UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 11, 2019 (February 5, 2019)
 
SURGE COMPONENTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Nevada 000-27688 11-2602030

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

95 East Jefryn Blvd., Deer Park, New York 11729
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (631) 595-1818

 

 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b–2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b–2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.

 

Effective February 5, 2019, Surge Components, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its reincorporation from a Nevada corporation to a Delaware corporation (the “Reincorporation”). As of that date, the rights of the Company’s stockholders began to be governed by the Delaware corporation laws, the Delaware Certificate of Incorporation and the Delaware Bylaws. A copy of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the Delaware Secretary of State is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.3, and the Company’s newly adopted Bylaws as a Delaware corporation are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.4, and both such exhibits are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The Reincorporation was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting held on October 4, 2018 (the “2018 Annual Meeting”). A description of the changes in the rights of stockholders as a result of the change in the state of incorporation and the adoption of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws can be found in the section of Company's definitive proxy statement for the 2018 Annual Meeting captioned “Proposal No. 2 – Reincorporation of the Company from the State of Nevada to the State of Delaware Pursuant to a Plan of Conversion” filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 6, 2018, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Other than the change in the state of incorporation, the Reincorporation did not result in any change in the business, physical location, management, assets, liabilities or net worth of the Company, nor did it result in any change in location of the Company’s employees, including the Company’s management.

 

The Reincorporation did not alter any stockholder’s percentage ownership interest or number of shares owned in the Company and the Company’s common stock continues to be quoted on the OTC Pink Marketplace under the symbol “SPRS”. The stockholders need not exchange existing stock certificates for stock certificates of the Delaware corporation.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

 

The information included in Item 3.03 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated into this Item 5.03 by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

The exhibits listed in the following Exhibit Index are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
3.1   Articles of Conversion, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada on February 5, 2019
3.2   Certificate of Conversion, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 5, 2019
3.3   Certificate of Incorporation, as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
3.4   Delaware Bylaws

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 19 34, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  SURGE COMPONENTS, INC.
     
Date: February 11, 2019 By: /s/ Ira Levy
    Name: Ira Levy 
    Title: Chief Executive Officer 

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.3

 

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

SURGE COMPONENTS, INC.

 

Surge Components, Inc. (the “ Corporation ”), does hereby certify that this Certificate of Incorporation (the “ Certificate ”) has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 141 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”), and does hereby certify as follows:

 

FIRST : The name of the corporation is Surge Components, Inc.

 

SECOND : The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Corporation Trust Center, City of Wilmington 19801, County of New Castle; and the name of the registered agent of the Corporation in the State of Delaware at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

THIRD:  The nature of the business and the purposes to be conducted and promoted by the Corporation shall be to engage in any lawful business, to promote any lawful purpose, and to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

 

FOURTH:

 

1.  Authorized Capital Stock . The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Fifty Five Million (55,000,000), of which Fifty Million (50,000,000) shares shall be common stock, par value of $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”).

 

2.  Common Stock .

 

(a)  General . All shares of Common Stock shall be identical and shall entitle the holders thereof to the same powers, preferences, qualifications, limitations, privileges and other rights provided under the DGCL. The voting, dividend and liquidation rights of the holders of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock (when, if and to the extent shares or series of such stock are designated and issued).

 

(b)  Voting Rights . Each holder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock standing in such holder’s name on the books of the Corporation. Except as otherwise required by law or by or pursuant to Section 3 of this Article FOURTH, the holders of Common Stock and the holders of Preferred Stock shall vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to stockholders for a vote (including any action by written consent).

 

(c)  Dividends . Subject to provisions of law and Section 3 of this Article FOURTH, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends out of funds legally available therefor at such times and in such amounts as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) may determine in its sole discretion.

 

(d)  Liquidation . Subject to provisions of law and Section 3 of this Article FOURTH, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after the payment or provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation and any and all preferential amounts to which the holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled with respect to the distribution of the net assets of the Corporation in liquidation, the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to share ratably in the remaining net assets of the Corporation available for distribution. 

 

3.  Preferred Stock .

 

(a)  Issuance of Blank Check Preferred Stock . The Board of Directors is expressly authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by the DGCL and the provisions of this Certificate, to provide by resolution or resolutions from time to time, and by filing a certificate(s) pursuant to the DGCL, for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more class or series, to establish the number of shares to be included in each such class or series, and to fix the voting powers (if any), designations, powers, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of each such class or series, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and rights, including, without limitation, dividend rights, conversion rights, voting rights (if any), redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions, in each instance as the Board of Directors may determine in its sole discretion and without stockholder approval. Each class or series shall be designated so as to distinguish the shares thereof from the shares of all other classes and series. All shares of a series of Preferred Stock shall have preferences, limitations and relative rights identical with those of other shares of the same series and, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in the designation and description of the series, with those of other series of the same class.

 

 

  

(b)  Authority to Establish Variations Between Classes or Series of Preferred Stock . The authority of the Board of Directors with respect to each class, or each series within a class shall include, but not be limited to, determination of the following:

 

(i) the distinctive designation of such class or series and the number of shares to constitute such class or series;

 

(ii) the rate at which dividends on the shares of such class or series shall be declared and paid, or set aside for payment, whether dividends at the rate so determined shall be cumulative or accruing, and whether the shares of such class or series shall be entitled to any participating or other dividends in addition to dividends at the rate so determined, and if so, on what terms or in what events;

 

(iii) the right or obligation, if any, of the Corporation to redeem shares of the particular class or series of Preferred Stock and, if redeemable, the price, terms and manner of such redemption;

 

(iv) the special and relative rights and preferences, if any, and the amount or amounts per share, which the shares of such class or series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, in preference over any or all other class(es) or series, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (and distribution of the net assets of the Corporation in connection therewith);

 

(v) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which shares of such class or series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of capital stock of the Corporation of any other class or series, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange, the terms and conditions of conversion or exchange, and the terms of adjustment, if any;

 

(vi) the obligation, if any, of the Corporation to retire, redeem or purchase shares of such class or series pursuant to a sinking fund or fund of a similar nature or otherwise, and the terms and conditions of such obligation;

 

(vii) voting rights, if any, including special, conditional or limited voting rights with respect to any matter, including with respect to the election of directors of the Corporation (“ Director ”) and matters adversely affecting any class or series of Preferred Stock;

 

(viii) limitations, if any, on the issuance of additional shares of such class or series or any shares of any other class or series of Preferred Stock; and

 

(ix) such other preferences, limitations or relative rights and privileges thereof as the Board of Directors, acting in accordance with applicable law and this Certificate, may deem advisable and which are not inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Certificate.

