UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Centrus Energy Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   52-2107911
(State of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Two Democracy Center

6903 Rockledge Drive

Bethesda, MD

  20817
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

Class A Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share   New York Stock Exchange

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.   x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.   ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: Not Applicable.

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

 

 


INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

General

On March 5, 2014, USEC Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “USEC”), filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) in order to effectuate the Plan of Reorganization of USEC Inc. (the “Plan”). On September 5, 2014, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan, dated July 11, 2014, a copy of which was included as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 5, 2014 and which is incorporated herein by reference. On September 30, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), the Company satisfied the conditions of the order and the Plan became effective.

Pursuant to the Plan, on the Effective Date, (A) the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation changing the Company’s name to Centrus Energy Corp., (B) all equity interests in USEC, including all outstanding shares of (i) common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of USEC and of (ii) Series B-1 12.75% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share, were cancelled, (C) USEC’s 3.0% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2014 were cancelled, and (D) Centrus created and issued (i) new common stock in the form of Class A common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) and Class B common stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Class B Common Stock” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”), and (ii) 8.0% PIK Toggle Notes due 2019/2024, guaranteed on a limited, secured basis by United States Enrichment Corporation (the “New Notes”). This registration statement registers under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company’s new Class A Common Stock, to be issued pursuant to the Plan. On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the Company issued 7,563,600 shares of Class A Common Stock and 1,436,400 shares of Class B Common Stock and $240,380,000 aggregate principal amount of New Notes.

Also on the Effective Date, the Company filed an Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and adopted Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”). The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain provisions that satisfy the Plan and the Bankruptcy Code. The following description of the Class A Common Stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified by the full terms of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws, copies of which are attached to this registration statement as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. Additionally, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) may contain provisions which affect the capital stock of the Company.


Authorized Capitalization

The Company’s authorized capital stock consists of 120,000,000 authorized shares, which include 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (“Preferred Stock”) and 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of which 70,000,000 shares are classified as Class A Common Stock and 30,000,000 shares are classified as Class B Common Stock.

Description of Capital Stock

Dividend Rights

Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of capital stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors and paid on the Common Stock out of the assets of the Company that are by law available at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine.

Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, in any circumstance where the Company may declare dividends or otherwise make distributions (including, without limitation, any distribution on liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company) on the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, the Company shall declare the same per share dividends or make the same per share distributions, as the case may be, on such other class of stock.

If any such dividends or distributions are declared with respect to the Class A Common Stock in the form of additional shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock), such dividends or distributions shall be made with respect to Class B Common Stock in the form of an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class B Common Stock) and if any such dividends or distributions are declared with respect to Class B Common Stock in the form of additional shares of Class B Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class B Common Stock), such dividends or distributions shall be made with respect to the Class A Common Stock in the form of an equivalent number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock).

Conversion Rights

Holders of Class A Common Stock do not have conversion rights.

Upon the transfer of any share of Class B Common Stock other than to other Permitted Holders (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), each such share of Class B Common Stock will be automatically, converted into a share of Class A Common Stock in the manner described in Article Fourth of the Certificate of Incorporation.

Voting Rights

The holders of Class A Common Stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Company, provided, however, that unless otherwise required by law, holders of Class A Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any


amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation that relates solely to one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock or Class B Common Stock if the holders of such affected class are entitled to vote upon such amendment, either separately or together with another class or series of stock, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL.

The holders of Class B Common Stock will generally not be entitled to vote such shares, other than as required by applicable law and the following voting rights:

 

    Voting as a separate class, holders of Class B Common Stock are permitted to elect two directors that have been approved by the Board of Directors’ Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee or other committee (the “Investor Directors”), with such director election rights eliminated or decreased under certain circumstances as described in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

    Voting as a separate class, the majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock shall be necessary for effecting or validating any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect any of the powers, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and relative participating, optional or other rights of the Class B Common Stock.

 

    Voting together with the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock, as a single class, with respect to any merger or sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets that must be submitted to the stockholders pursuant to the DGCL, with such Class B voting rights limited, as described in the Certificate of Incorporation, so that the aggregate voting power of all the outstanding Class B Common Stock does not exceed 20% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of all classes and series of capital stock entitled to vote thereon.

The Bylaws generally provide, unless otherwise specified by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation, that stockholder action requires a quorum and the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power present in person or by proxy, except that the election of directors of the Company will be determined by a plurality vote.

Liquidation Rights

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company (whether voluntary or involuntary) and after payment in full of all amounts required to be paid to creditors and to the holders of Preferred Stock having liquidation preferences, if any, holders of shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock will be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in all assets of the Company available for distribution to the holders of the shares of the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock.

Restrictions on Transfer

Other than the restrictions with respect to foreign ownership of the capital stock of the Company as discussed below and described in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of Class A Common Stock have no restrictions on transfer.


Holders of Class B Common Stock may only transfer shares of Class B Common Stock to other Permitted Holders or their Affiliates (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), and only if any necessary approvals from or filings with regulatory bodies are made and received as required by the Certificate of Incorporation. Otherwise, upon transfer, the shares of Class B Common Stock are automatically converted to shares of Class A Common Stock. See “—Conversion Rights.”

Foreign Ownership Review Event - Suspension of Voting Rights; Refusal to Transfer; Redemption and Exchange Rights

Article Ninth of the Certificate of Incorporation contains certain restrictions with respect to foreign ownership of the capital stock of the Company, which, in certain circumstances, may allow the Board of Directors to take actions, including the full or partial suspension of voting rights, the refusal to transfer certain securities and the redemption or exchange of certain securities.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Various Provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the DGCL

The Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the DGCL contain provisions that may have some anti-takeover effects and may delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in his, her or its best interest, including those attempts that might result in a premium over the market price for shares held by stockholders.

No Cumulative Voting

The stockholders of the Company do not have the right to cumulate votes.

No Action by Written Consent; Calling of Special Meeting of Stockholders

The Certificate of Incorporation only provides for action by written consent by the holders of Class B Common Stock. The holders of Class A Common Stock may not act by written consent.

The Bylaws allow for the calling of special meetings of stockholders under certain circumstances, but do not allow holders of Class A Common Stock to call such special meetings.

Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations

The Bylaws provide that stockholders seeking to bring business before or to nominate candidates for election as directors at an annual meeting of stockholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the Company’s corporate secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered or mailed and received at the Company’s principal executive offices not less than 90 or more than 120 days in advance of the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting of stockholders is advanced by more than 30 days, or delayed by more than 60 days, from such anniversary date, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered or mailed and received not later than the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting of stockholders is first made by the Company. The Bylaws also specify requirements as to the form and content of a stockholder’s notice.


Limitations on Liability and Indemnification of Officers, Directors and Employees

The DGCL authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for certain breaches of directors’ fiduciary duties as directors. The Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision eliminating the personal liability of the Company’s directors to the Company or any of its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. The Company has also entered into agreements with its directors and officers that will require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against liability that may arise by reason of their status or service as director or officer to the fullest extent permitted by law.

