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): | December 5, 2014 |
HARRIS CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-3863 | 34-0276860 |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
of incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) |
1025 West NASA Blvd., Melbourne, Florida | 32919 | |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: | (321) 727-9100 |
Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report
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Item 5.03
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Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
On December 5, 2014, Harris Corporation (the Company) amended and restated its By-Laws pursuant to action by the Companys Board of Directors (the Board), upon the recommendation of the Companys Corporate Governance Committee, to reflect the addition of a new Article XII to the Companys By-Laws which provides that, unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for certain actions shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware). Those actions include: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Companys shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Companys Restated Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws (in each case, as amended from time to time), or (iv) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine.
The Board believes the new Article XII is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders due to the anticipated benefits from having those legal actions covered by Article XII (which generally relate to corporate governance, internal affairs and other matters of Delaware law) handled by a single court in the State of Delaware applying the law of its own state (in which there is a well-established body of precedent and is the same state in which the Company is incorporated), thereby avoiding unnecessary risk, uncertainty and expense from potentially concurrent multi-jurisdictional litigation. The Board expects the exclusive forum to result in a more predictable outcome in those legal actions covered by Article XII and save Company resources, including money and management time and attention. Article XII does not preclude any type of legal actions against the Company or its directors or officers or other employees; rather, it directs certain legal actions to a single court that is focused on and experienced with Delaware law, with the goal of securing a more efficient and effective resolution of those legal actions. Article XII also preserves the flexibility of the Company to consent to the selection of an alternative forum for those legal actions.
The foregoing summary of the amendment to the Companys By-Laws is qualified in its entirety by reference to, and should be read in conjunction with, the complete text of the Companys By-Laws, as amended and restated effective December 5, 2014, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is filed herewith:
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
HARRIS CORPORATION
December 8, 2014
By:
/s/ Scott T. Mikuen
Name: Scott T. Mikuen
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Exhibit No.
Description
By-Laws of Harris Corporation, as amended and restated effective December 5, 2014.
Exhibit 3.1
BY-LAWS OF
HARRIS CORPORATION
As Amended and Restated Effective December 5, 2014
BY-LAWS OF
ARTICLE I.
The registered office of Harris Corporation (the Company) shall be in the City of
Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
The Company may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors from time to
time may determine or the business of the Company may require.
ARTICLE II.
Section 1. Place of Meeting
. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors or
for any other purposes whatsoever shall be held at the office of the Company in the City of
Wilmington, Delaware, or elsewhere within or without the State of Delaware, as may be decided upon
from time to time by the Board of Directors and indicated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2. Annual Meeting
. The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be held on such date
as the Board of Directors may determine and at the time as shall be decided by the Board of
Directors and indicated in the notice of the meeting. Directors shall be elected thereat and such
other business transacted as may be specified in the notice of the meeting, or as may be properly
brought before the meeting.
Section 3. Special Meetings
. (a) Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by, and
only by, (i) the Board of Directors, or (ii) solely to the extent required by Section 3(b), the
Secretary of the Company. Each special meeting shall be held at such date, time and place either
within or without the State of Delaware as may be stated in the notice of the meeting.
(b) A special meeting of the shareholders shall be called by the Secretary upon the written
request of the holders Owning of record continuously for a period of at least one year prior to the
date set forth on the Special Meeting Request (as defined below) not less than twenty-five percent
of the voting power of all outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the Requisite
Percent), subject to the following:
(1) In order for a special meeting upon shareholder request (a Shareholder Requested
Special Meeting) to be called by the Secretary, one or more written requests for a special
meeting (each, a Special Meeting Request, and collectively, the Special Meeting
Requests) stating the purpose of the special meeting and the matters proposed to be acted
upon thereat must be signed and dated by the Requisite Percent of record holders of common
stock of the Company (or their duly authorized agents), must be delivered to the Secretary
at the principal executive offices of the Company and must set forth:
(i) the information required by the second paragraph of Section 8(b) of this
Article II; and
(ii) an agreement by the requesting shareholder(s) to notify the Company
immediately in the case of any disposition prior to the record date for the
Shareholder Requested Special Meeting of shares of common stock of the Company owned
of record and an acknowledgement that any such disposition shall be deemed a
revocation of such Special Meeting Request to the extent of such disposition, such
that the number of shares disposed of shall not be included in determining whether
the Requisite Percent has been reached.