 

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The shares of each class or series of Preferred Stock may vary from the shares of any other class or series thereof in any respect. Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of designations for each class or series of Preferred Stock, the Board of Directors may increase or decrease the number of shares of Preferred Stock designated for any existing class or series by a resolution adding to such class or series shares of Preferred Stock authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock not designated for any existing class or series of Preferred Stock, or subtracting designated shares which shall become authorized, unissued and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock.

 

(c)  Non-Voting Redeemable Convertible Series C Preferred Stock .

 

(i)  Number Authorized and Designation . Of the 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock authorized under this Certificate, the Corporation shall have the authority to issue 100,000 shares of such Preferred Stock designated as “Non-Voting Redeemable Convertible Series C Preferred Stock”, par value of $0.001 per share (the “ Series C Preferred Stock ”).

 

(ii)  Rights, Preferences and Limitations . The relative rights, preferences and limitations of the Series C Preferred Stock are as follows:

 

(A)  Rank . The Series C Preferred Stock shall rank (x) senior to the Common Stock, (y) senior to any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation hereafter created specifically ranking by its terms junior to any Series C Preferred Stock of whatever subdivision, (z) except as specifically provided in this paragraph (ii), on parity with any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation created specifically ranking by its terms on parity with the Series C Preferred Stock, including any other class or series of authorized Preferred Stock, in each case, as to distributions of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.

 

(B)  Dividends .

 

(aa) The dividend rate on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be $0.50 per share per annum. Such dividends shall be cumulative and accrue on each share of Series C Preferred Stock from April 15, 2001 and shall be payable in chase if when and as declared by the Board of Directors on June 30, and December 31, of each year, commencing with June 30, 2001. Each such dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of shares of the Series C Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date, not exceeding 30 days not less than ten days preceding the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or a duly authorized committee thereof.

 

(bb) When dividends are not paid in full or declared in full and sums set apart for the payment thereof upon the Series C Preferred Stock and any other Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series C Preferred Stock, all dividends declared upon shares of Series C Preferred Stock and any other Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends shall be declared  pro rata  so that in all cases the amount of dividends declared per share on the Series C Preferred Stock and such other Preferred Stock shall bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated dividends per share, including dividends accrued or in arrears on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock and such other Preferred Stock bear to each other. Except is provided in the preceding sentence, unless full cumulative dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock have been paid, or declared in full and sums set apart for the payment thereof, no dividends shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment or other distribution made upon the Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends or liquidation rights, nor shall any Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation be redeemed, purchased, exchanged or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any payment made to or available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of such stock) by the Corporation or any subsidiary (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividends and liquidation rights).

 

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(C)  Voting Rights .

 

(aa) Except to the extent provided for in this paragraph (c)(ii)(C) of this Section 3 of this Article FOURTH or by law, the holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matters.

 

(bb) So long as at least 15,200 shares of Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the consent of the holders of two-thirds of the then outstanding, Series C Preferred Stock, voting as one class, either expressed in writing or at a meeting called for that purpose, shall be necessary to permit, effect or validate the creation and issuance of any series of Preferred Stock or other security of the Corporation which is senior as to payment of dividends to the Series C Preferred Stock.

 

(cc) So long as at least 15,200 shares of Series C Preferred Stock remains outstanding, the consent of two-thirds of the holders of the then outstanding Series C Preferred Stock, voting as one class, either expressed in writing or at a meeting called for that purpose, shall be necessary to repeal, amend or otherwise change this Section 3(c) of this Article FOURTH in a manner which would alter or change the powers, preferences, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions of the Series C Preferred Stock so as to adversely affect the Series C Preferred Stock.

  

(dd) In the event that the holders of the Series C stock are required to vote as a class on any other matter, the affirmative vote of holders of not less than fifty percent of the outstanding of Series C Preferred Stock shall be required to approve each such matter to be voted upon, and if any matter is approved by such requisite percentage of holders of Series C Preferred Stock, such matter shall bind all holders of Series C Preferred Stock.

 

(D)  Preemptive Rights . Holders of Series C Preferred Stock shall have no preemptive rights.

 

(E)  Liquidation Rights . On the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Series C Preferred Stock, liquidating distributions in an amount equal to $5.00 per share plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends on each such share up to the date fixed for such distribution. If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock and any other shares of stock of the Corporation ranking (as to any such distribution) on a parity with the Series C Preferred Stock are not paid in full, holders of the Series C Preferred Stock and of such other shares of stock will share ratably in any such distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distribution to which they are entitled, the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution of assets by the Corporation.

 

For purposes of this paragraph (c)(ii)(E) of this Section 3 of this Article FOURTH, a distribution of assets in any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization shall not include (x) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other corporation, (y) any dissolution, liquidation, winding up or reorganization or the Corporation immediately followed by reincorporation of another corporation or (z) a sale of other disposition of all substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to another corporation; provided that, in each such case, effective provision is made in the certificate of incorporation of the resulting and surviving corporation or otherwise for the protection of the rights of the holders of shares of Series C Preferred Stock.

 

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(d)  Series D Preferred Stock .

 

(i)  Designation and Amount . The Corporation shall have the authority to issue shares of such Preferred Stock designated as “Series D Preferred Stock” (the “ Series D Preferred Stock ”) and the number of shares constituting the Series D Preferred Stock shall be 75,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors;  provided , that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series D Preferred Stock.

 

(ii)  Dividends and Distributions .

 

(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series D Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “ Quarterly Dividend Payment Date ”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series D Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (x) $1.00 or (y) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series D Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (y) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series D Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (d)(ii)(A) of this Section 3 of this Article FOURTH immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock);  provided , that in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the Series D Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series D Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated  pro rata  on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

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(iii) Voting Rights . The holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

 

(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series D Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in any other certificate of designation creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

 

(C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series D Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

 

(iv)  Certain Restrictions .