The Bylaws generally provide that the Company must indemnify its officers, directors and employees and advance expenses to the Company’s officers and directors if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful. Also, for actions, suits or proceedings by or in the right of the Company, 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 Delaware 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 Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

The Bylaws also expressly authorize the Company to, and the Company does, carry directors’ and officers’ insurance for its officers, directors and certain employees for some liabilities.

Authorized but Unissued Shares

The authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock will be available for future issuance without the approval of the Company’s stockholders, except that the Company must reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued shares or treasury shares, solely for issuance upon the conversion of Class B Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon conversion of all the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding.

The Company may issue the additional authorized but unissued shares for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans.

Approval Rights of the Holders of Class B Common Stock

As described above and in the Certificate of Incorporation, so long as any shares of Class B Common Stock remain outstanding, the Company may not take certain actions without the approval of the holders of at least a majority of the then outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock.

As also described above, the holders of Class B Common Stock are permitted to elect two Investor Directors that have been approved by the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee.


Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies on the Board of Directors

Under the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, any newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Directors, even if less than a quorum, except that vacancies resulting from the removal or resignation of an Investor Director may be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Class B Common Stock.

Adoption, Amendment and Repeal of Bylaws

The Certificate of Incorporation grants the Board of Directors the authority to adopt, amend, alter, change and repeal the Bylaws, in any manner not inconsistent with the laws of the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation, without any action on the part of the stockholders of the Company, except that no Bylaws thereafter adopted shall invalidate any prior act of the directors that would have been valid if such new Bylaws had not been adopted.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute

The Company is subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which generally restricts a corporation from entering into certain business combinations with an interested stockholder (defined as any person or entity that is the beneficial owner of at least 15% of a corporation’s voting stock or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time in the past three years) for a period of three years following the time such stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

 

    either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder is approved by the Board of Directors of the corporation prior to the date such person became an interested stockholder;

 

    the interested stockholder acquires 85% of the corporation’s voting stock in the same transaction in which it becomes an interested stockholder; or

 

    the business combination is approved by the Board of Directors and by a vote of two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the interested stockholder.

Section 203 may render more difficult a change of control of the Company.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

Computershare Trust Company, N.A. is the transfer agent and registrar for the Class A Common Stock.


Item 2. Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

2.1    Plan of Reorganization of USEC Inc., as confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court on September 5, 2014 (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 5, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).
3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Centrus Energy Corp.
3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Centrus Energy Corp.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

  Centrus Energy Corp.
Date: September 30, 2014   By:  

/s/ John C. Barpoulis

    Name:   John C. Barpoulis
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

CENTRUS ENERGY CORP.

Centrus Energy Corp. (the “ Existing Corporation ”), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“ DGCL ”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. The certificate of incorporation of the Existing Corporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 29, 1998 under the name “USEC Inc.” and the original certificate of incorporation was amended on April 25, 2008, on July 1, 2013 and on September 30, 2014 (the “ Original Certificate of Incorporation ”).

2. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends and restates in its entirety the Original Certificate of Incorporation.

3. On March 5, 2014, the Existing Corporation filed a voluntary petition for relief under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Bankruptcy Court ”).

4. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been deemed approved without the need for board of directors or stockholder approval pursuant to Section 303 of the DGCL because it has been adopted pursuant to the Plan of Reorganization of the Existing Corporation, as confirmed on September 30, 2014 by the Bankruptcy Court (the “ Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization ”).

5. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation has been duly executed and acknowledged by an officer of the Existing Corporation designated by order of the Bankruptcy Court in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242, 245 and 303 of the DGCL.

6. The effective time of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation hereby shall be 8:01 a.m. Eastern Time on September 30, 2014.

7. The text of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

FIRST : The name of the corporation is Centrus Energy Corp. (hereinafter the “ Corporation ”).

SECOND : The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. 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 now or hereafter be organized under the Delaware General Corporation Law as set forth in Title 8 of the DGCL.

FOURTH :

A. Authorized Shares . The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 120,000,000 shares. The authorized capital stock is divided into 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (“ Preferred Stock ”), 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share (“ Common Stock ”), of which 70,000,000 shares are classified as Class A Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (Class A Common Stock) and 30,000,000 shares are classified as Class B Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (“ Class B Common Stock ”). Subject to the rights of any series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of any of the Common Stock, Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor.

B. Preferred Stock . The shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation may be issued from time to time in one or more series thereof, the shares of each series thereof to have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, as are stated and expressed herein or in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series, adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided.

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of this Article FOURTH and to the limitations prescribed by the DGCL, to authorize the issue of one or more series thereof, of Preferred Stock and with respect to each such series to fix by resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series the voting powers, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such series and the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each series thereof shall include, but not be limited to, the determination or fixing of the following:

(i) the maximum number of shares to constitute such series, which may subsequently be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors unless otherwise provided in the resolution providing for the issue of such series, the distinctive designation thereof and the stated value thereof if different than the par value thereof;

(ii) the dividend rate of such series, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any other class or classes of stock or any other series of any class of stock of the Corporation, and whether such dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative;

 

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(iii) whether the shares of such series shall be subject to redemption, in whole or in part, and, if made subject to such redemption, the times, prices and other terms and conditions of such redemption, including whether or not such redemption may occur at the option of the Corporation or at the option of the holder or holders thereof or upon the happening of a specified event;

(iv) the terms and amount of any sinking fund established for the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series;

(v) whether or not the shares of such series shall be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of any other class or classes of any stock or any other series of any class of stock of the Corporation, and, if provision is made for conversion or exchange, the times, prices, rates, adjustments, and other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;

(vi) the extent, if any, to which the holders of shares of such series shall be entitled to vote with respect to the election of directors or otherwise;

(vii) the restrictions, if any, on the issue or reissue of any additional Preferred Stock;

(viii) the rights of the holders of the shares of such series upon the dissolution of, or upon the subsequent distribution of assets of, the Corporation; and

(ix) the manner in which any facts ascertainable outside the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such series shall operate upon the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series.

C. Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock . The Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall have the following powers, preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations and restrictions:

(i) Definitions . As used in this Section C. of this Article FOURTH, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “ Affiliate ” shall mean any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with any other Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of securities, partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.

(b) “ B&W ” shall mean The Babcock & Wilcox Company, a Delaware corporation.

(c) “ Beneficially Own ” shall mean “beneficially own” as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions thereto, and “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall have a correlative meaning.

 

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(d) “ Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) Any Person shall Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly, through a merger, business combination, purchase, or other transaction or series of transactions, shares of the Corporation’s capital stock entitling such Person at such time to exercise 50% or more of the total voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors, other than as a result of an acquisition of such stock by the Corporation, any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries or any of the Corporation’s employee benefit plans (for purposes of this subsection (1), “Person” shall include any group that would be deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act).

