in the Company and the Member shall have a 100% distributive share of the Companys profits, losses and cash flow.
ARTICLE VII
MANAGEMENT
The Member will manage the affairs of the Company, but shall be entitled to appoint or authorize representatives to act on behalf of the Company and to delegate the authority otherwise reserved to the Member to such representatives. The signature of the Member of the Company shall be sufficient to bind the Company with respect to any matter on which the Member shall be required or entitled to act. The Member has the power, on behalf of the Company, to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the business and affairs of the Company. A copy of this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement may be shown to third parties (and all third parties may rely hereupon) in order to confirm the identity and authorization of the Member.
ARTICLE VIII
BOOKS AND RECORDS
The Company books shall be maintained at the Principal Office. The books shall be kept on a calendar year basis, and shall be closed and balanced at the end of each such year. The Member shall cause all known business transactions pertaining to the purpose of the Company to be entered properly and completely into said book. The Member will prepare and file on behalf of the Company all tax returns in a timely manner.
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ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement may be amended by a written instrument adopted by the Member and executed by the Member at any time, for any purpose, at the sole discretion of the Member.
ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Indemnification in Non-Derivative Actions . The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a member, manager or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Section 2. Indemnification in Derivative Actions . The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a member, manager or officer of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company 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 Company unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 3. Indemnification as a Matter of Right . To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
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defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article X, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
Section 4. Determination of Conduct . Any indemnification under Sections 1 and 2 of this Article X (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article X. 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 action, suit or 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 5. Advance Payment of Expenses . Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, officer, employee or agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in this section.
Section 6. Nonexclusivity . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article X shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
Section 7. Liability Insurance . The Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section.
Section 8. Company . For purposes of this Article X, references to the Company shall include, in addition to the resulting entity, any constituent entity (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 members, managers, directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article X with respect to the resulting or surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent entity if its separate existence had continued.
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Section 9. Employee Benefit Plans . For purposes of this Article X, references to any other enterprise shall include employee benefit plans; references to fines shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to serving at the request of the Company shall include any service as a member, manager, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such member, manager, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner not opposed to the best interests of the Company as referred to in this Article X.
Section 10. Continuation . The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article X shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
ARTICLE XI
APPLICABILITY OF UCC ARTICLE 8
The Company hereby irrevocably elects that all membership interests in the Company shall be securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Each certificate evidencing membership interests in the Company shall bear the following legend:
This certificate evidences an interest in Western Sky Industries, LLC and shall be a security for purposes of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
No change to this provision shall be effective until all outstanding certificates have been surrendered for cancellation and any new certificates thereafter issued shall not bear the foregoing legend.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement is made by the Member for the exclusive benefit of the Company, its Member, and his successors and assignees. This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement is expressly not intended for the benefit of any creditor of the Company or any other person or entity. Except and only to the extent provided by applicable statute or otherwise in this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, no such creditor or third party shall have any rights under this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement or any agreement between the Company and the Member with respect to any capital contribution or otherwise.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Member has hereunto set his hand effective the day and year first above written.
MCKECHNIE AEROSPACE INVESTMENTS, INC., sole member |
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By: |
/s/ Gregory Rufus |
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Its: |
Secretary/Treasurer |
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Exhibit 3.13
338013
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY |
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, all of whom are citizens and residents of the State of California, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of California, and we do hereby certify:
FIRST : The name of said corporation shall be:
HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY
SECOND : The purposes for which said corporation is formed are as follows:
(a) To initially engage in the primary business of manufacturing and selling valves, latches, hinges, fittings, and other products which are or may be used in the aircraft industry.
(b) To carry on a general manufacturing business for the purpose of manufacturing all kinds of manufactured articles, apparatus appliances and equipment.
(c) To own, operate, maintain, manage, equip, improve, repair, alter and otherwise deal with, use and enjoy, to invent, design, develop, assemble, build, construct, fabricate, manufacture, buy, import, lease as lessee and otherwise acquire, to mortgage, deed in trust, pledge and otherwise encumber, and to sell, export, lease as lessor and otherwise dispose of goods, wares, merchandise and personal property of every sort, nature and description.
(d) To own, sell, develop, mortgage, deed in trust, lease, subdivide, and otherwise deal in real property; to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, the goodwill, business, property rights, franchises and assets of every kind
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with or without undertaking either wholly or in part the liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation, and to acquire any business as a going concern or otherwise (1) by purchase of the assets thereof wholly or in part, (2) by acquisition of the shares or any part thereof, or (3) in any other manner, and to pay for the same in cash or in the shares or bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of this corporation, or otherwise; to hold, maintain and operate, or in any manner dispose of, the whole or any part of the goodwill, business, rights and properly so acquired, and to conduct in any lawful manner the whole or any part of any business so acquired; and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the management of such business.
(e) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind for any lawful purpose without limit as to amount, with any person firm, association or corporation, municipality, county, parish, state, territory, government or other municipal or governmental subdivision.
(f) To borrow money, to issue bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of this corporation from time to time for any of the objects or purposes of this corporation, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed, of trust or otherwise, or to issue the same unsecured.
(g) To carry on any business whatsoever which this corporation may deem proper or convenient in connection with any of the foregoing purposes, or otherwise, or which may be calculated directly or indirectly to promote the interests of this corporation or to enhance the value of its property or business; to conduct its business in this state, in other states, in the District of Columbia, or in foreign countries, to hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property, either in or out of the state of California, and to have and exercise all the powers conferred by the laws of California upon corporation formed under the laws pursuant to and under which this corporation is formed as such laws are now in effect or may at any time hereafter be amended
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THIRD : The principal office for the transaction of the business of the corporation is to be located in the county of Los Angeles, State of California.
FOURTH : That the corporation is to be authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; the total number of shares which the corporation shall have authority to issue is 100,000 shares and the par value of each of such shares is $10.00; that the said shares are not to be classified and that there are no preferences, privileges or restrictions with respect to said shares or upon the holder thereof. The Aggregate par value of all shares is $1,000,000.00.
FIFTH : That the number of directors of this corporation shall be three (3) and that names and addresses of the persons who are appointed to act as the first directors of the corporation are as follows:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 8th day of May, 1957.
/s/ Cromwell Warner |
Cromwell Warner, Jr |
/s/ Kathrine Nelson |
Kathrine Nelson |
/s/ Ines Morford |
Ines Morford |
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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County of Los Angeles |
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On this 8th day of May, 1957, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared CROMWELL WARNER, JR., KATHRINE NELSON and INES MORFORD, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within and foregoing Articles of Incorporation of HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my hand and official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written
/s/ E.M. Woodbridge |
Notary Public in and for said County and State |
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Exhibit 3.14
338013
Na chg to HARTWELL CORPORATION
A22851
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY
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The undersigned, CLARK HARTWELL and ROBERT C. HARTWELL, JR., certify that they now are and at all times herein mentioned have been the duly elected and acting President and Vice-President of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company, a California corporation, and that:
1. At a special meeting of the board of directors of the corporation duly held at Los Angeles, California, at 9:00 oclock A.M. on April 12, 1960 the following resolution was duly adopted:
RESOLVED, that Article FIRST of the articles of incorporation of the corporation be amended to read as follows:
FIRST : The name of said corporation shall be:
HARTWELL CORPORATION
RESOLVED FURTHER, that said amendment is hereby adopted and approved.
2. At a special meeting of the shareholders of the corporation duly held at Los Angeles, California at 10:00 oclock A.M. on April 12, 1960, the foregoing amendment to the articles of incorporation was ratified and approved by a resolution identical in form to said directors resolution set forth in paragraph 1 of this certificate.
3. The foregoing amendment was adopted and approved at said shareholders meeting by the total vote of 60,000 shares.
4. The total number of shares of the corporation entitled to vote on or consent to the adoption of such amendment is 60,000 shares.
Each of the undersigned declares under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this certificate was executed on the
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27 th day of May, 1960. Executed at Los Angeles, California.
/s/ Clark Hartwell |
Clark Hartwell, President of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company |
(CORPORATE SEAL)
/s/ Robert C. Hartwell |
Robert C. Hartwell, Jr., Vice President of Hartwell Aviation Supply Company |
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CONSENT TO USE OF CORPORATE NAME
HARTWELL ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporation, hereby consents to the use of the corporate name HARTWELL CORPORATION in the State of California by the existing California corporation HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY, which said corporation is seeking to amend its Articles of Incorporation to change its name from HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY to HARTWELL CORPORATION.
Dated this 10th day of May, 1960.
/s/ Robert Clark Hartwell |
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Robert Clark Hartwell, Jr., President of Hartwell Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation |
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(CORPORATE SEAL) |
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/s/ Catherine Ridley Catherine Ridley, Secretary Treasurer of Hartwell Enterprises, Inc., a California corporation |
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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County of Los Angeles |
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On this 8th day of May, 1957, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said county and state, personally appeared CROMWELL WARNER, JR., KATHRINE NELSON and INES MORFORD, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the within and foregoing Articles of Incorporation of HARTWELL AVIATION SUPPLY COMPANY, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed my hand and official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written.
/s/ E.M.Woodbridge |
Notary Public in and for said County and State. |
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Exhibit 3.15
338013
A340294
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EEUWOUT HOOGENDIJK and MARY EATMAN certify that:
1. They are the president and the secretary, respectively, of HARTWELL CORPORATION, a California corporation.
2. Article Fourth of the Articles of Incorporation said corporation is amended to read as follows:
3. The foregoing Amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the board of directors.
4. The foregoing Amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with Section 902 of the Corporation Code. The total number of outstanding shares of the corporation is 54,854. The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than fifty percent (50%).
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We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this Certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.
Dated: October 20, 1987
/s/ Eeuwout Hoogendijk |
EEUWOUT HOOGENDIJK |
/s/ Mary Eatman |
MARY EATMAN |
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Exhibit 3.16
A490589
338013
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Conrad Maas and Thomas Brunts certify that:
1. They are the president and secretary, respectively, of Hartwell Corporation, a California corporation.
2. Article Second of the Articles of Incorporation of said corporation is amended to read as follows:
SECOND : The purposes for which said corporation is formed are as follows:
(a) To initially engage in the primary business of manufacturing and selling valves, latches, hinges, fittings, and other products which are or may be used in the aircraft industry.
(b) To carry on a general manufacturing business for the purpose of manufacturing all kinds of manufactured articles, apparatus, appliances and equipment.
(c) To own, operate, maintain, manage, equip, improve, repair, alter and otherwise deal with, use and enjoy, to invent, design, develop, assemble, build, construct, fabricate, manufacture, buy, import, lease as lessee and otherwise acquire, to mortgage, deed in trust, pledge and otherwise encumber, and to sell, export, lease as lessor and otherwise dispose of goods, wares, merchandise and personal property of every sort, nature and description.