 

(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series D Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (d)(ii) of this Section 3 of this Article FOURTH are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the corporation shall not:

 

(aa) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series D Preferred Stock;

  

(bb) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series D Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series D Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

 

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(cc) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series D Preferred Stock other than (x) such redemptions or purchases that may be deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options, warrants or similar rights or grant, vesting or lapse of restrictions on the grant of any other performance shares, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other equity awards to the extent that such shares represent all or a portion of (1) the exercise or purchase price of such options, warrants or similar rights or other equity awards and (2) the amount of withholding taxes owed by the recipient of such award in respect of such grant, exercise, vesting or lapse of restrictions; (y) the repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any such shares from employees, former employees, directors, former directors, consultants or former consultants of the Corporation or their respective estate, spouse, former spouse or family member, pursuant to the terms of the agreements pursuant to which such shares were acquired, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series D Preferred Stock; or

 

(dd) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series D Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series D Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

 

(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (d)(iv)(A) of this Section 3 of this Article FOURTH purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

 

(v)  Reacquired Shares . Any shares of Series D Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein or in any other certificate of designation creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise required by law.

 

(vi)  Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, voluntary or otherwise, no distribution shall be made (x) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series D Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall have received the greater of (1) $1,000 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, and (2) an amount, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (y) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series D Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series D Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series D Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (x) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

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(vii)  Consolidation, Merger, Etc . In case the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of Series D Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(viii)  No Redemption . The shares of Series D Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

 

(ix)  Rank . The Series D Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all series of any other class of Preferred Stock and shall rank senior to the Common Stock as to such matters.

 

(x)  Amendment . This Certificate shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series D Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series D Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.

 

(xi) Fractional Shares . The Series D Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share, which fractions shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions, and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series D Preferred Stock.

 

4.  Options, Warrants and Rights .

 

(a) The Corporation may issue options, warrants, rights and similar instruments for or related to the purchase of shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation. The Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, shall determine the terms and conditions on which such options, warrants, rights or other instruments are issued, their form and content and the consideration for which, and terms and conditions upon which, such shares are to be issued.

 

(b) The terms and conditions of such options, warrants, rights and similar instruments to purchase shares of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation may include, without limitation, restrictions or conditions that preclude or limit the exercise, transfer, receipt or holding of such options, warrants, rights or instruments by any person or persons, including any person or persons owning (beneficially or of record) or offering to acquire a specified number or percentage of the outstanding shares of any class or series, or any transferee or transferees of any such person or persons, or that invalidate or void such options, warrants, rights or instruments held by any such person or persons or any such transferee or transferees.

 

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FIFTH:  The Corporation shall have a perpetual existence.

 

SIXTH:  For the management of the business, and for the conduct of the affairs, of the Corporation, and in further definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of its Directors and of its stockholders or any class thereof, as the case may be, it is further provided that:

 

1. The business of the Corporation shall be conducted by the officers of the Corporation under the supervision of the Board of Directors.

 

2. The Board of Directors shall be divided into three classes of Directors, each such class as nearly equal in number as the then-authorized number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors permits, with the term of office of one class of Directors expiring each year. The Class C Directors have been elected for a term expiring at the 2020 annual meeting of the stockholders. The Class A and Class B Directors shall be elected at the next annual meeting of the stockholders. The stockholders shall elect such Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2020. At the 2020 stockholders’ meeting and thereafter, each Director shall serve for a term ending at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the annual meeting at which such Director was elected. Directors shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. At each succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the successors of the class of Directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected by the requisite votes cast by stockholders at such meeting as provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation (as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time, the “ Bylaws ”). The number of Directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided in, the Bylaws. No election of Directors need be by written ballot and the Board of Directors shall have the power, without the assent or vote of the stockholders, to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws.

 

3. The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

 

4. No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its Directors, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, firm, association or other entity in which one or more of the Directors are directors or officers, or are financially interested, shall be either void or voidable because of such relationship or interest or because such Director or Directors are present at the meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies such contract or transaction or because his or her votes are counted for such purpose, if:

 

(a) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the Board of Directors, or a duly empowered committee thereof, which authorizes, approves or ratifies the contract or transaction by a vote or consent sufficient for such purpose without counting the vote or votes of such interested Director or Directors; or

 

(b) The fact of such relationship or interest is disclosed or known to the stockholders entitled to vote and they authorize, approve or ratify such contract or transaction by vote or written consent; or

 

(c) The contract or transaction is fair and reasonable as to the Corporation at the time it is authorized by the Board of Directors, committee or the stockholders.

 

5. Common or interested Directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof which authorizes, approves or ratifies a contract or transaction described in Section 4 of this Article SIXTH. 

 

6. A Director may transact business, borrow, lend, or otherwise deal or contract with the Corporation to the fullest extent and subject only to the limitations and provisions of the laws of the State of Delaware and the laws of the United States.

 

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7. The Board of Directors in its discretion may (but shall not be required to) submit any contract or act for approval or ratification at any annual meeting of the stockholders or at any meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of considering any such act or contract, and any contract or act that shall be approved or be ratified by the vote of the holders of a majority of the capital stock of the Corporation which is represented in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat (provided that a lawful quorum of stockholders be there represented in person or by proxy) shall be as valid and binding upon the Corporation and upon all the stockholders as though it had been approved or ratified by every stockholder of the Corporation, whether or not the contract or act would otherwise be open to legal attack because of Directors’ interests, or for any other reason.

 

8. In addition to the powers and authorities hereinbefore or by statute expressly conferred upon them, the Directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, including, but not limited to the power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws or any provision in the Bylaws; subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the statutes of Delaware, of this Certificate, and to any Bylaws from time to time made by the stockholders; provided, however, that no Bylaw so made shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if such Bylaw had not been made.

 

SEVENTH:

 

1. The Corporation, to the full extent permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, as amended from time to time, shall indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant thereto. Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred by an officer of the Corporation or Director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which such officer or Director may be entitled to indemnification hereunder 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 hereby. Any repeal or modification of this paragraph 1 of Article SEVENTH by the stockholders of the Corporation or any repeal or modification of the relevant provisions of the DGCL shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a person or entity entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to events occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification. For purposes of this paragraph 1 of Article SEVENTH, 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, employees, fiduciaries and agents, so that any person or entity who is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this paragraph 1 of Article SEVENTH with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he, she or it would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. The rights to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this paragraph 1 of Article SEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person or entity may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of this Certificate, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise.