(2) the Corporation (A) merges or consolidates with or into any other Person, another Person merges with or into the Corporation, or the Corporation conveys, sells, transfers or leases all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to another Person or (B) engages in any recapitalization, reclassification or other transaction in which all or substantially all of the Class A Common Stock is exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, in each case other than a merger or consolidation:

 

  a) that does not result in a reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of the Corporation’s outstanding Class A Common Stock;

 

  b) that is effected solely to change the Corporation’s jurisdiction of incorporation and results in a reclassification, conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of the Class A Common Stock solely into shares of any class or series of Class A Common Stock of the surviving entity; or

 

  c) where the issued and outstanding capital stock having voting power to vote generally to elect a majority of the Board of Directors outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for such voting stock of the surviving or transferee Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such voting stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately after giving effect to such issuance).

 

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(e) “ Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, as now or hereafter in effect, together with all regulations, rulings and interpretations thereof or thereunder by the United States Internal Revenue Service.

(f) “ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

(g) “ Governmental Authority ” shall mean any foreign governmental authority, the United States of America, any state of the United States and any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, and any agency, instrumentality, department, commission, board, bureau, central bank, authority, court, arbitral body or other tribunal, in each case whether executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative, having jurisdiction over any of the Permitted Holders, the Corporation, any of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries or their respective Property.

(h) “ Original Issue Amount ” shall mean the aggregate number of shares of Class B Common Stock issued to the Permitted Holders on September 30, 2014, pursuant to the Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization.

(i) “ Permit ” shall mean any approval, authorization, certificate, consent, license or permit of or from any Governmental Authority.

(j) “ Permitted Holders ” shall mean (1) Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation and its Wholly-Owned Affiliates, (2) B&W and its Wholly-Owned Affiliates, (3) a special purpose entity jointly and wholly controlled by Toshiba and B&W and (4) Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, to the extent it is controlled by Toshiba or a Permitted Holder described under (1) above; provided , however , that each Permitted Holder must be a U.S. Person.

(k) “ Permitted Holders’ Aggregate Holding Amount ” shall mean, at any relevant time, the aggregate number of shares of Class B Common Stock owned by the Permitted Holders.

(l) “ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other entity.

(m) “ Property ” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, tangible or intangible.

(n) “ Qualified Director ” shall mean any individual reasonably acceptable to the “Compensation, Nominating and Governance Committee” of the Board of Directors or such other committee of the Board of Directors that may from time to time have responsibility for identifying and recommending to the Board of Directors individuals qualified to serve as directors.

 

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(o) Regulatory Bodies ” shall mean the DOE and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and any successor Governmental Authorities thereto.

(p) “ Subsidiary ” of any Person shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) more than 50% of (1) the issued and outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency), (2) the interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture or limited liability company or (3) the beneficial interest in such trust or estate is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries or by one or more of such Person’s other Subsidiaries.

(q) “ Third-Party Transfer ” shall mean an irrevocable Transfer in compliance with Section C.(viii) of this Article FOURTH of all legal ownership, Voting Control and Beneficial Ownership of any share or shares of Class B Common Stock to a Person other than a Permitted Holder or its Affiliates.

(r) “ Toshiba ” shall mean Toshiba Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Japan.

(s) “ Transfer ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Article NINTH. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or Article NINTH, for purposes of this Article FOURTH, “Transfer” shall include the transfer of, or entering into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to, Voting Control over a share or shares of Class B Common Stock.

(t) “ U.S. Person ” shall mean any person that is treated as a “United States Person” under Code Section 7701(a)(30) and that provides an IRS Form W-9 (or successor form), evidencing a complete exemption from United States withholding tax (including backup withholding tax), on or before the time at which it acquires securities pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation.

(u) “ Voting Control ” shall mean, with respect to a share or shares of Class B Common Stock, the power, whether exclusive or shared, revocable or irrevocable, to vote or direct the voting of such share or shares of Class B Common Stock, by proxy, voting agreement or otherwise.

(v) “ Wholly-Owned Affiliate ” shall mean, as to any Person, any Affiliate that, directly or indirectly, is wholly-owned and controlled (other than by contract) by a Person, or any other Affiliate to which the Corporation, in its sole discretion, consents.

 

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(ii) Voting Rights .

(a) The holders of shares of Class B Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided herein or required by applicable law.

(b) Holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class to the exclusion of the holders of any other Common Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to elect two Qualified Directors to the Board of Directors (each such director, an “ Initial Investor Director ”) until the earliest to occur of (i) a Change of Control or (ii) such time as the Permitted Holders’ Aggregate Holding Amount is equal to or less than 75% of the Original Issue Amount, whereupon from and after such time (A) the right of such holders to elect the Initial Investor Directors shall cease, (B) the term of office of the Initial Investor Directors shall immediately and automatically terminate, (C) the Initial Investor Directors will no longer be qualified to serve and (D) the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be immediately and automatically reduced by two Persons.

(c) At such time as when the Permitted Holders do not have the right to elect the Initial Investor Directors in accordance with Section C.(ii)(b)(ii) of this Article FOURTH and the Permitted Holders’ Aggregate Holding Amount is less than 75% but greater than 50% of the Original Issue Amount, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be increased by one Person and the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class to the exclusion of the holders of any other Common Stock and any other series of Preferred Stock, shall be entitled to elect one Qualified Director to the Board of Directors (such director, the “ Investor Director ”) until the earliest to occur of (i) a Change of Control or (ii) such time as the Permitted Holders’ Aggregate Holding Amount is less than or equal to 50% of the Original Issue Amount, whereupon from and after such time (A) the right of the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Class B Common Stock to elect the Investor Director shall cease, (B) the term of office of the Investor Director shall immediately and automatically terminate, (C) the Investor Director will no longer be qualified to serve and (D) the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be immediately and automatically reduced by one Person.

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, except for the increase or decrease in the number of directors provided for herein, nothing in this Section C.(ii) of this Article FOURTH shall prohibit the Board of Directors from fixing the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors pursuant to the By-Laws.

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and until his or her successor is elected and qualified in accordance with this Section C.(ii) of this Article FOURTH and the By-Laws, unless any such Initial Investor Director or the Investor Director, as applicable, is earlier removed in accordance with the By-Laws, resigns or is otherwise unable to serve; provided , however , that only the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Class B Common Stock may remove any such Initial Investor Director or the Investor Director, as applicable, without cause at any time, and the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote on the matter may remove any such Initial Investor Director or the Investor Director, as applicable, with cause at any time. Subject to the provisions of this Section C.(ii) of this Article FOURTH, in the event any Initial Investor Director or the Investor Director, as applicable, is removed, resigns or is unable to serve as a member of the Board of Directors, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class to the exclusion of the holders of any other Common Stock and any series of Preferred Stock, shall have the right to fill such vacancy. Each Initial Investor Director or the Investor Director, as applicable, may only be elected to the Board of Directors by the holders of the Class B Common Stock in accordance with this Section C.(ii) of this Article FOURTH, and each such Initial Investor Director’s or the Investor Director’s seat, as applicable, shall otherwise remain vacant.