(d) To own, sell, develop, mortgage, deed in trust, lease, subdivide, and otherwise deal in real property; to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, the goodwill, business, property rights, franchises and assets of every kind, with or without undertaking either wholly or in part the liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation; and to acquire any business as a going concern or otherwise (i) by purchase of the assets thereof wholly or in part, (2) by acquisition of the shares or any part thereof, or (3) in any other manner, and to pay for the same in cash or in the shares or bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of this corporation, or otherwise; to hold, maintain and operate, or in any manner dispose of, the whole or any part of the goodwill, business, rights and property so acquired; and to exercise all the powers necessary or convenient in and about the management of such business.
(e) To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind for any lawful purpose without limit as to amount, with any person, firm, association or corporation, municipality, county, parish, state, territory, government or other municipal or governmental subdivision.
(f) To borrow money; to issue bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations of this corporation from time to time for any of the objects or purposes of this corporation, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or otherwise, or to issue the same unsecured.
(g) To carry on any business whatsoever which this corporation may deem proper or convenient in connection with any of the foregoing purposes, or otherwise, or which may be calculated directly or indirectly to promote the interests of this corporation or to enhance the value of its property or business; to conduct its business in this state, in other states, in the District of Columbia, or in foreign countries; to hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal property, either in or out of the state of California, and to have and exercise all the powers conferred by the laws of California upon corporations formed under the laws pursuant to and under which this corporation is formed, as such laws are now in effect or may at any time hereinafter be amended.
(h) Notwithstanding the foregoing, an unanimous vote of the Board of Directors is required to take any of the following actions: (i) causing the corporation to become insolvent; (ii) commencing any case, proceeding or other action on behalf of the corporation under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors; (iii) instituting proceedings to have the corporation adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent; (iv) consenting to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the corporation; (v) filing a petition or consent to a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, dissolution, composition, liquidation or other relief on behalf of the corporation of its debts under any federal or state law relating to bankruptcy; (vi) seeking or consenting to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator, custodian or any similar official for the corporation or a substantial portion of the properties of the corporation; (vii) taking any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing.
3. The foregoing Amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the Board of Directors.
4. The foregoing Amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with the Corporation Code, as amended. The percentage
of outstanding shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled one hundred percent (100%)
We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this Certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.
/s/ Conrad Maas |
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/s/ Thomas Brunts |
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Dated: April 7, 1997 | Thomas Brunts |
Exhibit 3.17
BY-LAWS
OF
HARTWELL CORPORATION
A California Corporation
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 PRINCIPAL OFFICE.
The Board of Directors shall fix the location of the principal executive office of the corporation at any place within or outside the State of California. If the principal executive office is located outside this state, and the corporation has one or more business offices in this state, the Board of Directors shall fix and designate a principal business office in the State of California.
Section 1.2 OTHER OFFICES.
The Board of Directors may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS.
Meetings of shareholders shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California designated by the Board of Directors. In the absence of any such designation shareholders meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
Section 2.2 ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of shareholders shall be held each year on a date and at a time designated by the Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected, and any other proper business may be transacted.
Section 2.3 SPECIAL MEETING.
A special meeting of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the president, or by one or more shareholders holding shares in the aggregate entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes at that meeting.
If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the request shall
Adopted July 26, 1984
be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, and shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, or the secretary of the corporation. The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.5 of this Article II, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 2.3 shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.
Section 2.4 NOTICE OF SHAREHOLDERS MEETINGS.
All notices of meetings of shareholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.5 of this Article II not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. The notice shall specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special meeting, the general nature or the business to be transacted, or (ii) in the case of the annual meeting , those matters which the Board of Directors, at the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall include the name of any nominee or nominees whom, at the time of the notice, management intends to present for election.
If action is proposed to be taken at any meeting for approval of (i) a contract or transaction in which a director has a direct or indirect financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California, (ii) an amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, pursuant to Section 902 of that Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of that Code, (iv) a voluntary dissolution of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1900 of that Code, or (v) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007 of that Code; the notice shall also state the general nature of that proposal.
Section 2.5 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE.
Notice of any meeting of shareholders shall be given either personally or by first-class mail or telegraphic or other written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to the shareholder at the address of that shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the shareholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If no such address ap
pears on the corporations books or is given, notice shall be deemed to have been given if sent to that shareholder by first- class mail or. telegraphic or other written communication to the corporations principal executive office, or if published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where that office is located. Notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by telegram or other means of written communication.
If any notice addressed to a shareholder at the address of that shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United State Postal. Service is unable to deliver the notice to the shareholder at that address, all future notices or reports-shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if these shall be available to the shareholder on written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice.
An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any shareholders meeting shall be executed by the secretary, assistant secretary, or any transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, and shall be filed and maintained in the minute book of the corporation.
Section 2.6 QUORUM.
The presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The shareholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.
Section 2.7 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
Any shareholders meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the majority of the shares represented at that meeting, either in person or by proxy, but in the absence of a quorum, no other business may be transacted at that meeting, except as provided in Section 2.6 of this Article XI.
When any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place are announced at a meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed, or unless the adjournment is for more than forty-five (45) days from the
date set for original meeting, in which case the Board of Directors shall set a new record date. Notice of any such adjourned meeting shall be given to each shareholder of record enitit1ed to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2.4 and 2.5 of this Article II. At any adjourned meeting the corporation may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 2.8 VOTING.
The shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of this Article II, subject to the provisions of Sections 702 to 704, inclusive, of the Corporations Code of California (relating to voting shares held by a fiduciary, in the name of a corporation, or in joint ownership). The shareholders vote may be by voice vote or by ballot; provided, however, that any election for directors must be by ballot if demanded by any shareholder before the voting has begun. On any matter other than elections of directors, any shareholder may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number of shares which the shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholders approving vote is with respect to all shares that the shareholder is entitled to vote. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of the majority of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on any matter (other than the election of directors) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by California General Corporation Law or by the Articles of Incorporation.
At a shareholders meeting at which directors are to be elected, no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes (i.e., cast for any one or more candidates a number of votes greater than the number of the shareholders shares) unless the candidates names have been placed in nomination prior to commencement of the voting and a shareholder has given notice prior to commencement of the voting of the shareholders intention to cumulate votes. If any shareholder has given such a notice, then every shareholder entitled to vote may cumulate votes for candidates in nomination and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which that shareholders shares are entitled, or distribute the shareholders votes on the same principle among any or all of the candidates, as the shareholder thinks fit. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes, up to the number of directors to be elected, shall be elected.
Section 2.9 WAIVER OF NOTICE OR CONSENT BY ABSENT SHAREHOLDERS.
The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, either annual or special, however called and noticed, and wher-
ever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each person entitled to vote, who was not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to a holding of the meeting, or an approval of the minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose of any annual or special meeting of shareholders, except that if action is taken or proposed to be taken for approval of any of those matters specified in the second paragraph of Section 2.4 of this Article II, the waiver of notice or consent shall state the general nature of the proposal. All such waivers, consents or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Attendance by a person at a meeting shall also constitute a waiver of notice of that meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened, and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters not included in the notice of the meeting if that objection is expressly made at the meeting.
Section 2.10 SHAREHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.
Any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voted. In the case of election of directors, such a consent shall be effective only if signed by the holders of all outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors; provided however, that a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy on the Board of Directors that has not been filled by the directors, by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. All such consents shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation and shall be maintained in the corporate records. Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholders proxy holders, or a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxy holders, may revoke the consent by a writing received by the secretary of the corporation before written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary.
If the consents of all shareholders entitled to
vote have not been solicited in writing, and if the unanimous written consent of all such shareholders shall not have been received, the secretary shall give prompt notice of the corporate action approved by the shareholders without a meeting. This notice shall be given in the manner specified in Section 2.5 of this Article II. In the case of approval of (i) contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect, financial interest, pursuant to Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California, (ii) indemnification of agents of the corporation, pursuant to. Section 317 of that Code, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to Section 1201 of that Code, and (iv) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, pursuant to Section 2007, of that Code, the notice shall be given at least ten (l0) days before the consummation of any action, authorized by that approval.
Section 2.11 RECORD DATE FOR SHAREHOLDER NOTICE., VOTING, AND
GIVING CONSENTS.
For purposes of determining, the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to give consent to corporate action without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of any such meeting nor more than sixty (60) days before any such action without a meeting, and in this event only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to notice and to vote or to give consents, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided in the California General Corporation Law.
If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date:
(a) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.
(b) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, (i) when no prior action by the Board has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given, or (ii) when prior action of the. Board has been taken, shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating to that action, or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of such other action,, whichever is later.
Section 2.12 PROXIES.
Every person entitled to vote for directors or on
any other matter shall have the right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written proxy signed by the person and filed with the secretary of the corporation. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the shareholders name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission, or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholders attorney in fact. A validly executed proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by the person executing it, before the vote pursuant to that proxy, by a writing delivered to the corporation stating that the proxy is revoked, or by a subsequent proxy executed by, or attendance at the meeting and voting in person by, the person executing the proxy, or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant to that proxy is counted; provided, however, that no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of the proxy, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 705(e) and 705(f) of the Corporations Code of California.
Section 2.13 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION.
Before any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint any persons other than nominees for office to act as inspectors of election at the meeting or its adjournment. If no inspectors of election are so appointed, the chairman of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or a shareholders proxy shall, appoint inspectors of election at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one (1) or three (3). If inspectors are appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or proxies, the holders of a majority of shares or their proxies present at the meeting shall determine whether one (1) or three (3) inspectors are to be appointed. If any person appointed as inspector fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the chairman of the meeting may, and upon the request of any shareholder or a shareholders proxy shall, appoint a person to fill that vacancy.
These inspectors shall:
(a) Determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(b) Receive votes, ballots, or consents;
(c) Hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote;
(d) Count and tabulate all votes or consents;
(e) Determine when the polls shall close;
(f) Determine the result; and
(g) Do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.
ARTICIE III
DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 POWERS.
Subject to the provisions of the California General Corporation Law and any limitations in the Articles of Incorporation and these By-Laws relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
Without prejudice to these general powers, and subject to the same limitations, the directors shall have the power to:
(a) Select and remove all officers, agents, and employees of the corporation prescribe any powers and duties for them that are consistent with law, with the Articles of Incorporation, and with these By-Laws; fix their compensation; and require from them security for faithful service.
(b) Change the principal executive office or the principal business office in the State of California from one location to another; cause the corporation to be qualified to do business in any other state, territory, dependency, or country and conduct business within or without the State of California; and designate any place within or without the State of California for the holding of any shareholders meeting, or meetings, including annual meetings.
(c) Adopt, make, and use a corporate seal; prescribe the forms of certificates of stock; and alter the form of the seal and certificates.
(d) Authorize the issuance of shares of stock of the corporation on any lawful terms, in consideration of money paid, labor done, services actually rendered, debts or securities cancelled, or tangible or intangible property actually received.