 

2. No Director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty by such Director as a Director. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a Director shall be liable to the extent provided by applicable law: (i) for 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) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director derived an improper personal benefit. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of Directors, then the liability of a Director shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended. No amendment to or repeal of this paragraph 2 of this Article SEVENTH shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any Director for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such Director occurring prior to such amendment. 

 

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EIGHTH:  From time to time any of the provisions of this Certificate may be amended, altered or repealed, and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force may be added or inserted in the manner and at the time prescribed by said laws, and all rights at any time conferred upon the stockholders of the Corporation by this Certificate are granted subject to the provisions of this Article EIGHTH.

 

NINTH:  Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of the DGCL or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of the DGCL order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this Corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this Corporation.” 

 

TENTH: The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator of the Corporation are as follows:

 

  Name: Ira Levy
  Address: Surge Components, Inc.
    95 East Jefryn Blvd.
    Deer Park, NY  11729

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned has executed this Certificate this 4 th day of February, 2019.

 

  SURGE COMPONENTS, INC.
       
       
  By:   /s/ Ira Levy
    Name: Ira Levy
    Title: Sole Incorporator

 

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Exhibit 3.4 

 

Appendix B

 

BYLAWS OF

SURGE COMPONENTS, INC.

(a Delaware Corporation)

 

(adopted effective as of February 5, 2019)

 

These Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”) of Surge Components, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”) are adopted and effective as of the date first written above.

 

ARTICLE 1

 

OFFICES

 

SECTION 1.1. Principal Office . The principal offices of the Corporation shall be in such location as the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) may determine.

 

SECTION 1.2. Other Offices . The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

SECTION 2.1. Place of Meeting; Chairman . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at such 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. The Chairman of the Board of Directors (or the Executive Chairman of the Corporation, if such office is designated and filled in accordance with these Bylaws) or any other officer or person specifically designated by the Board of Directors shall act as the Chairman for any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (the “ Chairman of the Board ”). The Chairman of the Board (or his or her designee) shall have full authority to control the process of any stockholder or Board of Directors meeting, including, without limitation, determining whether any proposals or nominations were properly brought before such meeting, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies and such other persons as the Chairman of the Board (or his or her designee) shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, requiring ballots by written consent, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot.

 

SECTION 2.2. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, subject to any postponement in the Board of Directors’ sole discretion, upon notice of such postponement given in any manner deeded reasonable by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 2.3. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by the Delaware General Corporation Law (“ DGCL ”) or by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as may be further amended and/or restated from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), may be called exclusively by: (i) the Chairman of the Board, (ii) the President or (iii) any other officer of the Corporation at the written request of the Board of Directors. Such request shall state the purpose or purposes of the proposed meeting. The officers or directors of the Corporation shall fix the date, time and any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place for holding such meeting; provided, however, that the date of any such special meeting shall be not more than ninety (90) days after the date on which a special meeting request properly brought pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 2.5 are delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation.

 

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SECTION 2.4. Notice of Meeting . Written notice of the annual and each special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the meeting and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Secretary of the Corporation (the “ Secretary ”). The Board of Directors may postpone a special meeting in its sole discretion in any manner it deems reasonable. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described below.

 

SECTION 2.5. Business Conducted at Meetings .

 

Section 2.5.1 At any meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a meeting, business must be: (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto provided within the notice period specified in Section 2.4) given by or at the direction of the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder or stockholders of record, and only of record, owning not less than sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the entire capital stock of the Corporation issued and outstanding and entitled to vote (the “ Requisite Percent ”) in accordance with applicable law, these Bylaws or otherwise. In addition to any other applicable requirements set forth in these Bylaws, the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise, for business to be properly brought before a meeting called by stockholders representing the Requisite Percent, such stockholder(s) must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary. Any special meeting of the Corporation proposed to be called by a stockholder or stockholders in such capacity shall not be required to be held: (i) with respect to any matter, within 12 months after any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which the same matter was included on the agenda, or if the same matter will be included on the agenda at an annual meeting to be held within 90 days after the receipt by the Corporation of such request (the election or removal of directors to be deemed the same matter with respect to all matters involving the election or removal of directors) or (ii) if the purpose of the special meeting is not a lawful purpose or if such request violates applicable law. A stockholder may revoke a request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the Secretary, and if, following such revocation, there are un-revoked requests from stockholders holding in the aggregate less than the requisite number of shares entitling the stockholders to request the calling of a special meeting, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may cancel the special meeting. If none of the stockholders who submitted the request for a special meeting appears or sends a qualified representative to present the nominations proposed to be presented or other business proposed to be conducted at the special meeting, the Corporation need not present such nominations or other business for a vote at such meeting.

 

Section 2.5.2 To be timely, a stockholder’s notice of a proposal to be included at an annual meeting must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the anniversary of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders (or within a reasonable time before the date on which the Corporation mails its proxy materials for the current year if during the prior year the Corporation did not hold an annual meeting or if the date of the annual meeting was changed more than thirty (30) days from the prior year).

 

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Section 2.5.3 A record stockholders’ notice to the Secretary shall set forth in writing as to each matter the stockholder(s) propose to bring before the meeting: (a) a detailed description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for proposing such business, including the complete text of any resolutions, Bylaws or Certificate of Incorporation amendments proposed for consideration (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of the stockholders proposing such business, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned directly or indirectly of record and directly or indirectly beneficially owned by the stockholders and each of its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereto (“ Rule 144 ”)), including any shares of the Corporation owned or controlled via derivatives, synthetic securities, hedged positions and other economic and voting mechanisms, (d) any material interest of the stockholders in such proposed business and any agreements or understandings to which such stockholders are a party which relate in any way, directly or indirectly, to the proposed business to be conducted, including a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names), (e) a representation as to whether or not such stockholder intends to solicit proxies; (f) a representation as to whether or not such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the applicable meeting, and (g) such other information regarding the stockholder in his, her or its capacity as a proponent of a stockholder proposal that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC ”) required to be made in connection with the contested solicitation of proxies pursuant to the SEC’s proxy rules.

 

Section 2.5.4 Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.5. The Chairman of the Board at such meeting shall, in his or her sole discretion, determine and declare to the meeting whether or not any business was properly brought before the meeting. Any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. Nothing in this Section 2.5 shall affect the right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in the Corporation’s proxy statement to the extent that such right is provided by an applicable rule of the SEC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the advance notice provisions of these Bylaws shall apply to all stockholder proposals regardless of whether such proposal is sought to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement or in a separate proxy statement.