(f) Each holder of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Class A Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable record date on any matter that is submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation; provided , however , that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Class A Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock or Class B Common Stock if the holders of such affected class or series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such class or series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

(g) Notwithstanding Section C.(ii)(a) of this Article FOURTH, the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote together with the holders of Class A Common Stock (and any other class or series of capital stock entitled to vote on the matter with the Class A Common Stock) as a single class with respect to any transactions involving a merger of the Corporation or sale of substantially all of the Corporation’s assets, which must be submitted to the Corporation’s stockholders pursuant to the DGCL; provided , however , that each holder of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to (A) one vote for each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable record date, after equitable adjustments for any previous stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations or similar transactions with respect to the

 

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Class A Common Stock, but only to the extent that the aggregate voting power of all of the outstanding Class B Common Stock does not exceed 20% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of all classes and series of capital stock entitled to vote thereon or (B) if pursuant to clause (A) the aggregate voting power of all of the outstanding Class B Common Stock would exceed 20% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of all classes and series of capital stock entitled to vote on the matter, such fraction of one vote for each share of Class B Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the applicable record date, after equitable adjustments for any previous stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations or similar transactions with respect to the Class A Common Stock, such that the aggregate voting power of all of the outstanding Class B Common Stock equaled 20% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of all classes and series of capital stock entitled to vote thereon.

(h) Notwithstanding Section C.(ii)(a) of this Article FOURTH, the vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class to the exclusion of the holders of the Class A Common Stock and the Preferred Stock then outstanding and entitled to vote thereon, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect any of the powers, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and relative participating, optional or other rights of Class B Common Stock.

(iii) Dividends and Distributions . Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of capital stock having a preference over or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors and paid on the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the Board of Directors in its discretion shall determine. Except as otherwise required by the DGCL, in any circumstance where the Corporation may declare dividends or otherwise make distributions (including, without limitation, any distribution on liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation) on the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, the Corporation shall declare the same per share dividends or make the same per share distributions, as the case may be, on such other class of stock; provided, however, that if any such dividends or distributions are declared with respect to the Class A Common Stock in the form of additional shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock), such dividends or distributions shall be made with respect to Class B Common Stock in the form of an equivalent number of shares of Class B Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class B Common Stock) and if any such dividends or distributions are declared with respect to Class B Common Stock in the form of additional shares of Class B Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class B Common Stock), such dividends or distributions shall be made with respect to the Class A Common Stock in the form of an equivalent number of shares of Class A Common Stock (or rights to acquire Class A Common Stock).

 

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(iv) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock outstanding at any time, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of the Class A Common Stock and the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to share equally, on a per share basis, in all assets of the Corporation of whatever kind available for distribution to the holders of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock.

(v) Subdivision or Combination . If the Corporation in any manner subdivides or combines the outstanding shares of any of the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, then the outstanding shares of the Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable, will be subdivided or combined in the same manner.

(vi) Equal Status . Except as expressly provided in this Article FOURTH, shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall have the same rights, powers, preferences and restrictions and rank equally, share ratably and be identical in all respect as to all matters. In any merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination, the consideration received per share by the holders of the Class A Common Stock and the holders of the Class B Common Stock in such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination shall be identical; provided, however, that if such consideration consists, in whole or in part, of shares of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, the Corporation or any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, then the designation and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such shares of capital stock or other equity interests may differ to the extent that the designation and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock differ as provided herein (including, without limitation, with respect to the voting rights and conversion provisions hereof) if and to the extent necessary due to regulatory requirements or restrictions applicable to the entity surviving such merger, consolidation, reorganization or other business combination that are similar in nature to those applicable to the Corporation; and provided, further, that if the holders of the Class A Common Stock or the holders of the Class B Common Stock are granted the right to elect to receive one of two or more alternative forms of consideration, the foregoing provision shall be deemed satisfied if holders of the other class are granted identical election rights, subject to the preceding proviso.

(vii) Automatic Conversion .

(a) Subject to Section C.(viii) of this Article FOURTH, a share of Class B Common Stock shall be automatically converted, without any action on the part of the Corporation (other than the subsequent exchange of Class B Common Stock certificates for Class A Common Stock certificates or, in the case of uncertificated shares of Class B Common Stock, upon receipt of proper transfer

 

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instructions from the registered holder of the shares of Class B Common Stock or by his, her or its attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form), any holder of Class B Common Stock or any other Person, into one fully paid and nonassessable share of Class A Common Stock upon a Third-Party Transfer of such share, subject to equitable adjustments for any previous stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations or similar transactions with respect to the Class A Common Stock.

(b) In the event of any automatic conversion pursuant to the terms of Section C.(vii)(a) of this Article FOURTH, the conversion shall be deemed to have been effected upon such Third-Party Transfer (the “ Class B Common Stock Automatic Conversion Time ”). At the Class B Common Stock Automatic Conversion Time, the certificate or certificates that represented the shares of Class B Common Stock that were so converted immediately prior to such conversion (the “ Converted Class B Common Stock ”) shall, automatically and without further action, represent the same number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Class A Common Stock, subject to equitable adjustments for any previous stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations or similar transactions with respect to the Class A Common Stock. Permitted Holders of the Converted Class B Common Stock shall deliver their certificates, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by such Permitted Holder or such Permitted Holder’s authorized attorney to the principal office of the Corporation (or such other office or agency (including the transfer agent, if applicable) of the Corporation as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered Permitted Holder at the address of such Permitted Holder appearing on the books of the Corporation), together with a written notice stating the name or names (with addresses) and denominations in which the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Class A Common Stock are to be issued and including instructions for delivery thereof. Upon such delivery, the Corporation or its agent shall promptly issue and deliver at such stated address to such holder of shares of Class A Common Stock a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock to which such holder is entitled by reason of such conversion, and shall cause such shares of Class A Common Stock to be registered in the name of such holder. The Person entitled to receive the shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such shares of Class A Common Stock at and as of Class B Common Stock Automatic Conversion Time, and the rights of such Person as a holder of shares of Class B Common Stock that have been converted shall cease and terminate at and as of Class B Common Stock Automatic Conversion Time, in each case without regard to any failure by such Permitted Holder to deliver the certificates or the notice required by this Section.

 

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(viii) Restrictions .

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary and unless the Corporation, in its sole discretion, otherwise agrees in writing, Permitted Holders may not transfer shares of Class B Common Stock if such Transfer would require approvals from or filings with any Regulatory Body in order not to adversely affect the Permits or regulatory status of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, unless such approvals and/or filings have been made and received; provided , however , this Section C.(viii)(a) of this Article FOURTH shall not apply to any transfer where the transferee received Class A Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof.

(b) Any purported conversion or Transfer of Class B Common Stock in violation of this Section C. (vii) or (viii) of this Article FOURTH shall be null and void ab initio .

(ix) Legends . All certificates representing shares of Class B Common Stock shall bear a legend or other restriction substantially to the following effect (it being agreed that if such shares are not certificated, other appropriate restrictions shall be implemented to give effect to the following):

“THIS SECURITY MAY ONLY BE TRANSFERRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF CENTRUS ENERGY CORP.

THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS (INCLUDING THE VOTING AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS) SET FORTH IN ARTICLES FOURTH AND NINTH OF CENTRUS ENERGY CORP.’S AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.”