(e) Borrow money and incur indebtedness on behalf of the corporation, and cause to be executed and delivered for the corporations purposes, in the corporate name, promissory
notes, bonds, dabentures, deeds of trust, mortgages, pledges, hypothecations, and other evidences of debt and securities.
Section 3.2 NUMBER AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTORS.
The number of directors of the corporation shall be not less than three (3) nor more than five (5). The exact number of directors shall be three (3) until changed, within the limits specified above, by. a By-Law amending this Section 3.2, duly adopted by the Board of Directors or by the shareholders. The indefinite number of directors may be changed, or a definite number fixed without provision for an indefinite number, by a duly adopted amendment to the Articles of Incorporation or by an amendment to this By-Law duly adopted by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote; provided, however, that an amendment reducing the number or the minimum number of directors to a number less than five cannot be adopted if the votes cast against its adoption at a meeting of the shareholders, or the shares not consenting in the case of action by written consent, are equal to more than l6-2/3% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. No amendment may change the stated maximum number of authorized directors to a number greater than two times the stated minimum number of directors minus one.
Section 3.3 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS.
Directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of the shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting. Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
Section 3.4 VACANCIES.
Vacancies in the Board of Directors may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, except that a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote or written consent of the shareholders or by court order may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Each director so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the shareholders and until a successor has been elected and qualified.
A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the event of the death, resignation, or removal of any director, or if the Board of Directors by resolution declares vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or convicted of a felony, or if the authorized number of directors is increased, or if the shareholders fail, at any meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.
The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors, but any such election by written consent shall require the consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.
Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the chairman of the board, the president, the secretary, or the Board of Directors, unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
No reduction of the authorized number of Directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that directors term of office expires.
Section 3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS AND MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has been designated from time to time by resolution of the Board. In the absence of such a designation, regular meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the Board shall be held at any place within or outside the State of California that has been designated in the notice of the meeting or, if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, at the principal executive office of the corporation. Any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all directors participating in the meeting can hear one another, and all such directors shall be deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
Section 3.6 ANNUAL MEETING.
Immediately following each annual meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting for the purpose of organization, any desired election of officers, and the transaction of other business. Notice of this meeting shall not be required.
Section 3.7 OTHER REGULAR MEETINGS.
Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held without call at such time as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors. Such regular meetings may be held without notice.
Section 3.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairman of the board or the president or any vice president or the secretary or any two directors.
Notice of the time, place, and purpose of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that directors address as it is shown on the records of the corporation. In case the notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four :(4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. In case the notice is delivered personally, or by telephone or telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to the telegraph company at least forty-eight (48) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate it to the director.
Section 3.9 QUORUM.
A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn as provided in Section 3.11 of this Article III. Every act done or decision made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present shall be regarded as the act of the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of Section 310 of the Corporations Code of California (as to approval or contracts or transactions in which a director has a direct or indirect material financial interest), Section 311 of that Code (as to appointment of committees), and Section 317 (e) of that Code (as to indemnification of directors). A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.
Section 3.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE.
The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, shall be as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Notice of a meeting shall also be deemed given to any director who attends the meeting without protesting before or at its commencement, the lack of notice to that director.
Section 3.ll ADJOURNMENT.
A majority of the directors present, whether or not constituting a quorum, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place.
Section 3.12 NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT.
Notice of the time and place of holding an adjourned meeting need not be given, unless the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four hours, in which case notice of the time and place shall be given before the time of the adjourned meeting, in the manner specified in Section 3.8 of this Article III, to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.
Section 3.13 ACTION WITHOUT MEETING.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board shall individually or collectively consent in writing to that action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.
Section 3.14 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS.
Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement of expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board of Directors. This Section 3.14 shall not be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation for those services.
ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
Section 4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. Any committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have all the authority of the Board, except with respect to:
(a) the approval of any action which, under the General Corporation Law of California, also requires shareholders approval or approval of the outstanding shares;
(b) the filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors or in any committee;
(c) the fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board or on any committee;
(d) the amendment or repeal of By-Laws or the adoption of new By-Laws;
(e) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors;
(f) a distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board of Directors; or
-. (g) the appointment of any other committees of the Board of Directors or the members of these committees.
Section 4.2 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES.
Meetings and action of committees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these By-Laws, Section 3.5 (place of meetings), 3.7 (regular meetings), 3.8 (special meetings and notice), 3.9 (quorum), 3.10 (waiver of notice), 3.11 (adjournment), 3.12 (notice of adjournment), and 3.13 (action without meeting), with such changes in the context of those By-Laws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members, except that the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the board of Directors or by resolution of the committees, special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors; and notice of special meetings of committees shall also be given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee. The Board of Directors may adopt rules for the government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these By-Laws.
ARTICLE V
Officers
Section 5.1 officers.
The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a chairman of the board, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provision of Section 5.3 of this Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 or Section 5.5 of this Article V, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors, and each sha1l serve at the pleasure
of the Board, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under an express written contract of employment.
Section 5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.
The Board of Directors may appoint, and may empower the president to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in the ByLaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
Section 5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS.
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under an express written contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors, at any regular or special meeting of the Board, or, except in case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors. .
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.
Section 5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES.
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these By-Laws for regular appointments to that office.
Section 5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.
The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by the By-Laws. If there is no president, the chairman of the board shall in addition be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 5.7 of this Article V.
Section 5.7 PRESIDENT.
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such an officer the president shall he the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers
of the corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the chairman of the board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation, and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws.
Section 5.8 VICE PRESIDENTS.
In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, if. any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of Directors or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform all 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. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws, and the president, or the chairman of the board.
Section 5.9 SECRETARY.
The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or such other place as the Board of Directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of directors, committee of directors, and shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the notice given, the names of those present at directors meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders meetings, and the proceedings.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the corporations transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names of all shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors required by the By-Laws or by law to be given, and he
shall keep the seal of the corporation if one be adopted, in safe custody, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the By-Laws.
Section 5.10 CHIEF FNANCIAL OFFICER.
The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books, and records of accounts of the properties and business
transactions of the corporation, including accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses, capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of his transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the By-Laws.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS,
AGENTS AND FIDUCIARIES
Section 6.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The corporation shall be required, to the maximum extent permitted by the California General Corporation Law to indemnify each of its directors and officers against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was a director, officer, employee, or other 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, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation.
Section 6.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHER AGENTS.
The corporation may, in its absolute discretion, up to the maximum extent permitted by the California General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its agents who are not required to be indemnified under Section 6.1 against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in, connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was an agent of the corporation. For purposes of this section, an agent of the corporation includes any person who is or was an employee or other 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, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor corpora-
tion of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of the such predecessor corporation.
Section 6.3 INDEMNIFICATION OF FIDUCIARIES.
The corporation shall indemnify any director, officer; employee, or other agent of the corporation against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection with any proceeding arising by reason of the fact that any such person is or was a trustee, investment manager, or other fiduciary under any employee benefit plan of, the corporation. The provisions of this section shall be deemed to constitute a contract between the corporation and any such indemnified person, or for the benefit of any such indemnified person, as provided in Section 3l7(j) of the California General Corporation Law.
Section 6.4 ADVANCES OF EXPENSES.
Expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in the cases described in Sections 6.1 and 6.3 shall, and in the case described in Section 6.2 may, be advanced by the corporation prior to the final disposition of such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the agent to repay such amount unless it shall be determined ultimately that the agent is entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this section.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
Section 7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF SHARE REGISTER.
The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, if either be appointed and as determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each shareholder.
A shareholder or shareholders of the corporation holding at least five percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation may (i) inspect and copy the records of shareholders names and addresses and share-holdings during usual business hours on five days prior written demand on the corporation, and (ii) obtain from the transfer agent of the corporation, on written demand and on the tender of such transfer agents usual charges for such list, a list of the shareholders names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which that list has been compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder after the date of demand. This list shall be made available to any such shareholder by the transfer agent on or before the later of five.
(5) days after the demand is received or the date specified in the demand as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. The record of shareholders shall also be open to inspection on the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holders interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. Any inspection and copying under this Section 7.1 may be made in person or by an agent or attorney of the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate making the demand.
Section 7.2 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF BY-LAWS. The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office, or if its principal executive office is not in the State of California, at its principal business office in this state, the original or a copy of the By-Laws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours. If the principal executive office of the corporation is outside the State of California and the corporation has no principal business office in this state, the Secretary shall, upon the written request of any shareholder, furnish to that shareholder a copy of the By-Laws as amended to date.
Section 7.3 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF OTHER CORPORATE
RECORDS.
The accounting books and records and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors and any committee or committees of the Board of Directors shall be kept at such place or places designated by the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such designation, at the principal executive office of the corporation. The minutes shall be kept in written form and the accounting books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form. The minutes and accounting books and records shall be open to inspection upon the written demand of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate, at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holders interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate. The inspection may be made in person or by an agent or attorney, and shall include the right to copy and make extracts. These rights of inspection shall extend to the records of each subsidiary corporation of the corporation which is subject to the California General Corporation Law with respect to such a right of inspection.
Section 7.4 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS.
Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect all books, records, and documents of every kind and the physical properties of the corporation and
each of its subsidiary corporations. This inspection by a director may be made in person or by an agent or attorney and the right
of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts of documents.
Section 7.5 ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS.
The annual report to shareholders referred to in Section 1501 of the California General Corporation Law is expressly dispensed with, but nothing herein shall be interpreted as prohibiting the Board of Directors from issuing annual or other periodic reports to the shareholders of the corporation as they consider appropriate.
Section 7.6 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
A copy of any annual financial statement and any income statement of the corporation for each quarterly period of each fiscal year, and any accompanying balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of each such period, that has been prepared by the corporation shall be kept on file in the principal executive office of the corporation for twelve (12) months and each such statement shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any shareholder demanding an examination of any such statement or a copy shall be mailed to any such shareholder.
If a shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of any class of stock of the corporation makes a (illegible) request to the corporation for an income statement of the corporation for the three-month, six-month or nine-month period of the then current fiscal year ended more than thirty (30) days before the date of the request, and a balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of that period, the chief financial officer shall cause that statement to be prepared, if not already prepared, and shall deliver personally or mail that statement or statements to the person making the request within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the request. If the corporation has not sent to the shareholders its annual report for the last fiscal year, this report shall likewise be delivered or mailed to the shareholder or shareholders within thirty (30) days after the request.
The corporation shall also, on the written request of any shareholder, mail to the shareholder a copy of the last annual, semi-annual, or quarterly income statement which it has prepared, and a balance sheet as of the end of that period.
The quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this section sha1l be accompanied by the report, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that the financial statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation.
Section 7.7 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF GENERAL INFORMATION.