 

SECTION 2.6. Nomination of Directors . Nomination of candidates for election as directors of the Corporation at any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors, in whole or in part (an “ Election Meeting ”), must be made by the Board of Directors or by any stockholder entitled to vote at such Election Meeting, in accordance with the following procedures.

 

Section 2.6.1. Nominations made by the Board of Directors shall be made at a meeting of the Board of Directors or by written consent of the directors in lieu of a meeting prior to the date of the Election Meeting. At the request of the Corporation, each proposed individual nominated by the Board of Directors shall provide the Corporation with such information concerning himself or herself as is required, under the rules of the SEC and any applicable securities exchange, to be included in the Corporation’s proxy statement soliciting proxies for his or her election as a director.

 

Section 2.6.2. The exclusive means by which a stockholder may nominate a director shall be: (i) in the case of the nomination of a director for election at an annual meeting, by delivery of a notice to the Secretary not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders (or within a reasonable time before the date on which the Corporation mails its proxy materials for the current year if during the prior year the Corporation did not hold an annual meeting); or (ii) in the case of the nomination of a director for election at a special meeting (other than pursuant to a special meeting request in accordance with the requirements set forth in Sections 2.3 and 2.5), by delivery of a notice to the Secretary not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to such special meeting, in either case setting forth: (a) the name, age, business address and the primary legal residence address of each nominee proposed in such notice, (b) the principal occupation or employment of such nominee, (c) the number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned directly or indirectly of record and directly or indirectly beneficially owned by the nominee and each of its affiliates (within the meaning of Rule 144), including any shares of the Corporation owned or controlled via derivatives, hedged positions and other economic and voting mechanisms, (d) any material agreements, understandings or relationships, including financial transactions and compensation, between the nominating stockholder and the proposed nominees and (d) such other information concerning each such nominee as would be required, under the rules of the SEC, in a proxy statement soliciting proxies in a contested election of such nominees. Such notice shall include a signed consent of each such nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation, if elected. In addition, any stockholder nominee, to be validly nominated, shall submit to the Secretary the questionnaire required pursuant to Section 2.6.3 of these Bylaws. A stockholder intending to nominate one or more candidates for election as directors must comply with the advance notice bylaw provisions specifically applicable to the nomination of candidates for election as directors for such nomination to be properly brought before the meeting.

 

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Section 2.6.3 To be eligible to be a director nominee nominated by a stockholder or stockholders for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, such nominee must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.6.2 of these Bylaws) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation a written questionnaire (the “ Questionnaire ”) with respect to the background, qualification and experience of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which Questionnaire shall be in the form approved by the Corporation and provided by the Secretary or such Secretary’s designee) and a written representation and agreement that such person: (a) will abide by the requirements of these Bylaws and the Certificate of Incorporation as in effect at the time of their nomination and as validly amended, (b) is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “ Voting Commitment ”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (c) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (d) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation. If, prior to the Election Meeting, there is a change or inaccuracy in any information set forth on the Questionnaire, then such director candidate shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) days from the occurrence of such change or inaccuracy) notify the Secretary by submitting in writing a revised Questionnaire. If a nominee fails to provide such Questionnaire, revised Questionnaire or representation and agreement in accordance with the above, the information may be deemed by the Board of Directors in its discretion not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 2.6 and such nominee may be disqualified as a director nominee by the Board of Directors in its discretion.

 

Section 2.6.4 In addition to all other requirements set forth in this Section 2.6, a nominating stockholder (including such stockholder’s affiliates, as defined in Rule 144) and each director nominee shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.6. 

 

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Section 2.6.5. In the event that a person is validly designated by the Board of Directors as a nominee in accordance with this Section 2.6 and shall thereafter become unable or willing to stand for election to the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may designate a substitute nominee who meets all applicable standards under these Bylaws.

 

Section 2.6.6. If the Chairman of the Board at the Election Meeting determines that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, such nomination shall be void.

 

SECTION 2.7. Quorum; Adjournment .

 

Section 2.7.1 The holders of a majority of the shares of capital stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy (provided the proxy has authority to vote on at least one matter at such meeting), shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business, except when stockholders are required to vote by class, in which event a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of the appropriate class shall be present in person or by proxy (provided the proxy has authority to vote on at least one matter at such meeting) in order to constitute a quorum as to such class vote, and except as otherwise provided by the DGCL or by the Certificate of Incorporation. The stockholders present at a duly called or held meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to do business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to have less than a quorum if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.

 

Section 2.7.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, whether or not a quorum is present, the Chairman of the Board or the person presiding as Chairman of the Board at such meeting shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, whether or not a quorum shall be present or represented. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting in accordance with Section 2.4 of these Bylaws. 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 notified.

 

SECTION 2.8. Voting; Proxies .

 

Section 2.8.1 Except as provided for below or by applicable law, rule or regulation, when a quorum is present at any meeting of the stockholders, any action by the stockholders on a matter except the election of directors shall be approved if approved by the majority of the votes cast. Each nominee for director shall be elected by the majority of the votes cast with respect to that nominee’s election at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, provided, however, that, in the case of a director nominee in any Contested Election, the Board of Directors, in its sole discretion, may determine that directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast in such Contested Election, such determination to be made no later than five (5) days prior to the date of the Election Meeting as initially announced. For purposes of these Bylaws, a “ Contested Election ” means an election of directors with respect to which the Board of Directors determines that the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected and the Board of Directors has not rescinded such determination by the date that is five (5) days prior to the date of the Election Meeting as initially announced. In determining the number of votes cast in a Contested Election, abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be treated as votes cast. The provisions of this paragraph will govern with respect to all votes of stockholders except as otherwise provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation or by a specific statutory provision superseding the provisions of these Bylaws.

 

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Section 2.8.2 Every stockholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy: (a) appointed by an instrument in writing subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her duly authorized attorney or (b) authorized by the transmission of an electronic record by the stockholder to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a firm which solicits proxies or like agent who is authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive the transmission subject to any procedures the Board of Directors may adopt from time to time to determine that the electronic record is authorized by the stockholder; provided, however, that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of six (6) months from the date of its execution, unless coupled with an interest, or unless the person executing it specifies therein the length of time for which it is to continue in force, which in no case shall exceed seven (7) years from the date of its execution. If such instrument or record shall designate two (2) or more persons to act as proxies, unless such instrument shall provide the contrary, a majority of such persons present at any meeting at which their powers thereunder are to be exercised shall have and may exercise all the powers of voting or giving consents thereby conferred, or if only one (1) be present, then such powers may be exercised by that one (1). Unless required by the DGCL or determined by the Chairman of the Board at such meeting to be advisable, the vote on any matter need not be by written ballot. No stockholder shall have cumulative voting rights.