(x) Written Consent . Any action as to which a class vote of the holders of Class B Common Stock is required pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation 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.

(xi) Reservation of Stock . The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, or shares of Class A Common Stock held in treasury by the Corporation, solely for issuance upon the conversion of Class B Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock as shall from time to time be issuable upon conversion of all the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding. All shares of Class A Common Stock delivered upon conversion of Class B Common Stock shall have been duly authorized and validly issued and shall be fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.

 

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(xii) Taxes . The Corporation shall pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock on conversion of Class B Common Stock. The Corporation shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any Transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Class A Common Stock in a name other than that in which Class B Common Stock so converted was registered, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid to the Corporation the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.

D. To the extent prohibited by Section 1123(a)(6) of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”), the Corporation will not issue non-voting equity securities; provided , however , the foregoing restriction will (a) be limited as necessary to facilitate compliance with applicable non-bankruptcy laws governing foreign ownership, as reflected by the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation, (b) have no further force and effect beyond that required under Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) only have such force and effect for so long as Section 1123 of the Bankruptcy Code is in effect and applicable to the Corporation and (c) in all events may be amended or eliminated in accordance with applicable law as from time to time may be in effect.

FIFTH :

A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to:

(i) adopt, amend, alter, change or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation; provided , however, that no By-Laws hereafter adopted shall invalidate any prior act of the directors that would have been valid if such new By-Laws had not been adopted;

(ii) determine the rights, powers, duties, rules and procedures that affect the power of the Board of Directors to manage and direct the business and affairs of the Corporation, including the power to designate and empower committees of the Board of Directors, to elect, appoint and empower the officers and other agents of the Corporation, and to determine the time and place of, and the notice requirements for, Board meetings, as well as quorum and voting requirements for, and the manner of taking, Board action; and

(iii) exercise all such powers and do all such acts as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware, this Certificate of Incorporation, and the By-Laws of the Corporation.

B. The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be as specified in the By-Laws or fixed in the manner provided therein. Whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of capital stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes unless expressly provided by such terms.

 

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C. Subject to Section C(ii)(e) of Article FOURTH hereof, any vacancies in the Board of Directors for any reason, including any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, may be filled only by the Board of Directors, acting by a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and any directors so appointed shall hold office until the next election for which such directors have been chosen and until their successors are elected and qualified or their earlier resignation or removal.

D. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions providing for any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to Article FOURTH hereof with respect to any directors elected by the holders of such series and subject to Section C.(ii) of Article FOURTH hereof, any director, or the entire Board of Directors, may be removed from office by the stockholders at any time.

E. In connection with the exercise of its or their judgment in determining what is in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, any committee of the Board of Directors or any individual director may, but shall not be required to, in addition to considering the long-term and short-term interests of the stockholders, consider all of the following factors: provision for the protection of the health and safety of the public and the common defense and security of the United States of America, assurance that adequate enrichment capacity will remain available to meet the demands of the domestic electric utility industry, and provision for the protection of the public interest in maintaining reliable and economical uranium mining, enrichment and conversion services. The provisions of this Section shall be deemed solely to grant discretionary authority to the directors and shall not be deemed to provide to any constituency the right to be considered.

SIXTH :

Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions providing for any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to Article FOURTH hereof and subject to Section C.(ii) of Article FOURTH hereof, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of such holders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such holders. Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by (i) the Chairman, if there be one, or the President or (ii) pursuant to a resolution adopted by (x) the Board of Directors or (y) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been designated by the Board of Directors and whose power and authority include the power to call such meetings. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot, unless otherwise provided in the By-Laws.

SEVENTH :

A. The Corporation shall indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, and such right to indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director or

 

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officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided , however, that, except for successful 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 administrators) 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. The right to indemnification conferred in 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.

B. 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 who are not directors or officers similar to those conferred in this Article SEVENTH to directors and officers of the Corporation.

C. 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, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

D. Any repeal or modification of this Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation existing pursuant to this Article SEVENTH with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification.

EIGHTH : No person shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided , however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director’s 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) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended hereafter to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article EIGHTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such amendment, repeal or modification with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or modification.

NINTH :

A. Foreign Ownership Review Event . For purposes of this Article NINTH, the term “Foreign Ownership Review Event” shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (i) the beneficial ownership by a foreign person of (a) five percent (5%) or more of the issued and outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Corporation, (b) five percent (5%) or more in voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of equity securities of the Corporation, or (c) less than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Corporation or less than five percent

 

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(5%) of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of equity securities of the Corporation, if such foreign person is entitled to control the appointment and tenure of any of the Corporation’s management positions or any director; (ii) the beneficial ownership of any shares of any class of equity securities of the Corporation by or for the account of a Contravening Person (as defined below); or (iii) any Adverse Regulatory Occurrence.

B. Information Request . If the Corporation has reason to believe that the ownership or proposed ownership of, acquisition of an interest in, or exercise of rights with respect to, securities of the Corporation by any person, including record holders, beneficial owners and any person presenting any securities of the Corporation for transfer into its name (a “Proposed Transferee”) may constitute a Foreign Ownership Review Event, the Corporation may request of such person and such person shall furnish promptly to the Corporation such information (including, without limitation, information with respect to citizenship, other ownership interests and affiliations as well as any other agreements or arrangements) as the Corporation shall request to enable the Board of Directors to determine whether the ownership of, the acquisition of any interest in, or the exercise of any rights with respect to, securities of the Corporation by such person constitutes a Foreign Ownership Review Event. Any person who is or proposes to be a registered holder of securities of the Corporation shall disclose to the Corporation, at the Corporation’s request, the name and address of the beneficial owner of the securities of the Corporation and any other information relating to such person’s ownership or other interest in securities of the Corporation that the Corporation may request.

Any disclosure of information made under this Section B of Article NINTH shall be delivered to the Corporation promptly upon a request by the Corporation therefor (and in any event within five (5) calendar days of such request). The Corporation may require that any such information be given under oath. The Board of Directors shall be entitled to rely and to act in reliance on any declaration and the information provided to the Corporation pursuant to this Section B of Article NINTH.

C. Suspension of Voting Rights; Refusal to Transfer . If any person, including a Proposed Transferee, from whom information is requested pursuant to Section B of this Article NINTH should fail to respond to such request, or if the Corporation shall conclude that the ownership of, the acquisition of an interest in, or the exercise of any rights of ownership with respect to, securities of the Corporation by any person, including a Proposed Transferee, could constitute or result in any Adverse Regulatory Occurrence, then (i) the Board of Directors may, from time to time in its sole discretion, resolve that neither any record owner nor any beneficial owner of securities held by a person may be Transferred to a Proposed Transferee; and/or (ii) the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, resolve that such person, either alone or together with its Related Persons, as of any record date for the determination of holders of securities entitled to vote on any matter, shall not be entitled to vote or cause the voting of all or such portion as the Board of Directors shall determine of the securities of the Corporation owned beneficially or of record by such person or its Related Persons, in person or by proxy or through any voting agreement or other arrangement, (A) on any matter submitted to a vote of such holders or (B) on specified matters as from time to time determined by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may disregard any votes purported to be cast in excess of or otherwise in violation of the restrictions or limitations set forth in sub-section (ii) of Section C of this Article

 

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NINTH. Any action by the Board of Directors pursuant to this Article NINTH may remain in effect for as long as the Board of Directors determines such action is necessary to prevent or remedy any Adverse Regulatory Occurrence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may, from time to time in its sole discretion, (1) resolve to release any restriction on Transfer set forth herein from any number of securities, on terms and conditions and in ratios and numbers to be fixed by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and (2) resolve to release any of the securities of the Corporation from any of the limitations or restrictions on voting set forth in sub-section (ii) of Section C of this Article NINTH.