The corporation shall, during the applicable filing
period each year, file with the Secretary of State of the State of California, on the prescribed form, a statement setting forth the authorized number of directors, the names and complete business or residence addresses of all incumbent directors, the
names and complete business or residence addresses of the chief executive officer, secretary, and chief financial officer, the street address of its principal executive office or principal business office in this state, and the general type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation, together with a designation of the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with Section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL CORPORATE MATTERS
Section 8.1 RECORD DATE FOR PURPOSES OTHER THAN NOTICE AND VOTING.
For purposes of determining the shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action (other than action by shareholders described in Section 2.11), the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) days before any such action, and in that case only shareholders of record on the date so fixed are entitled to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date so fixed, except as otherwise provided in the California General Corporation Law.
If the Board of Directors does not so fix a record date, the record date for determining shareholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the applicable resolution or the sixtieth (60th) day before the date of that action, whichever is later.
Section 8.2 CHECKS, DRAFTS, EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
All checks, drafts, or other orders for payment of money, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 8.3 CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS; HOW EXECUTED.
The Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided in these By-Laws, may authorize any officer of officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any in-
strument in the name of and on behalf of the corporation, and this authority may be general or confined to specific instances; and, unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent, or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
Section 8.4 CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES.
A certificate or certificates for shares of the capital stock of the corporation shall be issued to each shareholder when any of these shares are fully paid, and the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates or shares as partly paid provided that these certificates shall state the amount of the consideration to be paid for them and the amount paid. All certificates shall be signed in the name of the corporation by the chairman of the board or vice chairman of the board or the president or vice president and by the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer or the secretary or any assistant secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent; or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on a certificate shall have (illegible) to be that officer, (illegible) that certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if that person were an officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES.
Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Board of Directors may, in case any share certificate or certificate for any other security is lost, stolen, or destroyed, authorize the issuance of a replacement certificate on such terms and conditions as the Board may require, including provision for indemnification of the corporation secured by a bond or other adequate security sufficient to protect the corporation against any claim that may be made against it, including any expense or liability, on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of the certificate or the issuance of the replacement certificate.
Section 8.6 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS.
The chairman of the board, the president, or any vice president, or any other person authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors or by any of the foregoing designated officers, is authorized to vote on behalf of the corporation any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations, foreign or domestic, standing in the name of the corporation. The authority granted to these officers to vote or represent on behalf of the
corporation any and a1l shares held by the corporation in any other corporation or corporations may be exercised by any of these officers in person or by any person authorized to do so by a proxy duly executed by these officers.
Section 8.7 CONSTRUCTION AND DEFINITIONS.
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the California General Corporation Law shall govern the construction of these By-Laws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term person includes both a corporation and a natural person.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 AMENDMENT BY SHAREHOLDERS.
New By-Laws may be adopted or these By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, except as otherwise provided by law or in the Articles of Incorporation.
Section 9.2 AMENDMENTS BY DIRECTORS.
Subject to the rights of the shareholders as provided in Section 9.1 of this Article IX, to adopt, amend, or repeal By-Laws, By-Laws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the Board of Directors, provided, however, that the Board of Directors may adopt a By-law or amendment of a By-Law changing the authorized number of directors only for the purpose of fixing the exact number of directors within the limits specified in the Articles of Incorporation or in Section 3.2 of Article III of these By-Laws.
Adopted July 26, 1984.
Exhibit 3.18
STATE OF DELAWARE | ||
SECRETARY OF STATE | ||
DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS | ||
FILED 04:00 PM 09/28/1995 | ||
950223351 2547330 |
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
VALLEY-TODECO, INC.
A STOCK CORPORATION
I, the undersigned, for the purpose of incorporating and organizing a corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do hereby certify as follows:
FIRST: The name of the corporation (the Corporation) is Valley-Todeco, Inc.
SECOND: The address of the Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of the Corporations registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: The total number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one thousand five hundred (1,500) shares of Common Stock, without par value.
FIFTH: Elections of directors need not be by written ballot except and to the extent provided in the by-laws of the Corporation.
SIXTH: To the full extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable laws presently or hereafter in effect, no director of the
Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for or with respect to any acts or omissions in the performance of his or her duties as a director of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of this Article Sixth shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing immediately prior to such repeal or modification.
SEVENTH: Each person who is or was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve at the request of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Corporation as an employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including the heirs, executors, administrators or estate of such person), shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the full extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or any other applicable laws as presently or hereafter in effect. Without limiting the generality or the effect of the foregoing, the Corporation may enter into one or more agreements with any person which provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in this Article. Any repeal or modification of this Article Seventh shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder immediately prior to such repeal or modification.
EIGHTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the rights, powers, privileges, and discretionary authority granted
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or conferred by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or other statutes or laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation, without any action on the part of the stockholders, but the stockholders may make additional by-laws and may alter, amend or repeal any by-law whether adopted by them or otherwise. The Corporation may in its by-laws confer powers upon its Board of Directors in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board of Directors by applicable law.
NINTH: The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed herein or by applicable law; and all rights, preferences and privileges of whatsoever nature conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons whomsoever by and pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to this reservation.
TENTH: The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator is Jeanne M. Rickert, Esq., North Point, 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the undersigned, being the incorporator hereinabove named, do hereby execute this Certificate of Incorporation this 28 th day of September, 1995.
/s/ Jeanne M. Rickert |
Jeanne M. Rickert |
Sole Incorporator |
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Exhibit 3.19
E 1.2.3
BY-LAWS
Adopted as of October 1, 1995.
VALLEY-TODECO, INC.
BY-LAWS
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ARTICLE I MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings 1 Section 2. Annual Meeting 1 Section 3. Special Meetings 1 Section 4. Notice of Meetings 2 Section 5. Quorum 2 Section 6. Voting 3 ARTICLE IIDIRECTORS Section 1. Powers 4 Section 2. Number and Term of Office 4 Section 3. Vacancies and New Directorships 5 Section 4. Regular Meetings 5 Section 5. Special Meetings 5 Section 6. Quorum 5 Section 7. Written Action 6 Section 8. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone 6 Section 9. Committees 6 Section 10. Compensation 7 Section 11. Rules 7 ARTICLES IIINOTICES Section 1. Generally 8 Section 2. Waivers 8 ARTICLES IVOFFICERS Section 1. Generally 9 Section 2. Compensation 9 Section 3. Succession 9 Section 4. Authority and Duties 9 Section 5. Execution of Documents and Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations 10 ARTICLE VSTOCK Section 1. Certificates 11 Section 2. Transfer 11 Section 3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates 11 |
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Section 1. Fiscal Year 12 Section 2. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records 12 Section 3. Time Periods 12 ARTICLE VII - AMENDMENTS Section 1. Amendments 13 |
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VALLEY-TODECO, INC.
BY-LAWS
Adopted as of October 1, 1995
ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Time and Place of Meetings. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors or for any other purpose shall be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by the Board of Directors, or by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary in the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors, and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual Meeting. An annual meeting of the stockholders, commencing with the year 1996, shall be held on the second Monday in April if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next business day following, at 10:00 a.m., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, at which meeting the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote the directors to succeed those whose terms expire and shall transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting
Section 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders, for nay purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by law or by Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or
the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of stockholders owning a majority in interest of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to Vote. Such request shall be sent to the President and the Secretary and shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of every meeting of the stockholders, stating the place, date and hour of the meetings and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or by law. When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date and time thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted the original meeting.
Section 5. Quorum. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business
except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be 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 shall be present or represented.
Section 6. Voting. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled at every meeting of the stockholders to one vote for each share of stock having voting power standing in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the record date for the meeting and such votes may be cast either in person or by written proxy. Every proxy must be duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation. The vote upon any question brought before a meeting of the stockholders may be by voice vote, unless the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of all classes of stock entitled to vote thereon present in person or by proxy at such meeting shall so determine. Every vote taken by written ballot shall be counted by one or more inspectors of election appointed by the Board of Directors. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock which has voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question properly brought before such meeting, unless the question is one upon which by express provision of law, 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 such question.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
Section 2. Number and Term of Office. The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members. The number of directors shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the stockholders at the annual meeting or a special meeting. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided in Section 3 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified, except as required by law. Any decrease in the authorized number of directors shall not be effective until the expiration of the term of the directors then in office, unless, at the time of such decrease, there shall be
Vacancies on the Board which are being eliminated by such decrease.
Section 3. Vacancies and New Directorships. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors which occur between annual meetings of the stockholders may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and the directors so elected shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, except as required by law.
Section 4. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings or the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President on one days written notice to each director by whom such notice is not waived, given either personally or by mail or telegram.
Section 6. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total number of directors then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time to another place, time or date,
Without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 7. Written Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all member of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board or Committee.
Section 8. Participation in Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors, or any such committee, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
Section 9. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation and each to have such lawfully delegable powers and duties as the Board may confer. Each such committee shall server at the pleasure of the Board of 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. Except as otherwise provided by law, any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have
and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Any committee or committees so designated by the Board shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise prescribed by the Board of Directors, a majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of such committee. Each committee shall prescribe its own rules for calling and holding meetings and its method of procedure, subject to any rules prescribed by the Board of Directors, and shall keep a written record of all actions taken by it.
Section 10. Compensation. The Board of Directors may establish such compensation for, and reimbursement of the expenses of, directors for attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or committees, or for other services by directors to the Corporation, as the Board of Directors may determine.
Section 11. Rules. The Board of Directors may adopt such special rules and regulations for the conduct of their meetings and the management of the affairs of the Corporation as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with law or these by-laws.
ARTICLE III
NOTICES
Section 1. Generally. Whenever by law or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram or telephone.
Section 2. Waivers. Whenever any notice is required to be given by law or under the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 1. Generally. The Officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors and shall consist of a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose any or all of the following: a Chairman of the Board of Directors, one or more Vice Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 2. Compensation. The compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation who are also directors of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate the power to fix the compensation of other officers and agents of the corporation to an officer of the Corporation.
Section3. Succession. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Authority and Duties. Each of the officers of the corporation shall have such authority and shall perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices, or as may be specified from time to time by the Board of Directors in a resolution which is not inconsistent with these by-laws.
Section 5. Execution of Documents and Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations. The President shall have and is hereby given, full power and authority, except as otherwise required by law or directed by the Board of Directors, (a) to execute, on behalf of the Corporation, all duly authorized contracts, agreements, deeds, conveyances or other obligations of the Corporation, applications, consents, proxies and other powers of attorney, and other documents and instruments, and (b) to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders (or with respect to any action of such stockholders) of any other corporation in which the Corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise may and all rights and powers which the Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities of such other corporation. In addition, the President may delegate to other officer, employees and agents of the Corporation the power and authority to take any action which the President is authorized to take under this Section, with such limitations as the President may specify; such authority so delegated by the President shall not be re-delegated by the person to whom such execution authority has been delegated.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 1. Certificates. Certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of Directors, subject to applicable legal requirements. Such certificates shall be numbered and their issuance recorded in the books of the Corporation, and such certificate shall exhibit the holders name and the number of shares and shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or the President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures upon such certificates may be facsimiles, engraved or printed.