 

SECTION 2.9. No Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by stockholders for or in connection with any corporate action must be effected at a duly called annual meeting of stockholders or special meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present and may not be effected by the written consent of such stockholders in lieu of such a meeting.

 

SECTION 2.10. Voting of Stock of Certain Holders . Shares standing in the name of another entity, domestic or foreign, may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the governing documents of such entity may prescribe, or in the absence of such provision, as the Board of Directors or governing body of such entity may determine. Shares standing in the name of a deceased person may be voted by the executor or administrator of such deceased person, either in person or by proxy. Shares standing in the name of a guardian, conservator or trustee may be voted by such fiduciary, either in person or by proxy, but no such fiduciary shall be entitled to vote shares held in such fiduciary capacity without a transfer of such shares into the name of such fiduciary. Shares outstanding in the name of a receiver may be voted by such receiver. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote such shares, unless in the transfer by the pledgor on the books of the Corporation, he or she has expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon, in which case only the pledgee, or his or her proxy, may represent the stock and vote thereon.

 

SECTION 2.11. Treasury Stock . The Corporation shall not vote, directly or indirectly, shares of its own stock owned by it; and such shares shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares.

 

SECTION 2.12. Fixing Record Date . The Board of Directors may fix in advance a date for any meeting of stockholders (which date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days preceding the date of any such meeting of stockholders), a date for payment of any dividend or distribution, a date for the allotment of rights, a date when any change or conversion or exchange of capital stock shall go into effect, or a date in connection with obtaining a consent of stockholders (which date shall not precede or be more than ten (10) days after the date the resolution setting such record date is adopted by the Board of Directors), in each case as a record date (the “ Record Date ”) for the determination of the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, to receive payment of any such dividend or distribution, to receive any such allotment of rights, to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of capital stock, or to give such consent, as the case may be. In any such case such stockholders and only such stockholders as shall be stockholders of record on the Record Date shall be entitled to such notice of and to vote at any such meeting and any adjournment thereof, to receive payment of such dividend or distribution, to receive such allotment of rights, to exercise such rights, or to give such consent, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any stock on the books of the Corporation after any such Record Date.

 

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ARTICLE 3

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 3.1. Powers . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by 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. Subject to compliance with the provisions of the DGCL, the powers of the Board of Directors shall include the power to make a liquidating distribution of the assets, and wind up the affairs of, the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3.2. Number and Qualifications. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be not less than one (1) and not more than nine (9). Within the limits above specified, the number of the directors of the Corporation shall be determined solely in the discretion of the Board of Directors from time to time. All directors shall be elected annually. Directors need not be residents of Delaware or stockholders of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 3.3 Vacancies, Additional Directors; Removal From Office; Resignation .

 

Section 3.3.1 If any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office or otherwise, or if any new directorship is created in accordance with Section 3.2 by an increase in the authorized number of directors, a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director, may choose a successor or fill the newly created directorship. Any director so chosen shall hold office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in his or her office and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, unless sooner displaced. If any vacancy occurs in the Board of Directors, actions may be taken by the Board of Directors prior to filling such vacancy.

 

Section 3.3.2 No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

Section 3.3.3 A member of the Board of Directors may only be removed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stockholders, and such stockholders may effect such removal only for cause.

 

Section 3.3.4 Any director may resign or voluntarily retire upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors. Such retirement or resignation shall be effective upon the giving of the notice, unless the notice specifies a later time for its effectiveness. If such retirement or resignation is effective at a future time, the Board of Directors may elect a successor to take office when the retirement or resignation becomes effective.

 

SECTION 3.4. Regular Meetings . A regular meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held each year, without notice other than this Bylaw provision, at the place of, and immediately prior to and/or following, the annual meeting of stockholders; and other regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held during each year, at such time and place as the Board of Directors may from time to time provide by resolution, either within or without the State of Delaware, without other notice than such resolution. The Board of Directors shall keep minutes of its regular meetings.

 

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SECTION 3.5. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the President and shall be called by the Secretary on the written request of any two (2) directors (should there be such number then in office). The Chairman of the Board or President so calling, or the directors so requesting, any such meeting shall fix the time and any place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the place for holding such meeting. The Board of Directors shall keep minutes of its special meetings.

 

SECTION 3.6. Notice of Special Meeting . Written notice (including via email) of special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to each director at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of a special meeting. Any director may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting solely for the purpose of objecting 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 special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, except that notice shall be given with respect to any matter when notice is required by the DGCL.

 

SECTION 3.7. Quorum . A majority of the Board of Directors then serving shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by the DGCL, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved of by at least a majority of the required quorum for that meeting.

 

SECTION 3.8. Action Without Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted 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 as provided in Article 4 of these Bylaws, may be taken without a meeting, if a written consent thereto is signed by all of the members of the Board of Directors or of such committee, as the case may be. Evidence of any consent to action under this Section 3.9 may be provided in writing, including electronically via email or facsimile.

 

SECTION 3.9. Meeting by Telephone . Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof may be taken by means of a meeting by telephone conference or similar communications method so long as all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Any person participating in such meeting shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting.

 

SECTION 3.10. Compensation . Directors, as such, may receive reasonable compensation for their services, which shall be set by the Board of Directors, and expenses of attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving additional compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for their services on committees.

 

SECTION 3.11. Rights of Inspection . Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the Corporation and also of its subsidiary corporations, domestic or foreign. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney and includes the right to copy and obtain extracts.

 

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SECTION 3.12. Interested Directors . No contract or transaction between the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any other corporation, partnership, association, or other organization in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof which authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his or their votes are counted for such purpose if: (i) the material facts as to his or their relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or their 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; (ii) the material facts as to his 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.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

 

SECTION 4.1. Generally . The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board of Directors, designate one or more additional special or standing committees, each such additional committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each such committee shall have and may exercise such of the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation as may be provided in such resolution, except as delegated by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors to another standing or special committee or as may be prohibited by law.