D. Legends . If any securities of the Corporation are represented by a certificate, a legend shall be placed on such certificate to the effect that such securities are subject to the restrictions set forth in this Article NINTH. If any such securities shall not be represented by certificates, then the Corporation shall require, to the extent required by law, that an analogous notification of such restrictions be used in respect of such securities.

E. Joint Ownership . For purposes of this Article NINTH, where the same shares of any class of equity securities of the Corporation are held or beneficially owned by one or more persons, and any one of such persons is a foreign person or a Contravening Person, then such shares shall be deemed to be held or beneficially owned by a foreign person or Contravening Person, as applicable.

F. Redemption and Exchange . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, any shares held or beneficially owned by a foreign person or a Contravening Person shall always be subject to redemption or exchange by the Corporation by action of the Board of Directors, pursuant to Section 151 of the DGCL or any other applicable provision of law, to the extent necessary in the judgment of the Board of Directors to prevent any Adverse Regulatory Occurrence. Except where the context provides otherwise, as used in this Certificate of Incorporation, “redemption” and “exchange” are hereinafter collectively referred to as “redemption”, references to shares being “redeemed” shall be deemed to include shares which are being “exchanged”, and references to “redemption price” shall be deemed to include the amount and kind of securities for which any such shares are exchanged. The terms and conditions of such redemption shall be as follows:

(a) the redemption price of the shares to be redeemed pursuant to this Article NINTH shall be equal to the fair market value of the shares to be redeemed, as determined by the Board of Directors in good faith unless the Board of Directors determine in good faith that the holder of such shares knew or should have known its ownership or beneficial ownership would constitute a Foreign Ownership Review Event, in which case the redemption price for any such shares, other than shares for which the Board of Directors had determined at the time of the holder’s purchase that the ownership of, or exercise of rights with respect to, such shares did not, at such time, constitute an Adverse Regulatory Occurrence, shall be equal to the lower of (i) the fair market value of the shares to be redeemed and (ii) such foreign person’s or Contravening Person’s purchase price for such shares;

 

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(b) the redemption price of such shares may be paid in cash, securities or any combination thereof and the value of any securities constituting all or any part of the redemption price shall be determined by the Board of Directors in good faith;

(c) if less than all the shares held or beneficially owned by foreign persons are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected in any manner determined by the Board of Directors to be fair and equitable;

(d) at least 30 days’ written notice of the redemption date shall be given to the record holders of the shares selected to be redeemed (unless waived in writing by any such holder), provided that the redemption date may be the date on which written notice shall be given to record holders if the cash or redemption securities necessary to effect the redemption shall have been deposited in trust for the benefit of such record holders and subject to immediate withdrawal by them upon surrender of the stock certificates for their shares to be redeemed, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by duly executed proper instruments of transfer;

(e) from and after the redemption date, the shares to be redeemed shall cease to be regarded as outstanding and any and all rights attaching to such shares of whatever nature (including without limitation any rights to vote or participate in dividends declared on stock of the same class or series as such shares) shall cease and terminate, and the holders thereof thenceforth shall be entitled only to receive the cash or securities payable upon redemption; and

(f) the redemption shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine.

In connection with any exchange effected pursuant to Section F of this Article NINTH, authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors, subject to this Certificate of Incorporation and the DGCL, to fix the designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any securities of the Corporation issued in exchange for any issued and outstanding securities of the Corporation held or beneficially owned by a foreign person or Contravening Person.

G. Board Action . The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive right to interpret all issues arising under this Article NINTH (including but not limited to determining whether a Foreign Ownership Review Event has occurred, whether an Adverse Regulatory Occurrence has occurred, whether a person is a foreign person or a Contravening Person, whether a person is an Affiliate of another person or a Related Person, whether a person controls or is controlled by another person and whether a person is the beneficial owner of securities of the Corporation, and whether a person has met the requirements of Section B of this Article NINTH with regard to the provision of information), and the determination of the Board under this Article NINTH shall be final, binding and conclusive. The Bylaws of the Corporation may make appropriate provisions to effectuate the requirements of this Article NINTH to the extent set forth herein and the Board may, at any time and from time to time, adopt such other or additional reasonable procedures as the Board may deem desirable or necessary to comply with Regulatory Restrictions, to prevent or remedy any Adverse Regulatory Occurrence, to address any issues arising in connection with a Foreign Ownership Review Event or to otherwise carry out the provisions of this Article NINTH.

 

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H. Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Article NINTH,

Adverse Regulatory Occurrence ” shall mean any ownership of, or exercise of rights with respect to, shares of any class of equity securities of the Corporation or other exercise or attempt to exercise control of the Corporation that is inconsistent with, or in violation of, any Regulatory Restrictions, or that could jeopardize the continued operations of the Corporation’s facilities.

Affiliate ” and “ Affiliated ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

Contravening Person ” shall mean (i) a person acting as an agent for a Foreign Enrichment Provider with respect to uranium or uranium products or (ii) a Foreign Competitor.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Foreign Competitor ” shall mean a Foreign Enrichment Provider or a person Affiliated with a Foreign Enrichment Provider in such a manner as to constitute a Foreign Ownership Review Event.

Foreign Enrichment Provider ” shall mean any person incorporated, organized or having its principal place of business outside of the United States which is in the business of enriching uranium for use by nuclear reactors or any person incorporated, organized or having its principal place of business outside of the United States which is in the business of creating a fissile product capable of use as a fuel source for nuclear reactors in lieu of enriched uranium.

foreign person ” shall mean (i) an individual who is not a citizen of the United States of America; (ii) a partnership in which any general partner is a foreign person or the partner or partners having a majority interest in partnership profits are foreign persons; (iii) a foreign government or representative thereof; (iv) a corporation, partnership, trust, company, association or other entity organized or incorporated under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States and (v) a corporation, partnership, trust, company, association or other entity that is controlled directly or indirectly by any one or more of the foregoing.

person ” shall include natural persons, corporations, partnerships, companies, associations, trusts, joint ventures, other entities, governments, or political subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities of governments.