Section 2. Transfer. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue, or to cause its transfer agent to issue, a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
Section 3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. The Secretary may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon the making of an affidavit of that fact, satisfactory to the Secretary, by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. As a
condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates the Secretary may require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates to give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Secretary may direct as indemnity against any claims that may be made against the corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of the new certificate.
ARTICLE VI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on the Saturday closest to December 31.
Section 2. Reliance upon Books, reports and Records. Each director, each member of a committee designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporations officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors, or officer believes are within such other persons professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 3. Time Periods. In applying any provision of these by-laws which requires that an act be done or not be done a
specified number of days prior to an event or that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded and the day of the event shall be included.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments. These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed, or new by-laws may be adopted, by the stockholders or by the Board of Directors.
Exhibit 3.20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
TEXAS ROTRONICS, INC.
ARTICLE I
The name of the Corporation is TEXAS ROTRONICS, INC.
ARTICLE TWO
The period of its duration is perpetual.
ARTICLE THREE
The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is to transact any and all lawful business for which a corporation may be incorporated under the Texas Business Corporation Act.
ARTICLE FOUR
The aggregate number of shares which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000). The shares shall have no par value.
ARTICLE FIVE
The Corporation will not commence doing business until it has received for the issuance of its shares consideration of the value of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
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TEXAS ROTRONICS, INC., PAGE 1
ARTICLE SIX
The street address of its initial Registered Office, and the name of its initial Registered Agent at this address is as follows:
Bill Fulcher
610 West Elizabeth Street
Brownsville, Texas 78520-6316
ARTICLE SEVEN
The number of initial Directors are three (3) The name and addresses of the initial directors are:
Kirk B. Brooks
P. O. Box 2383
South Padre Island, Texas 78597-2383
Julian S. Brooks
P O. Box 3841
South Padre Island, Texas 78597-3841
Pamela R. Brooks
P.O. Box 2383
South Padre Island, Texas 78597-2383
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TEXAS ROTRONICS, INC., PAGE 2
ARTICLE EIGHT
The name and address of the Incorporator is:
William Lester Fulcher, Jr.
610 West Elizabeth Street
Brownsville, Texas 78520-6316
(956) 541-4874
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of August, 1999.
/s/ William L. Fulcher |
William L. Fulcher, Incorporator |
Sworn to on August 5, 1999 by the above named incorporator
/s/ Mary G. Pena |
Mary G. Pena, Notary Public, in and for the state of Texas |
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TEXAS ROTRONICS, INC, PAGE 3
Exhibit 3.21
BY-LAWS
OF
Texas Rotronics, Inc.
ARTICLE I OFFICES
The office of the Corporation shall be located in the City and State designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation may also maintain offices at such places within or without the United States as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, determine.
ARTICLE II MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1 Annual Meetings:
The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation shall be held within five months after the close of the fiscal year of the Corporation, for the purpose of electing directors, and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Section 2 Special Meetings:
Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time by the Board of Directors or by the President, and shall be called by the President or the Secretary at the written request of the holders of ten per cent (10%) of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, or as otherwise required under the provisions of the Business Corporation Act.
Section 3 Place of Meetings:
All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation, or at such other places as shall be designated in the notices or waivers of notice of such meetings.
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Section 4 Notice of Meetings:
(a) Written notice of each meeting of shareholders, whether annual or special, stating the time when and place where it is to be held, shall be served either personally or by mail, not less than ten or more than fifty days before the meeting, upon each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, and to any other shareholder to whom the giving of notice may be required by law. Notice of a special meeting shall also state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and shall indicate that it is being issued by, or at the direction of, the person or persons calling the meeting. If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken that would, if taken, entitled shareholders to receive payment for their shares pursuant to the Business Corporation Act, the notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that effect. If mailed, such notice shall be directed to each such shareholder at his address, as it appears on the records of the shareholders of the Corporation, unless he shall have previously filed with the Secretary of the Corporation a written request that notices intended for him be mailed to some other address, in which case, it shall be mailed to the address designated in such request.
(b) Notice of any meeting need not be given to any person who may become a shareholder of record after the mailing of such notice and prior to the meeting, or to any shareholder who attends such meeting, in person or by proxy, or to any shareholder who, in person or by proxy, submits a signed waiver of notice either before or after such meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting of shareholders need not be given, unless otherwise required by statute.
Section 5 Quorum:
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, or by statute, or in the Articles of Incorporation (such Articles and any amendments thereof being hereinafter collectively referred to as the Articles of Incorporation), at all meetings of shareholders of the Corporation, the presence at the commencement of such meetings in person or by proxy of shareholders holding of record a majority of the total number of shares of the Corporation then issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. The withdrawal of any shareholder after the commencement of a meeting shall have no effect on the existence of a quorum, after a quorum has been established at such meeting.
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(b) Despite the absence of a quorum at any annual or special meeting of shareholders, the shareholders, by majority of the votes cast by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, may adjourn the meeting. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called if a quorum had been present.
Section 6 Voting:
(a) Except as otherwise provided by statue or by the Articles of Incorporation, any corporate action, other than the election of directors to be taken by vote of the shareholders, shall be authorized by a majority of votes cast at a meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statue or by the Articles of Incorporation, at each meeting of shareholders, each holder of record of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote thereat, shall be entitled to one vote for each share registered in his name on the books of the Corporation.
(c) Each shareholder entitled to vote or to express consent or dissent without a meeting, may do so by proxy; provided, however, that the instrument authorizing such proxy to act shall have been executed in writing by the shareholder himself, or by his attorney-in-fact thereunto duly authorized in writing. No proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven months from the date of its execution, unless the persons executing it shall have specified therein the length of time it is to continue in force. Such instrument shall be exhibited to the Secretary at the meeting and shall be filed with the records of the Corporation.
(d) Any resolution in writing, signed by all of the shareholders entitled to vote thereon, shall be and constitute action by such shareholders to the effect expressed, with the same force and effect as if the same had been duly passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of shareholders and such resolution so signed shall be inserted in the Minute Book of the Corporation under its proper date.
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ARTICLE IIIBOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1Number, Election and Term of Office:
(a) The number of the directors of the Corporation shall be 3 (), unless and until otherwise determined by vote of a majority of the entire Board of Directors. The number of Directors shall not be less than three, unless all of the outstanding shares are owned beneficially and of record by less than three shareholders, in which event the number of directors shall not be less than the number of shareholders.
(b) Except as may otherwise be provided herein or in the Articles of Incorporation, the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, who need not be shareholders, shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of shareholders, by the holders of shares entitled to vote in the election.
(c) Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of the shareholders next succeeding his election, and until his successor is elected and qualified, or until his prior death, resignation or removal.
Section 2Duties and Powers
The Board of Directors shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property of interests of the Corporation and may exercise all powers of the Corporation, except as are in the Articles of Incorporation or by statute expressly conferred upon or reserved to the shareholders.
Section 3 Annual and Regular Meetings: Notice:
(a) A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of the shareholders at the place of such annual meeting of shareholders.
(b) The Board of Directors, from time to time, may provide by resolution for the holding of other regular meetings of the Board of Directors, and may fix the time and place thereof.
(c) Notice of any regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall not be required to be given and, if given, need not specify the purpose of the meeting; provided, however, that in case the Board of Directors shall fix or change the time or place of any regular meeting, notice of such action shall be given to each director who shall not have been present at the meeting at which such action was taken within the time limited, and in the
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manner set forth in paragraph (b) of Section 4 of this Article III, with respect to special meetings, unless such notice shall be waived in the manner set forth in paragraph (e) of such Section 4.
Section 4 Special Meetings: Notice:
(a) Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the President or by one of the directors, at such time and place as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.
(b) Notice of special meetings shall be mailed directly to each director, addressed to him at his residence or usual place of business, at least two (2) days before the day on which the meeting is to be held, or shall be sent to him at such place by telegram, radio or cable, or shall be delivered to him personally or given to him orally, not later than the day before the day on which the meeting is to be held. A notice, or waiver or notice, except as required by Section 8 of this Article III, need not specify the purpose of the meeting.
(c) Notice of any special meeting shall not be required to be given to any director who shall attend such meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to him, or who submits a signed waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting. Notice of any adjourned meeting shall not be required to be given.
Section 5 Chairman:
At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, if any and if present, shall preside. If there shall be no Chairman, or he shall be absent, then the Present shall preside, and in his absence, a Chairman chosen by the Directors shall preside.
Section 6 Quorum and Adjournments:
(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the entire Board shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these By-Laws.
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(b) A majority of the directors present at the time and place of any regular or special meeting, although less than a quorum, may adjourn the same from time to time without notice, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 7Manner of Acting:
(a) At all meetings of the Board of Directors, each director present shall have one vote, irrespective of the number of shares of stock, if any, which he may hold.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute, by the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws, the action 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. Any action authorized in writing, by all of the directors entitled to vote thereon and filed with the minutes of the Corporation shall be the act of the Board Directors with the same force and effect as if the same had been passed by unanimous vote at a duly called meeting of the Board.
Section 8 Vacancies:
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors occurring by reason of an increase in the number of directors, or by reason of the death resignation:, disqualification, removal (unless a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the shareholders shall be filled by the shareholders at the meeting at which the removal was effected or inability to set of any director, or otherwise, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining directors, though less than a quorum, at any regular meeting or special meeting of the Board of Directors called for that purpose.
Section 9 Resignation:
Any director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President of the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or such office, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
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Section 10Removal:
Any director may be removed with or without cause at any time by the shareholders, at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose, and may be removed for cause by action of the Board.
Section 11Salary:
No stated salary shall be paid to directors, as such, for their services, but by resolution of the Board of Directors a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board: provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prelude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.
Section 12Contracts:
(a) No contract or other transaction between this Corporation and any other Corporation shall be impaired, affected or invalidated nor shall any director be liable in any way by reason of the fact that any one or more of the directors of this Corporation is or are interested in, or is a director or office, or are directors or officers of such other Corporation, provided that such facts are disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors.
(b) Any director, personally and individually, may be a party to or may be interested in any contract or transaction of this Corporation, and no director shall be liable in any way by reason of such interest, provided that the fact of such interest be disclosed or made known to the Board of Directors, and provided that the Board of Directors shall authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by the vote (not counting the vote of any such director) of a majority of a quorum, notwithstanding the presence of any such director at the meeting at which such action is taken. Such director or directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting. This Section shall not be construed to impair or invalidate or in any way affect any contract or other transaction which would otherwise be valid under the law (common, statutory or otherwise) applicable thereto.
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Section 13Committees:
The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board, may from time to time designate from among its members an executive committee and such other committees, and alternate members thereof, as they deem desirable, each consisting of three or more members, with such powers and authority (to the extent permitted by law) as may be provided in such resolution.
Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
ARTICLE IVOFFICERS
Section 1Number, Qualifications, Election and Term of Office:
(a) The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and such other officers, including a Chairman of the Board of Directors, and one or more Vice Presidents, as the Board of Directors may from time to time deem advisable. Any officer other than the Chairman of the Board of Directors may be, but is not required to be, a director of the Corporation. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of President and Secretary.
(b) The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors at the regular annual meeting of the Board following the annual meeting of shareholders.
(c) Each officer shall hold office until the annual meeting of the Board of Directors next succeeding his election, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until his death, resignation or removal.
Section 2Resignation:
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Board of Directors, or to the President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Unless otherwise specified in such written notice, such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Board of Directors or by such officer, and the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3Removal:
Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, and a successor elected by the Board at any time.
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Section 4Vacancies:
A vacancy in any office by reason of death, resignation, inability to act, disqualification, or any other cause, may at any time be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
Section 5Duties of Officers:
Officers of the Corporation shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices as well as such powers and duties as may be set forth in these By-Laws, or may from time to time be specifically conferred or imposed by the Board of Directors. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation.
Section 6Sureties and Bonds:
In case the Board of Directors shall so require, any officer, employee or agent of the Corporation shall execute to the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors may direct, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties to the Corporation, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting for all property, funds or securities of the Corporation which may come into his hands.
Section 7Shares of Other Corporations:
Whenever the Corporation is the holder of shares of any other corporation, any right or power of the Corporation as such shareholder (including the attendance, acting and voting at shareholders meetings and execution of waivers, consents, proxies or other instruments) may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by the President, any Vice President, or such other person as the Board of Directors may authorize.
ARTICLE VSHARES OF STOCK
Section 1Certificate of Stock:
(a) The certificates representing shares of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be adopted by the Board of Directors, and shall be numbered and registered in the order issued. They shall bear the holders name and the number of shares, and shall be signed by (i) the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and (ii) the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and may bear the corporate seal.
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(b) No certificate representing shares shall be issued until the full amount of consideration therefore has been paid, except as otherwise permitted by law.
(c) The Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of certificates for fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, receive dividends and participate in liquidating distributions, in proportion to the fractional holdings; or it may authorize the payment in cash of the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined; or it may authorize the issuance, subject to such conditions as may be permitted by law, or scrip in registered or bearer form over the signature of an officer or agent of the Corporation, exchangeable as therein provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any rights of a shareholder, except as therein provided.
Section 2Lost or Destroyed Certificates:
The holder of any certificate representing shares of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss or destruction of the certificate representing the same. The Corporation may issue a new certificate the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost or destroyed. On production of such evidence of loss or destruction as the Board of Directors in its discretion may require, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate, or his legal representatives, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as the Board may direct, and with such surety or sureties as may be satisfactory to the Board, to indemnify the Corporation against any claims, loss, liability or damage it may suffer on account of the issuance of the new certificate. A new certificate may be issued without requiring any such evidence or bond when, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, it is proper so to do.
Section 3Transfers of Shares:
(a) Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall be made on the share records of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender for cancellation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares, with an assignment or power of transfer endorsed thereon or delivered therewith, duly executed, with such proof of the authenticity of the signature and authority to transfer and of payment of transfer taxes as the Corporation or its agents may require.
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(b) The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of shares as the absolute owner thereof for all purpose and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any legal, 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 expressly provided by law.
Section 4Record Date:
In lieu of closing the share records of the Corporation, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a date not exceeding fifty days, nor less than ten days, as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of, or to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, or to consent to any proposal without a meeting, or for the purpose of determining shareholders entitled to receive payment of any dividends, or allotment of any rights, or for the purpose of any other action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if no notice is given, the day on which the meeting is held; the record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the resolution of the directors relating thereto is adopted. When determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of shareholders has been made as provided for herein, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof, unless the directors fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.
ARTICLE VIDIVIDENDS
Subject to applicable law, dividends may be declared and paid out of any funds available therefor, as often, in such amounts, and at such time or times as the Board of Directors may determine.
ARTICLE VIIFISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of Inc Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors from time to time, subject to applicable law.
ARTICLE VIIICORPORATE SEAL
The corporate seal, if any, shall be in such form as shall be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.
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ARTICLE IXAMENDMENTS
Section 1By Shareholders:
All by-laws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new by-laws may be made, by a majority vote of the shareholders at the time entitled to vote in the election of directors.
Section 2By Directors:
The Board of Directors shall have power to make, adopt, alter, amend and repeal, from time to time, by-laws of the Corporation; provided, however, that the shareholders entitled to vote with respect thereto as in this Article IX above-provided may alter, amend or repeal by-laws made by the Board of Directors, except that the Board of Directors shall have no power to change the quorum for meetings of shareholders or of the Board of Directors, or to change any provisions of the by-laws with respect to the removal of directors or the filling of vacancies in the Board resulting from the removal by the shareholders. If any by-law regulating an impending election of directors is adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors, there shall be set forth in the notice of the next meeting of shareholders for the election of directors, the by-law so adopted, amended or repealed, together with a concise statement of the changes made.
Thereby certify that the foregoing in a full and correct copy of the first by laws of the Corporation, as adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with the requirements of the Business Corporation Act.
Date: August 15, 1999
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Exhibit 10.4
ANNEX C
FORM OF OPTION AGREEMENT
STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE AND STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
TransDigm Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the Company ), pursuant to its 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan ), hereby grants to the holder listed below ( Participant ), an option to purchase the number of shares of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 ( Stock ), set forth below (the Option ). This Option is subject to all of the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Stock Option Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Stock Option Agreement ) and the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Grant Notice and the Stock Option Agreement.
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By his or her signature, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Stock Option Agreement and this Grant Notice. The Participant has reviewed the Stock Option Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Grant Notice, the Stock Option Agreement and the Plan. The Participant agrees that as a condition to receiving the Option, the Participant shall comply with the Stock Retention Guidelines set forth on Exhibit C . The Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Committee upon any questions arising under the Plan or relating to the Option.
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EXHIBIT A
TO STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
Pursuant to the Stock Option Grant Notice (the Grant Notice ) to which this Stock Option Agreement (this Agreement ) is attached, TransDigm Group Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the Company ), has granted to the Participant an option (the Option ) 1 under the Companys 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan ) to purchase the number of shares of Stock indicated in the Grant Notice.
ARTICLE I.
GENERAL
1.1 Defined Terms . Wherever the following terms are used in this Agreement they shall have the meanings specified below, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Capitalized terms not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan and the Grant Notice.
(a) Administrator shall mean the Board or the Compensation Committee or other committee of the Board responsible for conducting the general administration of the Plan in accordance with Section 3 of the Plan; provided that if the Participant is an Independent Director, Administrator shall mean the Board.
(b) Consultant shall mean an individual who renders services to the Company as a consultant and has been so designated by the Committee.
(c) Credit Agreement shall mean that certain credit agreement dated as of June 23, 2006 among TransDigm, Inc., TransDigm Group Incorporated and the lenders party thereto, as in effect as of the Grant Date and without reference to any amendment to the Credit Agreement made following the Grant Date.
(d) Diluted Shares as of a given date shall mean the total diluted weighted-average of common shares of the Company outstanding as of such date.
(e) EBITDA for a given fiscal year of the Company shall mean Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company for such fiscal year on a pro forma basis adjusted for acquisitions or divestitures.
(f) Independent Director shall mean a non-employee director of the Company.
(g) Net Debt shall mean, as of the last day of a given fiscal year of the Company, the excess of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company over (b) the amount of cash and cash equivalents set forth on the Companys balance sheet.
(h) Termination of Consultancy shall mean the time when the engagement of the Participant as a Consultant to the Company or a Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, with or without cause, including, but not by way of limitation, by resignation, discharge, death or retirement, but excluding: (i) terminations where there is a simultaneous employment or continuing employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary, and (ii) terminations where there is a simultaneous re-establishment of a consulting relationship or continuing consulting relationship between the Participant and the Company or any Subsidiary. The Administrator, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to Termination of Consultancy, including, but not by way of limitation, the question of whether a particular leave of absence constitutes a Termination of Consultancy. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company or any Subsidiary has an absolute and unrestricted right to terminate a Consultants service at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in writing.
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(i) Termination of Directorship shall mean the time when the Participant, if he or she is or becomes an Independent Director, ceases to be a Director for any reason, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, failure to be elected, death or retirement. The Board, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to Termination of Directorship with respect to Independent Directors.
(j) Termination of Employment shall mean the time when the employee-employer relationship between the Participant and the Company or any Subsidiary is terminated for any reason, with or without Cause, including, but not by way of limitation, a termination by resignation, discharge, death, disability or retirement; but excluding: (i) terminations where there is a simultaneous reemployment or continuing employment of the Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary, and (ii) terminations where there is a simultaneous establishment of a consulting relationship or continuing consulting relationship between the Participant and the Company or any Subsidiary. The Administrator, in its absolute discretion, shall determine the effect of all matters and questions relating to Termination of Employment, including, but not by way of limitation, the question of whether a particular leave of absence constitutes a Termination of Employment; provided, however, that, if this Option is an Incentive Stock Option, unless otherwise determined by the Administrator in its discretion, a leave of absence, change in status from an employee to an independent contractor or other change in the employee-employer relationship shall constitute a Termination of Employment if, and to the extent that, such leave of absence, change in status or other change interrupts employment for the purposes of Section 422(a)(2) of the Code and the then applicable regulations and revenue rulings under said Section.
(k) Termination of Services shall mean the time when (i) every relationship between the Participant and the Company has been terminated by a Termination of Consultancy, Termination of Directorship and/or Termination of Employment, as applicable, and (ii) the Participant is no longer an Eligible Person under the Plan.
1.2 Incorporation of Terms of Plan . The Option is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.
ARTICLE II.
GRANT OF OPTION
2.1 Grant of Option . In consideration of the Participants past and/or continued employment with or service to the Company or a Subsidiary and for other good and valuable consideration, effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice (the Grant Date ), the Company irrevocably grants to the Participant the Option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate of the number of shares of Stock set forth in the Grant Notice, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement. Unless designated as a Non-Qualified Stock Option in the Grant Notice, the Option shall be an Incentive Stock Option to the maximum extent permitted by law.
2.2 Exercise Price . The exercise price of the shares of Stock subject to the Option shall be as set forth in the Grant Notice, without commission or other charge; provided , however , that the price per share of the shares of Stock subject to the Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Grant Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and the Participant owns (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary corporation of the Company or any parent corporation of the Company (each within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code), the price per share of the shares of Stock subject to the Option shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Grant Date.
2.3 Consideration to the Company . In consideration of the grant of the Option by the Company, the Participant agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company or any Subsidiary. Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the employ or service of the Company or any Subsidiary or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Subsidiaries, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of the Participant at any time for any reason
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whatsoever, with or without Cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary and the Participant.