 

SECTION 4.2. Committee Operations . A majority of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any committee business. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names and such limitations of authority as provided in these Bylaws or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. The Corporation shall pay all expenses of committee operations. The Board of Directors may designate one or more appropriate directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of any members of such committee or committees, 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 appropriate member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any absent or disqualified member.

 

SECTION 4.3. Minutes . Each committee of directors shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board of Directors when required. The Corporation’s Secretary, or any other person designated by the applicable committee shall (a) serve as the Secretary of the special or standing committees of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, (b) keep regular minutes of standing or special committee proceedings, (c) make available to the Board of Directors, as required, copies of all resolutions adopted or minutes or reports of other actions recommended or taken by any such standing or special committee and (d) otherwise as requested keep the members of the Board of Directors apprised of the actions taken by such standing or special committees.

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

NOTICE

 

SECTION 5.1. Methods of Giving Notice .

 

SECTION 5.1.1. Notice to Directors or Committee Members . Whenever under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or member of any committee of the Board of Directors, personal notice is not required but such notice may be: (a) given in writing and mailed to such director or committee member, (b) sent by electronic transmission (including via e-mail) to such director or committee member, or (c) given orally or by telephone; provided, however, that any notice from a stockholder to any director or member of any committee of the Board of Directors must be given in writing and mailed to such director or member and shall be deemed to be given upon receipt by such director or member. If mailed, notice to a director or member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail first class, or by overnight courier, in a sealed envelope, with postage thereon prepaid, addressed, to such person at his or her business address. If sent by electronic transmission, notice to a director or member of a committee of the Board of Directors shall be deemed to be given if by (i) facsimile transmission, when receipt of the fax is confirmed electronically, (ii) electronic mail, when delivered to an electronic mail address of the director or member, (iii) a posting on an electronic network together with a separate notice to the director or member of the specific posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of the separate notice (which notice may be given in any of the manners provided above), or (iv) any other form of electronic transmission, when delivered to the director or member.

 

SECTION 5.1.2. Notices to Stockholders . Whenever under the provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, personal notice is not required but such notice may be given: (a) in writing and mailed to such stockholder, (b) by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given or (c) as otherwise permitted by the SEC. If mailed, notice to a stockholder shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope, with postage thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. If sent by electronic transmission, notice to a stockholder shall be deemed to be given if by (i) facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (ii) electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (iii) a posting on an electronic network together with a separate notice to the stockholder of the specific posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of the separate notice (which notice may be given in any of the manners provided above), or (iv) any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

 

SECTION 5.2. Written Waiver . Whenever any notice is required to be given by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in a signed writing or sent by the transmission of an electronic record attributed to the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.

 

SECTION 5.3. Consent . Whenever all parties entitled to vote at any meeting, whether of directors or stockholders, consent, either by a writing on the records of the meeting or filed with the Secretary, or by presence at such meeting and oral consent entered in the minutes of such meeting, or by taking part in the deliberations at such meeting without objection, the actions taken at such meeting shall be as valid as if had at a meeting regularly called and noticed. At such meeting any business may be transacted which is not excepted from the written consent or to the consideration of which no objection for lack of notice is made at the time, and if any meeting be irregular for lack of notice or such consent, provided a quorum was present at such meeting, the proceedings of such meeting may be ratified and approved and rendered valid and the irregularity or defect therein waived by a writing signed by all parties having the right to vote thereat. Such consent or approval, if given by stockholders, may be by proxy or power of attorney, but all such proxies and powers of attorney must be in writing.

 

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ARTICLE 6

 

OFFICERS

 

SECTION 6.1. Officers .

 

Section 6.1.1 The officers of the Corporation shall include the President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer, each as approved and appointed by the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.1.2 The officers of the Corporation may further include a Chairman of the Board (or Executive Chairman, if the Board of Directors designates such office), Chief Executive Officer and a Chief Financial Officer, each as approved and appointed by the Board of Directors, and may further include, without limitation, such other executive or subordinate officers and agents, including, without limitation, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of which may be designated Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or such other title as may be determined by the Board of Directors), Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, in each case as the Board of Directors deems necessary to approve and appoint.

 

Section 6.1.3 The Board of Directors may in its discretion delegate to the President the power and authority to appoint subordinate officers of the Corporation and to prescribe their respective duties and powers, but in any instance the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer and, if designated, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or any other officer responsible for a principal business unit, division or function of the Corporation (such as sales, administration or finance), or any other officer who performs a policy making function (collectively, the “ Principal Officers ”), shall be subject to the approval of, and appointment by, the Board of Directors.

 

Section 6.1.4 All officers of the Corporation shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as prescribed by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors or President, as applicable. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person. The Chairman of the Board shall be elected from among the directors. With the foregoing exception, none of the other officers need be a director, and none of the officers need be a stockholder, of the Corporation.

 

SECTION 6.2. Election and Term of Office . The Principal Officers shall each be elected only by, and shall serve only at the pleasure of, the Board of Directors. All other officers of the Corporation may be appointed as the Board of Directors or the President deem necessary and elect or appoint. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected or ratified annually by the Board of Directors at its regular meeting held concurrently with or after the annual meeting of stockholders or as soon thereafter as conveniently possible (or, in the case of those officers elected or appointed other than by the Board of Directors, ratified at the Board of Directors’ regular meeting held following their election or appointment or as soon thereafter as conveniently possible). Subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable contract between an officer of the Corporation, each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been chosen and shall have qualified or until his or her death or the effective date of his or her resignation or removal, or until he or she shall cease to be a director in the case of the Chairman of the Board.

 

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SECTION 6.3. Removal and Resignation . Any officer or agent may be removed, either with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors and, other than the Principal Officers, may also be removed, either with or without cause, by action of the President whenever, in his or her judgment the best interests of the Corporation shall be served thereby, but such right of removal and any purported removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any Principal Officer or other officer or agent may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

SECTION 6.4. Vacancies . Any vacancy occurring in any Principal Officer by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term. Any vacancy in any other office may be filled as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or President deem necessary.

 

SECTION 6.5. Compensation . The compensation of the Principal Officers shall be determined by the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof. Compensation of all other officers and employees of the Corporation shall be determined by the President in consultation with the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof and in accordance with any charter of any such committee as has been approved by the Board of Directors or any policies as have been approved by the Board of Directors. No officer who is also a director shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by reason of his or her also being a director.