Regulatory Restrictions ” shall mean the regulations, rules or restrictions of any governmental entity or agency which exercises regulatory power over the Corporation and its subsidiaries, and their businesses, operations or assets, including, without limitation, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Related Person ” shall mean with respect to any person:

(1) any Affiliate of such person;

 

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(2) any other person(s) with which such first person has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) to act together for the purpose of acquiring, voting, holding or disposing of securities of the Corporation;

(3) in the case of a person that is a company, corporation or similar entity, any executive officer (as defined under Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of such person and, in the case of a person that is a partnership or a limited liability company, any general partner, managing member or manager of such person, as applicable;

(4) in the case of a person that is a natural person, any relative or spouse of such natural person, or any relative of such spouse who has the same home as such natural person or who is a director or officer of the Corporation or any of its Affiliates;

(5) in the case of a person that is an executive officer (as defined under Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act), or a director of a company, corporation or similar entity, such company, corporation or entity, as applicable; and

(6) in the case of a person that is a general partner, managing member or manager of a partnership or limited liability company, such partnership or limited liability company, as applicable.

Transfer ” shall mean (with its cognates having corresponding meanings), with respect to any securities of the Corporation, any direct or indirect assignment, sale, exchange, transfer, tender or other disposition of such securities or any interest therein, whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise (and includes any sale or other disposition in any one transaction or series of transactions and the grant or transfer of an option or derivative security covering such securities), and any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, to effect any of the foregoing; provided , however, that a “Transfer” shall not occur simply as a result of the grant of a proxy in connection with a solicitation of proxies subject to the provisions of Section 14 of the Exchange Act.

I. Amendment . Any amendment, alteration, change or repeal of this Article NINTH shall require the affirmative vote of both (a) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office and (b) the affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors voting together as a single class.

TENTH : The Corporation hereby reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation. Except as may be provided in a resolution or resolutions providing for any series of Preferred Stock pursuant to Article FOURTH hereof and which relate to such series of Preferred Stock, any such amendment, alteration, change or repeal shall require the affirmative vote of both (a) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors then in office and (b) a majority of the voting power of all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

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ELEVENTH : In the event that any of the provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation (including any provision within a single Section, paragraph or sentence) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or otherwise unenforceable, the remaining provisions are severable and shall remain enforceable to the full extent permitted by law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed on this 29 th day of September 2014 in its name and attested by duly authorized officer.

 

By:  

/s/ John C. Barpoulis

Name:   John C. Barpoulis
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to A&R Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.2

SECOND

AMENDED AND RESTATED

BYLAWS

OF

CENTRUS ENERGY CORP.

(hereinafter called the “Corporation”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.

Section 2. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) may from time to time determine.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 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 and stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

Section 2. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which meetings the stockholders shall elect by a plurality vote members of a Board of Directors, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of the Annual Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

Section 3. Special Meetings . Unless otherwise prescribed by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, special meetings of stockholders (the “Special Meetings”), for any purpose or purposes, may be called by either the Chairman, if there be one, or the President, and shall be called by any such officer at the request in writing of (i) the Board of Directors or (ii) a committee of the Board of Directors that has been designated by the Board of Directors and


whose power and authority include the power to call such meetings. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, written notice of a Special Meeting stating the place, date and hour of the meeting and 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. At a Special Meeting only such business shall be conducted as shall be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto).

Section 4. Quorum . Unless otherwise required by law or by the then-current certificate of incorporation of the Corporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), the holders of a majority of the 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, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting.

Section 5. Proxies . Any stockholder entitled to vote may do so in person or by his or her proxy appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized, delivered to the Secretary of the meeting; provided , however , that no proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless said proxy provides for a longer period. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her as proxy, either of 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 him or her as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or his or her authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him or her as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such telegram or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission

 

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authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used; provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

Section 6. Voting . Unless otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any question brought before any meeting of stockholders, other than the election of directors, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the stock represented and entitled to vote thereat. Each stockholder represented at a meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to cast one vote for each share of the capital stock entitled to vote thereat held by such stockholder. The Board of Directors, in its discretion, or the officer of the Corporation presiding at a meeting of stockholders, in his or her discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

Section 7. 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 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder of the Corporation who is present.

Section 8. 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 7 of this Article II or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

Section 9. Nomination of Directors . Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 9 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 9.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

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more than one hundred twenty calendar days prior to the first anniversary date of the Annual Meeting for the prior year; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the Annual Meeting is more than thirty days before or more than sixty days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder notice as described above.

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of such stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice, (v) a statement, signed under oath and in such reasonable detail as the Board of Directors may require, that such stockholder is not a foreign person (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or under the control of a foreign person and that such stockholder is not a Contravening Person (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or under the control of a Contravening Person, (vi) an undertaking to notify the Corporation if the statement specified in clause (v) becomes untrue in any respect from the date such statement is given up to and including the date and time of the vote for the proposed nominee and (vii) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 9. If the Chairman of the meeting determines (a) that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, (b) that at the date and time of the vote for the proposed nominee the stockholder who nominated such nominee is a foreign person or under the control of a foreign person or (c) that at the date and time of the vote for the proposed nominee the stockholder who nominated such nominee is a Contravening Person (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or under the control of a Contravening Person, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the nomination was defective and such defective nomination shall be disregarded.

 

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Nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) or holders of Class B Common Stock (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation) to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 10. Business at Annual Meetings . No business may be transacted at an Annual Meeting, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 10 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 10.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation.

To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety nor more than one hundred twenty calendar days prior to the first anniversary date of the Annual Meeting for the prior year; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the Annual Meeting is more than thirty days before or more than sixty days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or such public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an Annual Meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in such business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders except business brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 10, provided , however , that, once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 10 shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the Chairman of an Annual

 

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Meeting determines that business was not properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the foregoing procedures, the Chairman shall declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and such business shall not be transacted.

Section 11. Conduct of Meetings . The Board of Directors of the Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings 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.

Section 12. Inspectors of Election . In advance of any meeting of stockholders, the Board by resolution or the Chairman shall appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspector shall have the duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of such other facts as may be required by law.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. Number and Election of Directors . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or the holders of the Class B Common Stock to elect directors, the Board of Directors shall consist of not less than three nor more than twenty members, the exact number of which shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Except as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at Annual Meetings. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation. Directors need not be stockholders. Directors must be citizens of the United States of America (other than any directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or the holders of the Class B Common Stock, who must satisfy the qualifications specified in the terms of such Preferred Stock or Class B Common Stock, as applicable).

 

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Section 2. 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 Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

Section 3. Meetings . The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors 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. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman, if there be one, the President, or by a majority of directors then in office. Notice thereof stating the place, date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director either by mail not less than forty-eight hours before the date of the meeting, by telephone or telegram on twenty-four hours’ notice, or on such shorter notice as the person or persons calling such meeting may deem necessary or appropriate in the circumstances. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice thereof, all business may be transacted at a special meeting of the Board of Directors.

Section 4. Organization . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, in his or her absence, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as Chairman. The Secretary of the Corporation shall act as Secretary at each meeting of the Board of Directors. In case the Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board of Directors, 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.

Section 5. Quorum . Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the entire Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business 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, without notice other than announcement at the meeting of the time and place of the adjourned meeting, until a quorum shall be present.

Section 6. Actions by Written Consent . Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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 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 committee.