ARTICLE III.
PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY
3.1 Commencement of Exercisability .
(a) Subject to Sections 3.1(b), 3.1(c) and 3.3, the Option shall become vested and exercisable in such amounts and at such times as are set forth in the Grant Notice.
(b) No portion of the Option which has not become vested and exercisable at the date of the Participants Termination of Services shall thereafter become vested and exercisable, except as may be otherwise provided by the Administrator or as set forth in a written agreement between the Company and the Participant.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement and Section 8 of the Plan (but subject to Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement), in the event of a Change in Control: Options shall become fully vested and exercisable if the Fair Market Value per share on the effective date of a Change in Control is: (i) $56.87, if such Change in Control occurs on September 30, 2011; (ii) $65.23, if such Change in Control occurs on September 30, 2012, and (iii) $71.23, if such Change in Control occurs on or after September 30, 2013, it being understood that if a Change in Control occurs between October 1 and September 30 (through September 30, 2013) in any year, the required Fair Market Value per share on the effective date of a Change in Control for purposes of this Section shall be determined by means of linear interpolation[ TAKE OUT FOR GRANTS AFTER 11/16/10: ; and provided, in no event will the Options become fully vested and exercisable under this Section 3.1(c) with respect to any Change in Control occurring prior to November 16, 2010]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may, in good faith and in such manner as it may deem equitable, in its sole discretion, adjust the foregoing Fair Market Value requirements in the event of a dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Stock, other securities or property), recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase or exchange of Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Stock or other securities of the Company, or any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events affecting the Company or the financial statements of the Company if the adjustment is determined by the Administrator to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to the Option. For purposes of this Section 3.1, shall take into account the consideration received by the stockholders in connection with a Change in Control or in connection with any other sale of common stock or other equity interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, after taking into account all post-closing adjustments relating to a Change in Control, and assuming the exercise of all vested options and warrants outstanding as of the effective date of such Change in Control (after giving effect to any dilution of securities or instruments arising in connection with such Change in Control); provided however , that if the stockholders retain any portion of the common stock following such Change in Control or other sale, the Fair Market Value of such portion of the retained common stock immediately following such Change in Control or other sale shall be deemed consideration received for purposes of calculating the proceeds and provided further that the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration (including stock) received in connection with a Change in Control shall be determined as of the date of such Change in Control.
[(d) INCLUDE ONLY FOR THOSE PARTICIPANTS RECEIVING A 280G GROSS UP: Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Change of Control occurs and it is determined that any payment or distribution by the Company to or for the benefit of Participant, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, including the acceleration of Options hereunder (a Payment ), would constitute an excess parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, the Company shall pay to the Participant an additional amount (the Gross-Up Payment ) equal to the amount of any excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code, times a gross-up factor equal to 1 divided by (1 minus the Total Tax Rate) (but limited in amount to the excise tax that would have been imposed under the Code as in effect on the date hereof), where the Total Tax Rate includes any applicable federal, state and local income tax, employment tax and excise tax for the Participant. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, unless the Participant specifies that other rates apply, the Participant shall be deemed to pay federal income tax and employment taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income and
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employment taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Participants residence on the Payment date, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes that may be obtained from the deduction of such state and local taxes. All determinations to be made under this paragraph shall be made by the Companys independent public accountants immediately prior to the Change of Control. Any such determination by the Companys independent public accountants shall be binding upon the Company and the Participant. The Company shall pay the Gross-Up Payment to the Participant within ten days after the independent public accountants determination of the amount thereof. In any event, the Gross-Up Payment shall be made no later than three and one-half months following the taxable year in which the Payment occurs. All of the fees and expenses of the independent public accountants in performing the determinations referred to in this paragraph shall be borne solely by the Company. In the event there is a material change in the Code that negatively impacts the amount of excise tax that would be payable in the event of a Change in Control, the Administrator will revisit the issue of providing a Gross-Up Payment and consider whether the limitation on the amount of the Gross-Up Payment based on the Code as in effect on the date hereof should be removed or modified.]
3.2 Duration of Exercisability . The installments provided for in the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice are cumulative. Each such installment which becomes vested and exercisable pursuant to the vesting schedule set forth in the Grant Notice shall remain vested and exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3.
3.3 Expiration of Option . The Option may not be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the following events:
(a) The expiration of ten years from the Grant Date;
(b) If this Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option and the Participant owned (within the meaning of Section 424(d) of the Code), at the time the Option was granted, more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any subsidiary corporation of the Company or any parent corporation of the Company (each within the meaning of Section 424 of the Code), the expiration of five years from the Grant Date;
(c) The opening of business on the day of the Participants Termination of Employment by reason of a termination by the Company for Cause;
(d) The expiration of six months from the date of the Participants Termination of Services, unless such termination occurs by reason of the Participants death, Disability or retirement (pursuant to Section 3.3(e)) or is a termination by the Company for Cause (as defined in Participants employment agreement), provided, however , that any portion of this Option that is an Incentive Stock Option shall cease to be an Incentive Stock Option on the expiration of three months from the Participants Termination of Services (and shall thereafter be a Non-Qualified Stock Option), provided, further , that to the extent that the Participant is prohibited from selling shares of Stock pursuant to the Companys insider trading policy at all times during such six-month period, with the exception of an open trading window of less than seven days, the Option shall expire on the later of (i) the seventh day following the opening of the first open trading window thereafter or (ii) the first anniversary of the Participants Termination of Services; or
(e) The expiration of one year from the date of the Participants Termination of Services by reason of (i) the Participants death or Disability; or (ii) the retirement, after a minimum of ten years of service, of a Participant who is at least 55 years old, provided, however , that to the extent that the Participant is prohibited from selling shares of Stock pursuant to the Companys insider trading policy at all times during such one-year period, with the exception of an open trading window of less than seven days, the Option shall expire on the seventh day following the opening of the first open trading window thereafter.
3.4 Special Tax Consequences . The Participant acknowledges that, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the Option is granted) of all shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options, including the Option, are exercisable for the first time by the Participant in any calendar year exceeds $100,000, the Option and such other options shall be Non-Qualified Stock Options to the extent necessary to comply with the limitations imposed by Section 422(d) of the Code. The Participant further acknowledges that the rule set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied by taking the Option and other incentive stock options into
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account in the order in which they were granted, as determined under Section 422(d) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. The Participant acknowledges that an Incentive Stock Option exercised more than three months after the Participants Termination of Employment, other than by reason of death or Disability, will be taxed as a Non-Qualified Stock Option.
ARTICLE IV.
EXERCISE OF OPTION
4.1 Person Eligible to Exercise . Except as provided in Sections 5.2(b), during the lifetime of the Participant, only the Participant may exercise the Option or any portion thereof. After the death of the Participant, any exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time when the Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3, be exercised by the Participants personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the deceased Participants will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution.
4.2 Partial Exercise . Any exercisable portion of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3.
4.3 Manner of Exercise . The Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be exercised solely by delivery to the Secretary of the Company (or any third party administrator or other person or entity designated by the Company) of all of the following prior to the time when the Option or such portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3:
(a) An Exercise Notice in a form specified by the Administrator, stating that the Option or portion thereof is thereby exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules established by the Administrator;
(b) The receipt by the Company of full payment for the shares of Stock with respect to which the Option or portion thereof is exercised, including payment of any applicable withholding tax, which may be in one or more of the forms of consideration permitted under Section 4.4;
(c) Any other written representations as may be required in the Administrators reasonable discretion to evidence compliance with the Securities Act or any other applicable law, rule, or regulation; and
(d) In the event the Option or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or persons other than the Participant, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Option.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to specify all conditions of the manner of exercise, which conditions may vary by country and which may be subject to change from time to time.
4.4 Method of Payment . Payment of the exercise price, and any applicable withholding tax, shall be by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Participant:
(a) Cash;
(b) Check;
(c) Broker-Assisted Cash-less Exercise . With the consent of the Administrator, delivery of a notice that the Participant has placed a market sell order with a broker with respect to shares of Stock then issuable upon exercise of the Option, and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company in satisfaction of the aggregate exercise price; provided , that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company upon settlement of such sale;
(d) Share Surrender . With the consent of the Administrator, surrender of other shares of Stock which (i) in the case of shares of Stock acquired from the Company, have been owned by the Participant for more than six (6) months on the date of surrender (or such other minimum length of time as the Administrator determines from time to time to be necessary to avoid adverse accounting consequences or violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation), and (ii) have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares of Stock with respect to which the Option or portion thereof is being exercised; or
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(e) Net Exercise . With the consent of the Administrator, surrendered shares of Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Option having a Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares of Stock with respect to which the Option or portion thereof is being exercised.
4.5 Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates . The shares of Stock deliverable upon the exercise of the Option, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued shares of Stock or issued shares of Stock which have then been reacquired by the Company. Such shares of Stock shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any shares of Stock purchased upon the exercise of the Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:
(a) The admission of such shares of Stock to listing on all stock exchanges on which such Stock is then listed;
(b) The completion of any registration or other qualification of such shares of Stock under any state or federal law or under rulings or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or of any other governmental regulatory body, which the Administrator shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable;
(c) The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency which the Administrator shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;
(d) The receipt by the Company of full payment for such shares of Stock, including payment of any applicable withholding tax, which may be in one or more of the forms of consideration permitted under Section 4.4; and
(e) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Option as the Administrator may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience.
4.6 Rights as Stockholder . The holder of the Option shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any shares of Stock purchasable upon the exercise of any part of the Option unless and until such shares of Stock shall have been issued by the Company to such holder (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the shares of Stock are issued, except as provided in Section 8 of the Plan.
ARTICLE V.
OTHER PROVISIONS
5.1 Administration . The Administrator shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith shall be final and binding upon Participant, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee or the Board shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan, this Agreement or the Option.
5.2 Option Transferability .
(a) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 5.2(b), (i) the Option may not be sold, pledged, assigned or transferred in any manner other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, unless and until the shares of Stock underlying the Option have been issued, and all restrictions applicable to such shares of Stock have lapsed. Neither the Option nor any interest or right therein shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of Participant or his or her successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect, except to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the preceding sentence; and (ii) during the lifetime of Participant, only Participant may exercise the Option or any portion thereof. After the death of Participant, any exercisable portion of the Option
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may, prior to the time when the Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3, be exercised by Participants personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the deceased Participants will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Participants who are corporate officers or operating presidents, the Administrator may permit any portion of the Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option to be transferred to, exercised by and paid to certain persons or entities related to such Participant, including but not limited to members of such Participants family, charitable institutions or trusts or other entities whose beneficiaries or beneficial owners are members of such Participants family and/or charitable institutions, or to such other persons or entities as may be expressly approved by the Administrator, pursuant to such conditions and procedures as the Administrator may establish. Any permitted transfer shall be subject to the condition that the Administrator receive evidence satisfactory to it that the transfer is being made for estate and/or tax planning purposes (or to a blind trust in connection with such Participants termination of employment or service with the Company or a Subsidiary to assume a position with a governmental, charitable, educational or similar non-profit institution) and on a basis consistent with the Companys lawful issue of securities.