 

SECTION 6.6. Chairman of the Board . The Chairman of the Board (who may also be designated as Executive Chairman) shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the Chairman of the Board’s absence, such duties shall be attended to by any vice chairman of the Board of Directors, or if there is no vice chairman, or such vice chairman is absent, then by the President. The Chairman of the Board shall act as liaison between the Board of Directors and the executive officers of the Corporation and shall be responsible for general oversight of such executive officers. The Chairman of the Board may also hold the position of Chief Executive Officer or President, if so approved or appointed by the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall formulate and submit to the Board of Directors matters of general policy for the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as usually appertain to the office or as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. He or she may sign with the President or any other officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors certificates for shares of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors, and any deeds or bonds, which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof has been expressly delegated or reserved by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed.

 

SECTION 6.7. President . The President shall, subject to the oversight by and control of the Board of Directors, have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President may also, but shall not be required to, hold the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, if so approved or appointed by the Board of Directors. The President shall keep the Board of Directors fully informed and shall consult them concerning the business of the Corporation. Subject to the supervisory powers of the Board of Directors, the President may sign with the Chairman of the Board or any other officer of the Corporation thereunto authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation, the issuance of which shall have been authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors, and any deeds, bonds, mortgages, contracts, checks, notes, drafts or other instruments which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof has been expressly delegated by these Bylaws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed. In general, the President shall perform all other duties normally incident to the office of the President, except any duties expressly delegated to other persons by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors and such other duties as may be prescribed by the stockholders, Chairman of the Board or the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

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SECTION 6.8. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer, if any, shall, in general, perform such duties as usually pertain to the position of chief executive officer and such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 6.9. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer, if any, shall, in general, perform such duties as usually pertain to the position of chief financial officer and such duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 6.10. Secretary . The Secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of directors; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation, and see that the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile thereof is affixed to all certificates for shares prior to the issuance thereof and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws; (d) keep or cause to be kept a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished by such stockholder; (e) have general charge of other stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (f) in general, perform all duties normally incident to the office of the Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 6.11. Treasurer . The Treasurer shall (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation; receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever and deposit all such moneys in the name of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.3 of these Bylaws and (b) in general, perform all the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the President or the Board of Directors. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Board of Directors shall determine.

 

SECTION 6.12. Interim Officer Status . Any office of the Corporation may be designated by the Board of Directors as interim, and such interim status shall be on such terms and for such duration as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE 7

 

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS AND
VOTING OF SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

 

SECTION 7.1. Contracts . Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer, officers, agent or agents to enter into any contract or execute and deliver an instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

SECTION 7.2. Checks, etc . All checks, demands, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, and notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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SECTION 7.3. Deposits . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the President, the Treasurer or the Chief Financial Officer may be empowered by the Board of Directors to select or as the Board of Directors may select.

 

SECTION 7.4. Voting of Securities Owned by Corporation . All stock and other securities of any other corporation owned or held by the Corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed by the person authorized to do so by resolution of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of such authorization, by any Principal Officer.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

SHARES OF STOCK

 

SECTION 8.1. Issuance . The shares of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, subject to Section 8.5 below. If the Board of Directors decides to issue certificated shares, each stockholder of the Corporation shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates showing the number of shares of stock registered in his or her name on the books of the Corporation. The certificates shall be in such form as may be determined by the Board of Directors, shall be issued in numerical order and shall be entered in the books of the Corporation as they are issued. They shall exhibit the holder’s name and the number of shares and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President, or such other officers as may from time to time be authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer had not ceased to be such officer at the date of its issue. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the designation, preferences and relative participating, option or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class of stock; provided that except as otherwise provided by the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate which the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish to each stockholder who so requests the designations, preferences and relative participating, option or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and rights. All certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate for a like number of shares shall have been surrendered and canceled, except that in the case of a lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated certificate a new certificate (or uncertificated shares in lieu of a new certificate) may be issued therefor upon such terms and with such indemnity, if any, to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe. In addition to the above, all certificates (or uncertificated shares in lieu of a new certificate) evidencing shares of the Corporation’s stock or other securities issued by the Corporation shall contain such legend or legends as may from time to time be required by the DGCL.

 

SECTION 8.2. Lost Certificates . The Board of Directors may direct that a new certificate or certificates (or uncertificated shares in lieu of a new certificate) be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates (or uncertificated shares in lieu 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 certificates, or his or her legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate or certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, or both.

 

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SECTION 8.3. Transfers . In the case of shares of stock represented by a certificate, upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Transfers of shares shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney and filed with the Secretary and the Corporation’s transfer agent, if any.

 

SECTION 8.4. Registered Stockholders . The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

SECTION 8.5. Uncertificated Shares . The Board of Directors may approve the issuance of uncertificated shares of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series of capital stock.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

DIVIDENDS

 

SECTION 9.1. Declaration . 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, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 9.2. Reserve . 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, think 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 such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall think conducive to the interests of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created.

 

ARTICLE 10

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

SECTION 10.1. Generally . The Corporation shall provide indemnification to the fullest extent provided for by law, as specified in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

SECTION 10.2. Contested Director Indemnification . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these Bylaws, a director who was elected in any Contested Election who is not a continuing director shall not be entitled to any indemnification or advancement of expenses unless and until a majority of the continuing directors vote that the indemnification provisions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation shall apply to such newly elected director.

 

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ARTICLE 11

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 11.1. Books . The books of the Corporation may be kept within or without the State of Delaware (subject to any provisions contained in the DGCL) at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

SECTION 11.2. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be such fiscal year as may be designated by the Board of Directors.

 

ARTICLE 12

 

AMENDMENTS

 

SECTION 12.1. Amendment By Stockholders . The stockholders of the Corporation may alter, amend, repeal or the remove these Bylaws or any portion thereof only by the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding the Requisite Percent; provided, however, that no such change to any Bylaw shall alter, modify, waive, abrogate or diminish the Corporation’s obligation to provide the indemnity called for by Article 10 of these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law.

 

SECTION 12.2. Amendment by the Board of Directors . Notwithstanding Section 12.1 above and subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors may, by majority vote of those directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present, alter, amend or repeal these Bylaws or any portion thereof, or enact such other Bylaws as in their judgment may be advisable for the regulation of the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation.

 

 

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