 

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Section 7. Meetings by Means of Conference Telephone . Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee by means of a conference telephone or similar 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 7 shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

Section 8. 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. 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. 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 he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member. Any committee, to the extent allowed 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. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report to the Board of Directors when required.

Section 9. 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 as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

Section 10. 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 his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose if (i) the material facts as to his, her or their 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 his, her or their 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.

 

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ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 1. General . The Board of Directors shall elect a Chairman of the Board of Directors (who must be a director) or a President, or both, and a Secretary and a Treasurer and may elect one or more Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors (who must be directors) and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers and other officers, as the Board may determine. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. Except as may be stipulated by a resolution of the Board of Directors, the officers of the Corporation may, but need not be stockholders of the Corporation nor, except in the case of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, need such officers be directors of the Corporation.

Section 2. Election . The Board of Directors at its first meeting held after each 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 all officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal. Any officer elected by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of 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 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 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. Chairman of the Board of Directors; Vice Chairmen 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 also perform such other duties and may exercise such other powers as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may, by resolution, from time to time confer like powers upon one or more Vice Chairmen of the Board of Directors to serve in the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board of Directors. If there shall be more than one Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, they shall act as Chairman by order of their seniority on the Board of Directors or as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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Section 5. President . The President, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, shall have general charge and supervision and authority over all operations of the Corporation and shall have such powers and perform such duties as are incident to his or her office or as may be properly granted to or required by him or her by the Board of Directors, by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws. 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 from time to time may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors.

Section 6. Vice Presidents . At the request of the President or in his or her absence or in the event of his or her inability or refusal to act (and if there be no Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors), the Vice President or the Vice Presidents if there is 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 or the Chief Executive Officer from time to time may prescribe. If there be no Chairman or Vice 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 7. Secretary . The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of 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 the 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 or the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision he or she 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 Chief Executive Officer 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 the affixing by his or her 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 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 or the Chief Executive Officer. 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

 

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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 his or her office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, under whose supervision he or she shall be.

Section 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 Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Secretary, and in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of his or her disability 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 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 Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, if there be one, or the Treasurer, and in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of his or her disability 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 his or her office and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation.

Section 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 or the Chief Executive Officer. 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.

Section 12. Division or Other Business Unit Officers . The Board of Directors may appoint or authorize an officer of the Corporation to appoint in writing officers of a division or other business unit of the Corporation. Unless elected or appointed as an officer of the Corporation by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors, an officer of a division or other business unit shall not, as such, be an officer of the Corporation, except that such person shall be an officer of the Corporation for the purposes of executing and delivering documents on behalf of the Corporation or for other specific purposes, if and solely to the extent that such person may be authorized to do so by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided in the writing appointing an officer of a division or other business unit, such person’s term of office shall be for one year and until that person’s successor is appointed and qualified. Any officer of a division or other business unit may be removed with or without cause

 

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by the Board of Directors or by the officer, if any, of the Corporation then authorized by the Board of Directors to appoint such officer of a division or other business unit. The Board of Directors may prescribe or authorize an officer of the Corporation or an officer of a division or other business unit to prescribe in writing the duties and powers and authority of officers of divisions or other business units.

ARTICLE V

STOCK

Section 1. Form of Certificates . The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated and shall not be represented by certificates, except to the extent as may be required by applicable law or as may otherwise be authorized by the Board of Directors. To the extent that shares are represented by certificates, every holder of capital stock of the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by (a) the Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and (b) the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, representing the number of shares registered in certificate form.

Section 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 he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Section 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 his or her 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 with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of such new certificate.

Section 4. Transfers . Stock of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and in these Bylaws. Transfers of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, and in the case of certificated shares of stock, only by the person named in the certificate or by his or her attorney lawfully constituted in writing and upon the surrender of the certificate therefor, which shall be cancelled before a new certificate shall be issued; or, in the case of uncertificated shares of stock, upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the registered holder of the shares or by his or her attorney lawfully constituted in writing, and upon payment of all necessary transfer taxes and compliance with appropriate procedures for transferring shares in uncertificated form; provided, however, that such surrender and endorsement, compliance or payment of taxes shall not be required in any case in which the Corporation shall determine to waive such requirement. No transfer 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.

 

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Section 5. Record Date .

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; 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 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 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 6. 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.

Section 7. 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.

ARTICLE VI

NOTICES

Section 1. Notices . Whenever written notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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

 

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committee or stockholder, at his or her 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, facsimile, telex or cable.

Section 2. Waivers of Notice . Whenever any notice is required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, 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 said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Attendance of a person at a meeting, present by 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 regular or special meeting of the stockholders, 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 Bylaws.

ARTICLE VII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1. Dividends . Dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, and may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the 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 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 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 3. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 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.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 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 he or she 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 or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she 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 or her conduct was unlawful.

Section 2. Power to Indemnify 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 he or she 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, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; 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 Delaware 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 Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 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 director or officer is proper in the circumstances because he or she 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

 

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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, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith, without the necessity of authorization in the specific case.

Section 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 he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful, if his or her action is based on the records or books of account of the Corporation or another enterprise, or on information supplied to him or her 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 term “another enterprise” as used in this Section 4 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. 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 Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VIII, as the case may be.

Section 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 any court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware for indemnification to the extent otherwise permissible under Sections 1 and 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 he or she has met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Sections 1 or 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.

 

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Section 6. Expenses Payable in Advance . Expenses 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 he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article VIII.

Section 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 any Bylaw, statute, agreement, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her 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 Sections 1 and 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 Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VIII but whom the Corporation has the power or obligation to indemnify under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, or otherwise.

Section 8. Primacy of Indemnification . The Corporation hereby acknowledges that any person that may be indemnified pursuant to these Bylaws (an “Indemnitee”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by an employer, partner or affiliate of such person and certain of their affiliates (collectively, the “Third Party Indemnitors”). The Corporation hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to each Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Third Party Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by these Bylaws and the Certificate of Incorporation (or any other agreement between the Corporation and an Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Third Party Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Third Party Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Third Party Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Corporation further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Third Party Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing and the Third Party Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Corporation. The Corporation agrees that the Third Party Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 8 or ARTICLE VIII.

Section 9. Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was or shall be a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was or shall be a director, officer or employee of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership,

 

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joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this Article VIII.

Section 10. 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, officers or employees, so that any person who is or was a director, officer or employee of such constituent corporation, or is or was a director, officer or employee 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, employee benefit plan 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 he or she would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. 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 he or she 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 11. 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, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

Section 12. 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 hereof), the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any director, officer or employee 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 13. 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.

Section 14. Effect of Amendment or Repeal . Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in respect of any act or admission occurring prior to the time of such repeal of modification.

 

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ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

Section 1. Amendments . These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new Bylaws 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 Bylaws be contained in the notice of such meeting of stockholders or Board of Directors as the case may be. Subject to the requirements of the Certificate of Incorporation, all such amendments must be approved by either the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 50% of the voting power of all the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class or by a majority of the entire Board of Directors then in office.

Section 2. Entire Board of Directors . As used in this Article IX and in these Bylaws 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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