For purposes of Section 3 of this Article II and references to Shareholder Requested Special
Meetings in these By-Laws, Own, Owned or Owning shall mean shares (a) with respect to which a
person has title or to which a persons nominee, custodian or other agent has title and which such
nominee, custodian or other agent is holding on behalf of such person, or (b) with respect to which
a person (1) has purchased, or has entered into an unconditional contract, binding on both parties
thereto, to purchase such shares, but has not yet received such shares, (2) owns a security
convertible into or exchangeable for such shares and has tendered such security for conversion or
exchange, (3) has an option to purchase or acquire, or rights warrants to subscribe to, such
shares, and has exercised such option, rights or warrants or (4) holds a securities futures
contract to purchase such shares and has received notice that the position will be physically
settled and is irrevocably bound to receive the underlying shares; provided, that (I) a shareholder
or beneficial owner shall be deemed to Own shares only to the extent that such shareholder or
beneficial owner has a net long position in such shares, (II) the number of shares Owned, directly
or indirectly, by any shareholder or beneficial owner shall not include the number of shares as to
which such holder does not have the right to vote or direct the vote on the matter or matters to be
brought before the special shareholders meeting, (III) a shareholder or beneficial owner shall not
be deemed to Own shares as to which such holder has entered into any Derivative Transaction (as
defined in Section 8 of this Article II) and (IV) whether shares constitute shares Owned shall be
decided by the Board of Directors in its reasonable determination, which determination shall be
conclusive and binding on the Company and its shareholders.
The Company will provide the requesting shareholder(s) with notice of the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the Shareholder Requested Special Meeting. Each
requesting shareholder is required to update the notice delivered pursuant to this Section not
later than ten business days after such record date to provide any material changes in the
foregoing information as of such record date.
In determining whether a special meeting of shareholders has been requested by the record
holders of shares representing in the aggregate at least the Requisite Percent, multiple Special
Meeting Requests delivered to the Secretary will be considered together only if each such Special
Meeting Request (x) identifies substantially the same purpose or purposes of the special meeting
and substantially the same matters proposed to be acted on at the special meeting (in each case as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), and (y) has been dated and delivered to the
Secretary within sixty days of the earliest dated of such Special Meeting Requests. If the record
holder is not the signatory to the Special Meeting Request,
such Special Meeting Request
will not be valid unless documentary evidence is supplied to the Secretary at the time of delivery
of such Special Meeting Request (or within ten business days thereafter) of such signatorys
authority to execute the Special Meeting Request on behalf of the record holder. Any requesting
shareholder may revoke his, her or its Special Meeting Request at any time by written revocation
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company; provided, however,
that if following such revocation (or any deemed revocation pursuant to clause (ii) above), the
unrevoked valid Special Meeting Requests represent in the aggregate less than the Requisite
Percent, there shall be no requirement to hold a special meeting. The first date on which unrevoked
valid Special Meeting Requests constituting not less than the Requisite Percent shall have been
delivered to the Corporation is referred to herein as the Request Receipt Date.
(2) A Special Meeting Request shall not be valid if:
(i) the Special Meeting Request relates to an item of business that is not a
proper subject for shareholder action under applicable law;
(ii) the Request Receipt Date is during the period commencing ninety days prior
to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting and
ending on the date of the next annual meeting;
(iii) the purpose specified in the Special Meeting Request is not the
nomination, election or removal of directors and an identical or substantially
similar item (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, a Similar
Item) was presented at any meeting of shareholders held within the twelve months
prior to the Request Receipt Date;
(iv) the purpose specified in the Special Meeting Request is the nomination,
election or removal of directors and a Similar Item was presented at any meeting of
shareholders held within one hundred and twenty days prior to the Request Receipt
Date; or
(v) a Similar Item is included in the Corporations notice as an item of
business to be brought before a shareholder meeting that has been called but not yet
held or that is called for a date within ninety days of the Request Receipt Date.
(3) A Shareholder Requested Special Meeting shall be held at such date and time as may
be fixed by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Shareholder Requested
Special Meeting shall be called for a date not more than ninety days after the Request
Receipt Date.
(4) Business transacted at any Shareholder Requested Special Meeting shall be limited
to (i) the purpose(s) stated in the valid Special Meeting Request(s) received from the
Requisite Percent of record holders and (ii) any additional matters that the Board of
Directors determines to include in the Companys notice of the meeting. If none of the
shareholders who submitted the Special Meeting Request appears or sends a qualified
representative to present the matters to be presented for consideration that were specified
in the Shareholder Meeting Request, the Company need not present such matters for a vote at
such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been received
by the Company.
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall be deemed to entitle any
shareholder to the reimbursement of expenses for soliciting proxies or any other expenses
incurred by such shareholder in connection with any shareholder meeting, which expenses
shall be borne by such shareholder and not by the Company.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings
. A written or printed notice of every annual or special meeting
of the shareholders stating the time and place and the purposes thereof shall be given to each
shareholder entitled to vote thereat and to each shareholder entitled to notice as provided by law,
which notice shall be given not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date
of the meeting. Such notice shall be deemed given: (i) if mailed, when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, directed to each shareholder at such shareholders address as it
appears on the records of the Company; (ii) if sent by electronic mail, when delivered to an
electronic mail address at which the shareholder has consented to receive such notice; and (iii) if
posted on an electronic network together with a separate notice to the shareholder of such specific
posting, upon the later to occur of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice of
such posting. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to give written notice of the annual meeting,
and of each special meeting when requested so to do by the Board of Directors or as provided in
Section 3(b). Any shareholder may waive in writing any notice required to be given by law or under
these By-Laws and by attendance or voting at any meeting without protesting the lack of proper
notice shall be deemed to have waived notice thereof. Notice shall be deemed to have been given to
all shareholders of record who share an address if notice is given in accordance with the
householding rules set forth in Rule 14a-3(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
Exchange Act) and Section 233 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 5. Shareholder List
. A complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at each
meeting of shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of each and the number of
voting shares held by each, shall be prepared by or at the instance of the Secretary and made
available at the location where the meeting is to be held, at least ten (10) days before every
meeting, and shall at all times during the usual hours for business in said ten (10) day period and
during the time of said meeting be open to examination by any shareholder.
Section 6. Voting and Proxies
. At all meetings of shareholders, only such shareholders shall
be entitled to vote, in person or by proxy, who appear upon the records of the Company as the
holders of shares at the time possessing voting power, or if a record date be fixed as hereinafter
provided, those appearing as such on such record date. Each shareholder entitled to vote at a
meeting of shareholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such shareholder by
proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless
the proxy provides for a longer period. A shareholder may authorize another person or persons to
act for such shareholder as proxy by executing a writing authorizing such person or persons to act
for such shareholder as proxy or by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of a telegram,
cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the
proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly
authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided
that any such telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission must either set forth
or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram or
other means of electronic transmission was authorized by the shareholder.
Section 7. Quorum and Adjournments
. Except as may otherwise be required by law or by the
Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by these By-Laws, the holders of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote at a shareholders meeting shall constitute a quorum to hold such meeting;
provided, however, that any meeting, whether or not a quorum is present or otherwise, may, by vote
of the holders of a majority of the voting shares represented thereat, adjourn from time to time
and from place to place in the county wherein said meeting was originally called without notice
other than by announcement at such meeting.
Section 8. Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Director and Other Shareholder
Proposals
. (a) The matters to be considered and brought before any annual or special meeting of
shareholders of the Company shall be limited to only such matters, including the nomination and
election of directors, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in compliance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 8 or Section 3(b).
(b) For any matter to be brought properly before any annual meeting of shareholders, the
matter must be (i) specified in the notice of the annual meeting given by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, (ii) otherwise brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors or (iii) brought before the annual meeting by a shareholder who is a
shareholder of record of the Company on the date the notice provided for in this Section 8(b) is
delivered to the Secretary of the Company, who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting of
shareholders on such matter and who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 8(b). In
addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and these By-Laws, written notice (the Shareholder Notice) of any nomination or
other proposal by a shareholder must be timely and any proposal, other than a nomination, must
constitute a proper matter for shareholder action. To be timely, the Shareholder Notice must be
delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive office of the Company not less
than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary
date of the annual meeting for the preceding year; provided, however, that if (and only if) the
annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before
such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date
outside such period being referred to herein as an Other Meeting Date), the Shareholder Notice
shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of the close of business on (i) the date
ninety (90) days prior to such Other Meeting Date or (ii) the tenth day following the date such
Other Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed.
A Shareholder Notice must contain the following information: (i) whether the shareholder is
providing the notice at the request of a beneficial holder of shares, whether the shareholder, any
such beneficial holder or any nominee has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, or has
received any financial assistance, funding or other consideration from any other person with
respect to the investment by the shareholder or such beneficial holder in the Company or the matter
the Shareholder Notice relates to, and the details thereof, including the name of such other person
(the shareholder, any beneficial holder on whose behalf the notice is being delivered, any nominees
listed in the notice and any persons with whom such agreement, arrangement or understanding exists
or from whom such assistance has been obtained are hereinafter collectively referred to as
Interested Persons), (ii) the name and address of all Interested Persons, (iii) a complete
description of all equity securities and debt instruments, whether held in the form of loans or
capital market instruments, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by all
Interested Persons, (iv) whether and the extent to which any hedging, derivative or other
transaction (a Derivative Transaction) is in place or has been entered into within the six months
preceding the date of delivery of the Shareholder Notice by or for the benefit of any Interested
Person with respect to the Company or its subsidiaries, or any of their respective securities, debt
instruments or credit ratings, the effect or intent of which transaction is to give rise to gain or
loss as a result of changes in the trading price of such securities or debt instruments or changes
in the credit ratings for the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective securities or
debt instruments (or, more generally, changes in the perceived creditworthiness of the Company or
its subsidiaries), or to increase or decrease the voting power of such Interested Person, and if
so, a summary of the material terms thereof, and (v) a representation that the shareholder is a
holder of record of stock of the Company that would be entitled to vote at the meeting and intends
to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose the matter set forth in the Shareholder
Notice. As used herein, beneficially owned with respect to securities shall mean all securities
which such person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the
Exchange Act. The Shareholder Notice shall be updated not later than 10 days after the record date
for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting to provide any material
changes in the foregoing information as of the record date. Any Shareholder Notice relating to the
nomination of directors must also contain (i) the information regarding each nominee required by
paragraphs (a), (e) and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K adopted by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any successor regulation), (ii) each nominees
signed consent to serve as a director of the Company if elected, and (iii) information as to
whether each nominee is eligible for consideration as an independent director under the relevant
standards contemplated by Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K (or the corresponding provisions of any
successor regulation). The Company may also require any proposed nominee to furnish such other
information, including completion of the Companys directors questionnaire, as it may reasonably
require to determine whether the nominee would be considered independent as a director or as a
member of the audit committee of the Board of Directors under the various rules and standards
applicable to the Company. Any Shareholder Notice with respect to a matter other than the
nomination of directors must contain (i) the text of the proposal to be presented, including the
text of any resolutions to be proposed for consideration by shareholders and (ii) a brief written
statement of the reasons such shareholder favors the proposal.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 8(b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of
directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Company at the next annual meeting is
increased and either all of the nominees for director at the next annual meeting or the size of the
increased Board of Directors is not publicly announced or disclosed by the Company at least one
hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a
Shareholder Notice shall also be considered timely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees for
any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the
Company at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on
the tenth day following the first date all of such nominees or the size of the increased Board of
Directors shall have been publicly announced or disclosed.
(c) For any matter to be brought properly before any special meeting of shareholders, the
matter must be set forth in the Companys notice of the meeting. In the event that the Company
calls a special meeting of shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more persons to the
Board of Directors, any shareholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for
election to such position(s) as specified in the Companys notice of the meeting, if the
Shareholder Notice required by Section 8(b) hereof shall be delivered to the Secretary of the
Company at the principal executive office of the Company not later than the close of business on
the tenth day following the day on which the date of the special meeting and either the names of
the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting or the number of
directors to be elected is publicly announced or disclosed.
(d) For purposes of this Section 8, a matter shall be deemed to have been publicly announced
or disclosed if such matter is disclosed in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News
Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news or wire service or in a document publicly
filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(e) In no event shall the adjournment of an annual meeting or special meeting or the
postponement of any meeting that does not require a change in the record date for such meeting, or
any announcement thereof, commence a new period for the giving of notice as provided in this
Section 8. This Section 8 shall not (i) affect the rights of shareholders to request inclusion of
proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) apply to the election of
directors selected by or pursuant to the provisions of Article FOURTH, Section 3 of the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation relating to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock
of the Company having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation to
elect directors under specified circumstances.
(f) The person presiding at any meeting of shareholders, in addition to making any other
determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the power and duty
to determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting
has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section 8 and, if not so given, shall direct and
declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are out of order and shall not be
considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8, if the shareholder or a
qualified representative of the shareholder does not appear at the annual or special meeting of
shareholders of the Company to present any such nomination, or make any such proposal, such
nomination or proposal shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote
may have been received by the Company.
Section 9. Conduct of Meetings
. The Board of Directors of the Company may adopt by resolution
such rules, regulations and procedures for the conduct of meetings of shareholders as it shall deem
appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with applicable law and such rules and regulations
adopted by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of each meeting of shareholders shall have the
right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts,
including causing an adjournment of such meeting, as, in the judgment of such Chairman, are
appropriate. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or
prescribed by the Chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the
establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting, including fixing the time for
opening and closing the polls for voting on each matter; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining
order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or
participation in the meeting to shareholders of record of the Company, their duly authorized and
constituted proxies or such other persons as the Chairman shall permit; (d) restrictions on entry
to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time
allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless, and to the extent determined by the
Board of Directors or the Chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required
to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 10. Organization of Meetings
. Meetings of shareholders shall be presided over by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, or in his or her absence by the Chief Executive Officer, or in
the absence of the foregoing persons by a Chairman designated by the Board of Directors, or, in the
absence of any such designation, by a Chairman chosen at the meeting. The Secretary, or in the
absence of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as the secretary of the meeting, but in
the absence of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, the Chairman of the meeting may appoint any
person to act as secretary of the meeting.
ARTICLE III.
Section 1. Number
. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than eight nor more than
thirteen members as may be determined by the Board of Directors. After any such determination, the
number so determined shall continue as the authorized number of members of the Board until the same
shall be changed as aforesaid. Directors need not be shareholders.
Section 2. Manner of Election
. Except as may be otherwise required by the Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority of the
votes cast (meaning the number of shares voted for a nominee must exceed the number of shares
voted against such nominee) at any meeting for the election of directors at which a quorum is
present, provided that the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast (instead of
by votes cast for or against a nominee) at any meeting at which a quorum is present for which (i)
the Secretary of the Company receives a notice in compliance with the applicable requirements for
shareholder nominations for director set forth in these By-Laws and (ii) such proposed nomination
has not been withdrawn by such shareholder on or prior to the tenth day preceding the date the
Company first mails its notice of meeting for such meeting to the shareholders.
Section 3. Tenure; Vacancies
. Each director shall hold office for the term set forth in
Article ELEVENTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and until his or her successor shall
be elected and qualified; subject, however, to prior resignation, death or removal as provided by
law. Any director may resign at any time by oral statement to that effect made at a meeting of the
Board of Directors, to be effective upon its acceptance by the Board, or in writing to that effect
delivered to the Secretary, to be effective upon its acceptance or at the time specified in such
writing. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of
directors shall be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, and any other
vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors shall be filled by a majority of the directors then in
office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill
a vacancy not resulting from an increase in the number of directors shall have the same remaining
term as that of his predecessor.
Section 4. Organization Meeting
. Immediately after each annual meeting of the shareholders or
special meeting held in lieu thereof, the newly elected Board of Directors, if a quorum is present,
shall hold an organization meeting for the purpose of electing officers and transacting any other
business. Notice of such meeting need not be given. If, for any reason, said organization meeting
is not held at such time, a special meeting for such purpose shall be held as soon thereafter as
practicable.
Section 5. Regular Meetings
. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors for the transaction of
any business may be held at such times and places as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
The Secretary shall give to each director at least five (5) days written notice of each such
meeting.
Section 6. Special Meetings
. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any
time and place upon call by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or a majority
of the Directors. Notice of each such meeting shall be given to each director by letter, telegram
or telephone or in person not less than two (2) days prior to such meeting; provided, however, that
such notice shall be deemed to have been waived by the directors attending or voting at any such
meeting, without protesting the lack of proper notice, and may be waived in writing or by telegram
by any director either before or after such meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice
thereof, any business may be transacted at such meeting.
Section 7. Quorum
. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a majority of the directors in
office at the time shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but in no case shall
such quorum be less than one-third of the total authorized number of directors.
Section 8. Compensation
. If so determined by the Board of Directors, all or any members of
the Board of Directors or of any committee of the Board who are not Company employees shall be
compensated for their services in such capacities either a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting
of the Board or of such committee or such other amount as may be determined from time to time by
the Board of Directors. Compensation may be paid in cash and in the Companys stock and stock
equivalents. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred by them in attending such
meetings.
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ARTICLE IV.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions passed by a majority of the whole
Board, designate or eliminate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of
the directors of the Company. The Board of Directors may designate one or more members as
alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee. Any such committee, to the extent provided in said resolution or
resolutions of the Board of Directors and to the extent permitted by Delaware law shall have and
may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of
the Company, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Company to be affixed to all papers
which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise
provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors designating the committees, a Board committee
may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the
Board committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the Board
committee.
ARTICLE V.
Section 1. Officers Designated
. The officers of the Company shall be elected by the Board of
Directors at their organization meeting or any other meeting. The Board of Directors shall elect
the executive officers of the Company which may include a Chairman of the Board, President, and one
or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of whom may be designated as Executive Vice Presidents, or
as Senior Vice Presidents or by any other designations). In addition thereto, the officers shall
include a Controller or Principal Accounting Officer, a General Counsel, a Secretary and a
Treasurer. In their discretion the Board of Directors may elect one or more Assistant Secretaries
and Assistant Treasurers and any other additional officers. The Chairman of the Board shall be
elected from among the directors. The other officers may but need not be elected from among the
directors. Any two offices may be held by the same person, but in any case where the action of more
than one officer is required no one person shall act in more than one capacity.
Section 2. Tenure of Office
. The officers of the Company shall hold office until the next
organization meeting of the Board of Directors and until their respective successors are chosen and
qualified, except in case of resignation, death or removal. The Board of Directors may remove any
officer at any time with or without cause by the vote of the majority of the directors in office at
the time. A vacancy in any office may be filled by election by the Board of Directors.
Section 3. Powers and Duties of Officers in General
. The powers and duties of the officers
shall be exercised in all cases subject to such directions as the Board of Directors may see fit to
give. The respective powers and duties hereinafter set forth are subject to alteration by the Board
of Directors. The Board of Directors is also authorized to delegate the duties of any officer to
any other officer, employee or committee and to require the performance of duties in addition to
those provided for herein. Subject to such directions, if any, as the Board of Directors may give
from time to time, the chief executive officers of the Company are authorized to establish and to
modify from time to time an organization plan defining the respective duties and functions of the
officers of the Company.
Section 4. Chairman of the Board
. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the
shareholders and of the Board of Directors.
Section 5. Chief Executive Officer
. The Chief Executive Officer shall be either the Chairman
of the Board and/or the President, as the Board of Directors so designates, and he or she shall
have general responsibility for the major functions of the business of the Company and shall
initiate and develop broad Company policies.
Section 6. President; Vice Presidents
. In the absence or disability of the Chief Executive
Officer, the President shall perform the Chief Executive Officers duties. In the absence or
disability of the Chief Executive Officer and the President, the Vice Presidents, in the order
designated by the Board of Directors, shall perform the Chief Executive Officers duties. If so
determined by the Board of Directors, one Vice President may be designated as manager of specific
sectors, divisions, districts or such other unit or as being in charge of specific functions,
another as Vice President in Charge of Sales, and other Vice Presidents as managers of specified
divisions or sales districts of the Company or as being in charge of specified functions.
Section 7. Controller or Principal Accounting Officer, General Counsel, Secretary, and
Treasurer
. The Controller or Principal Accounting Officer, General Counsel, the Secretary, and the
Treasurer shall perform such duties as are indicated by their respective titles, subject to the
provisions of Section 3 of this Article. The Secretary shall have the custody of the corporate
seal.
Section 8. Other Officers
. All other officers shall have such powers and duties as may be
prescribed by the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of their action, by the chief executive
officers of the Company or by the respective officers having supervision over them.
Section 9. Compensation
. The Board of Directors is authorized to determine, or to provide the
method of determining, or to empower a committee of its members to determine, the compensation of
all officers.
Section 10. Bond
. If so requested and authorized by the Board of Directors, the Company shall
furnish a fidelity bond in such sum and with such security as the Board of Directors may require.
Section 11. Signing Checks and Other Instruments
. The Board of Directors is authorized to
determine or provide the method of determining the manner in which deeds, contracts and other
obligations and instruments of the Company shall be signed. However, persons doing business with
the Company shall be entitled to rely upon the action of the Chairman of the Board, the President,
any Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, the Controller or Principal Accounting Officer or
General Counsel in executing contracts and other obligations and instruments, of the Company as
having been duly authorized. The Board of Directors of the Company is authorized to designate or
provide the method of designating depositaries of the funds of the Company and to determine or
provide the method of determining the manner in which checks, notes, bills of exchange and similar
instruments shall be signed, countersigned or endorsed.
ARTICLE VI.
The Company shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law any person made or threatened
to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the
Company, is or was a director, officer, trustee, member, stockholder, partner, incorporator or
liquidator of a Subsidiary of the Company, or serves or served at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, trustee, member, stockholder, partner, incorporator or liquidator of or in any
other capacity for any other enterprise. Expenses, including attorneys fees, incurred by any such
person in defending any such action, suit or proceeding shall be paid or reimbursed by the Company
promptly upon demand by such person and, if any such demand is made in advance of the final
disposition of any such action, suit or proceeding, promptly upon receipt by the Company of an
undertaking of such person to repay such expenses if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The rights provided to any person by this
by-law shall be enforceable against the Company by such person, who shall be presumed to have
relied upon it in serving or continuing to serve as a director or officer or in such other capacity
as provided above. In addition, the rights provided to any person by this by-law shall survive the
termination of such person as any such director, officer, trustee, member, stockholder, partner,
incorporator or liquidator and, insofar as such person served at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, trustee, member, stockholder, partner, incorporator or liquidator of or in any
other capacity for any other enterprise, shall survive the termination of such request as to
service prior to termination of such request. No amendment of this by-law shall impair the rights
of any person arising at any time with respect to events occurring prior to such amendment.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Article VI, except for proceedings to enforce
rights provided in this Article VI, the Company shall not be obligated under this Article VI to
provide any indemnification or any payment or reimbursement of expenses to any director, officer or
other person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person (which
shall not include counterclaims or crossclaims initiated by others) unless the Board of Directors
has authorized or consented to such proceeding (or part thereof) in a resolution adopted by the
Board.
For purposes of this by-law, the term Subsidiary shall mean any corporation, partnership,
limited liability company or other entity in which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, a
majority of the economic or voting ownership interest; the term other enterprise shall include
any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, association or other
unincorporated organization or other entity and any employee benefit plan; the term officer, when
used with respect to the Company, shall refer to any officer elected by or appointed pursuant to
authority granted by the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Article V of these By-Laws,
when used with respect to a Subsidiary or other enterprise that is a corporation, shall refer to
any person elected or appointed pursuant to the by-laws of such Subsidiary or other enterprise or
chosen in such manner as is prescribed by the by-laws of such Subsidiary or other enterprise or
determined by the Board of Directors of such Subsidiary or other enterprise, and when used with
respect to a Subsidiary or other enterprise that is not a corporation or is organized in a foreign
jurisdiction, the term officer shall include in addition to any officer of such entity, any
person serving in a similar capacity or as the manager of such entity; service at the request of
the Company shall include service as a director or officer of the Company which imposes duties on,
or involves services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan, its
participants or beneficiaries; any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee
benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries shall be deemed to be indemnifiable expenses; and
action by a person with respect to an employee benefit plan which such person reasonably believes
to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of such plan shall be deemed to be
action not opposed to the best interests of the Company.
To the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Company may provide
to (i) any one or more employees and other agents of the Company, (ii) any one or more officers,
employees and other agents of any Subsidiary and (iii) any one or more directors, officers,
employees and other agents of any other enterprise, rights of indemnification and to receive
payment or reimbursement of expenses, including attorneys fees, that are similar to the rights
conferred in this Article VI on directors and officers of the Company or any Subsidiary or other
enterprise. Any such rights shall have the same force and effect as they would have if they were
conferred in this Article VI.
Nothing in this Article VI shall limit the power of the Company or the Board of Directors to
provide rights of indemnification and to make payment and reimbursement of expenses, including
attorneys fees, to directors, officers, employees, agents and other persons otherwise than
pursuant to this Article VI.
ARTICLE VII.
The corporate seal, circular in form, shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Company and
the words Corporate SealDelaware.
ARTICLE VIII.
The Board of Directors may close the stock transfer books of the Company for a period not
exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date of any meeting of the shareholders, or the date for
the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change
or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect; provided, however, that in lieu of
closing the stock transfer books as aforesaid, the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date,
not exceeding sixty (60) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, or the date for
the payment of any dividend, or the date for the allotment of rights, or the date when any change
or conversion or exchange of shares shall go into effect, as a record date for the determination of
the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any such meeting and any adjournment
thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any such dividend, or to any such allotment of rights,
or to exercise the rights in respect of any such change, conversion or exchange of shares, and in
such case such shareholders, and only such shareholders as shall be shareholders of record on the
date so fixed, shall be entitled to such notice of, and to vote at, such meeting and any
adjournment thereof, or to receive payment of such dividend or to receive such allotment of rights
or to exercise such rights as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the
books of the Company after any such record date fixed as aforesaid.
ARTICLE IX.
Section 1. Certificates; Uncertificated Shares
. The shares of stock of the Company shall be
represented by certificates in such form as the appropriate officers of the Company may from time
to time prescribe; provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions
that some or all of any or all classes or series of stock of the Company shall be uncertificated
shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the adoption of such a resolution or resolutions by the
Board of Directors, each holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled, upon request, to a
certificate representing such shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to any share represented
by a certificate theretofore issued until such certificate is surrendered to the Company. Share
certificates shall be numbered and registered in a share register as they are issued. Share
certificates shall exhibit the name of the registered holder and the number and class of shares and
the series, if any, represented thereby and the par value of each such share or a statement that
each such share is without par value, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated shares and the rights and obligations of
the holders of shares represented by certificates of the same class and series shall be identical.
Section 2. Signatures on Certificates
. Every share certificate shall be signed, in the name
of the Company, by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice
President and countersigned, in the name of the Company, by the Corporate Secretary, an Assistant
Secretary, the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer and shall be sealed with the Companys corporate
seal. Such signatures and seal may be facsimile, engraved or printed. The Board of Directors may
appoint one or more transfer agents or transfer clerks and one or more registrars and may require
any or all certificates representing shares of stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of
them. Where a certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant or co-transfer agent,
(b) by a transfer clerk or (c) by a registrar or co-registrar, the signature thereon of any
authorized signatory may be facsimile. Where a certificate is signed by a registrar or
co-registrar, the signature of any transfer agent or assistant or co-transfer agent thereon may be
by facsimile signature of the authorized signatory of such transfer agent or assistant or
co-transfer agent. In case any officer or officers of the Company who have signed, or whose
facsimile, engraved or printed signature or signatures have been used on, any such certificate or
certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers, whether because of death, resignation or
otherwise, before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Company, such
certificate or certificates may, nevertheless, be issued and delivered as though the person or
persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile, engraved or printed
signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the
Company.
Section 3. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates; Issuance of New Certificates
. In case of
loss, theft or destruction of any certificate representing shares of stock or other securities of
the Company, another may be issued, or uncertificated shares may be issued, in its place upon
satisfactory proof of such loss, theft or destruction and upon the giving of a satisfactory bond of
indemnity to the Company and to the transfer agents, transfer clerks and registrars, if any, of
such stock or other securities, as the case may be.
Section 4. Transfer of Shares
. Subject to valid transfer restrictions and stop-transfer
orders, upon surrender to the Company, or a transfer agent, transfer clerk or registrar of the
Company, of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of
succession, assignment or authority to transfer, the Company may issue a new certificate or new
equivalent uncertificated shares, as the case may be, or in the case of uncertificated shares, upon
request, a certificate representing, or other evidence of, such new equivalent uncertificated
shares, to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon
its books. Upon receipt of proper transfer instructions from the holder of uncertificated shares,
the Company shall cancel such uncertificated shares and issue new equivalent uncertificated shares,
or, upon such holders request, a certificate representing, or other evidence of, such new
equivalent uncertificated shares, to the person entitled thereto, and record the transaction upon
its books. In no event shall a transfer of shares affect the right of the Company to pay any
dividend upon the stock to the holder of record thereof for all purposes, and no transfer shall be
valid, except between the parties thereto, until such transfer shall have been made upon the books
of the Company.
Section 5. Registered Shareholders
. The Company and its transfer agents, transfer clerks and
registrars, if any, shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares as the
holder in fact thereof and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claims to, or
interest in, such shares on the part of any other person and shall not be liable for any
registration or transfer of shares which are registered, or to be registered, in the name of a
fiduciary or the nominee of a fiduciary unless made with actual knowledge that a fiduciary, or
nominee of a fiduciary, is committing a breach of trust in requesting such registration or
transfer, or with knowledge of such facts that its participation therein amounts to bad faith.
ARTICLE X.
The fiscal year of the Company shall end on the Friday nearest June 30 unless and until the
Board of Directors shall otherwise determine.
ARTICLE XI.
These By-Laws may be made or altered in any respect in whole or in part by the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon at any annual or special
meeting of the shareholders, if notice of the proposed alteration or change to be made is properly
brought before the meeting under these By-Laws. The By-Laws may also be made or altered in any
respect in whole or in part, by the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors then
comprising the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE XII.
Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and
exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (ii)
any action asserting a claim of breach of fiduciary duty owed by any director or officer or other
employee of the Company to the Company or the Companys shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a
claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company arising
pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or these By-Laws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), or (iv)
any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of
the Company governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be a state court located within the
State of Delaware (or, if no state court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the
federal district court for the District of Delaware).
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