5.3 Adjustments . The Participant acknowledges that the Option is subject to modification and termination in certain events as provided in this Agreement and Section 8 of the Plan.
5.4 Notices . Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of the Secretary of the Company at the address given beneath the signature of the Companys authorized officer on the Grant Notice, and any notice to be given to Participant shall be addressed to Participant at the address given beneath Participants signature on the Grant Notice. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to that party. Any notice which is required to be given to Participant shall, if Participant is then deceased, be given to the person entitled to exercise his or her Option pursuant to Section 4.1 by written notice under this Section 5.4. Any notice shall be deemed duly given when sent via email or when sent by certified mail (return receipt requested) and deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service.
5.5 Titles . Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement.
5.6 Governing Law; Severability . The laws of the State of Delaware shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.
5.7 Conformity to Securities Laws . The Participant acknowledges that the Plan and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and state securities laws and regulations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Option is granted and may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
5.8 Amendments, Suspension and Termination . To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Committee or the Board , provided, that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Agreement shall adversely affect the Option in any material way without the prior written consent of the Participant.
5.9 Successors and Assigns . The Company may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth in Section 5.2, this Agreement shall be binding upon Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.
5.10 Notification of Disposition . If this Option is designated as an Incentive Stock Option, Participant shall give prompt notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any shares of Stock acquired under this
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Agreement if such disposition or transfer is made (a) within two years from the Grant Date with respect to such shares of Stock or (b) within one year after the transfer of such shares of Stock to him. Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by Participant in such disposition or other transfer.
5.11 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Plan, the Option and this Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.
5.12 Not a Contract of Employment . Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue to serve as an employee or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.13 Entire Agreement . The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.
5.14 Section 409A . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, this Agreement or the Grant Notice, the Plan, this Agreement and the Grant Notice shall be interpreted in accordance with, and incorporate the terms and conditions required by, Section 409A of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (together with any Department of Treasury regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including without limitation any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the date hereof, Section 409A ). The Committee reserves the right (without the obligation to do so or to indemnify the Participant for the failure to do so) to adopt such amendments to the Plan, this Agreement or the Grant Notice or adopt other policies and procedures (including amendments, policies and procedures with retroactive effect), or take any other actions, as the Committee determines are necessary or appropriate to exempt the Option from Section 409A or to comply with the requirements of Section 409A and thereby avoid the penalty taxes under Section 409A.
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EXHIBIT B
VESTING
Annual Operational Performance per Diluted Share 1
Minimum Vesting
(12.5% Growth) |
Maximum Vesting
(20% Growth) |
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Fiscal Year (A) |
% of
Shares
Vesting (B) |
YE Operating
Performance (per Diluted Share) (C) |
% of
Shares
Vesting (D) |
YE Operating
Performance (per Diluted Share) (E) |
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2011 | 3.75 | % | $ | 43.20 | 15 | % | $ | 53.20 | ||||||||
2012 | 3.75 | % | $ | 48.50 | 15 | % | $ | 63.80 | ||||||||
2013 | 3.75 | % | $ | 54.70 | 15 | % | $ | 76.50 | ||||||||
2014 | 3.75 | % | $ | 61.50 | 15 | % | $ | 91.80 | ||||||||
2015 | 3.75 | % | $ | 69.19 | 15 | % | $ | 110.15 |
1. Annual Operational Performance Vesting . Effective as of the last day of each of the Companys fiscal years 2010-2015 there shall become vested the percentage of shares covered by the Option which is equal to the Annual Amount (as described below). The Options shall become vested and exercisable as of the date that the Administrator verifies the AOP (as defined below); provided, however, the vesting hereunder will be effective as to Participant as of the end of the fiscal year to which such Annual Amount relates (notwithstanding any termination of Participants employment during the period between the end of such fiscal year and the verification of the AOP and, in such case, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1(b)). For each such fiscal year, the Administrator shall verify the AOP, and shall notify the Companys Chief Executive Officer of its determination with respect thereto, within ten business days after the Administrator receives the Companys audited financial statements for that fiscal year.
X. For each year (the performance year), the Annual Amount is zero if the Annual Operational Performance per Diluted Share (AOP) with respect to such year is less than the amount indicated for such year in column (C) and otherwise shall be equal to the amount indicated for such year in column (B) plus the product of (a) the excess of (1) the amount indicated for such year in column (D) over (2) the amount indicated for such year in column (B) and (b) the ratio of (1) the excess of (x) the AOP with respect to the year (but not more than the amount indicated in Column (E) for such year) over (y) the amount indicated for such year in column (C) to (2) the excess of (x) the amount indicated for such year in column (E) over (y) the amount indicated for such year in column (C).
Y. In calculating the AOP in Section X. above for any performance year there shall also be taken into account any AOP in any of the two prior performance years (starting in fiscal year 2009) which was in excess of the amount indicated in Column (E) for such prior year and has not previously been taken into account hereunder but only if doing so would increase the Annual Amount in such performance year.
Z. If the Annual Amount in any performance year is less than the amount indicated in column (D) for such year then an amount equal to the excess of (1) the amount indicated in column (D) for such year over (2) the actual Annual Amount for such year may vest in one or more of the next two following years by treating as AOP in the performance year under Section X. above any excess of AOP in one of such following years over the amount indicated in column (E) for the applicable following year. The portion of any excess AOP amount which is so used may not be used more than once.
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As of a given date, the Companys Annual Operational Performance per Diluted Share shall mean the ratio of (1) the excess of (a) the product of (i) EBITDA and (ii) the Fixed Market Multiple (as defined below) over (b) Net Debt to (2) the Companys number of Diluted Shares as of such date, where EBITDA, Net Debt and Diluted Shares have the meanings set forth in the Stock Option Agreement set forth on Exhibit A . For purposes of this Exhibit C , the Fixed Market Multiple shall mean the ratio of (1) the sum of (a) the product of (i) the average of the closing prices per share of Stock prevailing on each trading day during the last six months of the Companys 2008 fiscal year and (ii) the Companys number of Diluted Shares as of September 30, 2008 |
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and (b) Net Debt as of such date to (2) the Companys EBITDA as of such date. |
2. Cumulative Operational Performance Vesting .
Effective on the last day of the Companys fiscal year 2015, there shall become vested the percentage of shares covered by the Option which is equal to the Cumulative Operational Amount (as defined below). The Options shall become vested and exercisable as of the date that the Administrator verifies the Cumulative Operational Amount; provided, however, the vesting hereunder will be effective as to Participant as of the end of the fiscal year to which such cumulative amount relates (notwithstanding any termination of Participants employment during the period between the end of such fiscal year and the verification of the Cumulative Operational Amount and, in such case, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1(b)). For each such fiscal year, the Administrator shall verify the Cumulative Operational Amount, and shall notify the Companys Chief Executive Officer of its determination with respect thereto, within ten business days after the Administrator receives the Companys audited financial statements for that fiscal year.
The Cumulative Operational Amount shall mean the percentage of shares of Stock covered by the Option equal to:
(a) Zero if the Cumulative Operational Performance per Diluted Share is less than $277.09.
(b) Six and one-quarter percent (6.25%) if the Cumulative Operational Performance per Diluted Share is $277.09.
(c) Twenty-five percent (25%) if the Cumulative Operational Performance per Diluted Share is at least $395.45.
If the Cumulative Operational Performance per Diluted Share is between $277.09 and $395.45, the Cumulative Operational Amount shall be determined by means of linear interpolation.
3. Adjustments of Operational Performance Objectives . The Operational Performance targets specified in this Exhibit B are based upon certain revenue and expense assumptions about the future business of the Company as of the date the Option is granted. Accordingly, in the event that, after such date, the Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, that any acquisition or disposition of any business by the Company or any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Stock, other securities or other property), recapitalization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other rights to purchase Stock or other securities of the Company, any unusual or nonrecurring transactions or events affecting the Company, or the financial statements of the Company, or change in applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles occurs such that an adjustment is determined by the Administrator to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to the Option, then the Administrator may, in good faith and in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the amounts set forth on this Exhibit B (and/or adjust the definitions of EBITDA and Net Debt) to reflect the projected effect of such transaction(s) or event(s) on Operational Performance.
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EXHIBIT C
STOCK RETENTION GUIDELINES
As a condition to receiving the Option grant, Participant acknowledges and agrees to hold a number of shares and/or options with such value and for such period of time as set forth below:
(a) At all times during Participants continued employment by the Company, Participant shall hold an aggregate amount of Company equity with a value equal to or greater than $ (the Retention Limit ). This Retention Limit will supersede any Retention Limit in any prior dated option agreement between the Company and Participant pursuant to the Plan.
For purposes of this Exhibit C , Company equity shall be equal to (i) the Fair Market Value of any Common Stock held by the Participant plus (ii) the value of vested options then held by Participant, whether granted pursuant to the Plan, the Companys 2003 Stock Option Plan or otherwise, which will be equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock underlying the options over the exercise price.
(b) If at any time after the date hereof the aggregate amount of Company equity held by Participant falls below the Retention Limit because of a decline in the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock, Participant will have three years to reach the Retention Limit before the Administrator may exercise any remedies under paragraph (c). [FOR NEW OPTIONHOLDERS Participant shall not be obligated to comply with the Retention Limit until [five years from date of grant].]
(c) Participants failure to hold that number of shares and/or vested options set forth in this Exhibit C shall result in Participants forfeiture of all unvested Options unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, W. Nicholas Howley, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of TransDigm Group Incorporated; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and have: |
(a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
(c) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of TransDigm Group Incorporateds board of directors: |
(a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
(b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: February 8, 2011
/s/ W. Nicholas Howley |
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Name: |
W. Nicholas Howley |
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Title: |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Gregory Rufus, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of TransDigm Group Incorporated; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and have: |
(a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
(b) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
(c) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
5. | The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the audit committee of TransDigm Group Incorporateds board of directors: |
(a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
(b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: February 8, 2011
/s/ Gregory Rufus |
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Name: |
Gregory Rufus |
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Title: |
Executive Vice President, Chief |
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Financial Officer and Secretary |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of TransDigm Group Incorporated (the Company) for the period ended January 1, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, W. Nicholas Howley, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
1. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company. |
Date: February 8, 2011
/s/ W. Nicholas Howley |
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Name: |
W. Nicholas Howley |
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Title: |
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief |
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Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of TransDigm Group Incorporated (the Company) for the period ended January 1, 2011 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Gregory Rufus, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
1. | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and |
2. | The information contained in the Report fairly presents in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company. |
Date: February 8, 2011
/s/ Gregory Rufus |
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Name: | Gregory Rufus | |
Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief | |
Financial Officer and Secretary | ||
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |