BY-LAWS
OF
BAYHILL
CAPITAL CORPORATION, INC.
(a
Delaware corporation)
Adopted
May 12, 2008
ARTICLE
I
CORPORATE
OFFICES
SECTION
1.
Registered Office
.
The registered office of BayHIll Capital Corporation, Inc. (the “Corporation”)
shall be fixed in the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).
SECTION
2.
Other Offices
. The
Corporation may also have an office or offices, and keep the books and records
of the Corporation, except as may otherwise be required by law, at such other
place or places, either within or 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
II
STOCKHOLDERS
SECTION
1.
Annual Meetings
. The
annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and for the
transaction of such other business as may be properly brought before the meeting
shall be held each year at such date and time, within or without the State of
Delaware, as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer or the President shall determine. Any previously scheduled
annual meeting of the stockholders may be postponed by resolution of the Board
of Directors upon public announcement made on or prior to the date previously
scheduled for such annual meeting of stockholders.
SECTION
2.
Business to be
Conducted at Annual Meeting
. To be properly brought before an
annual meeting, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or
any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of 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 of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at
the time of giving of notice provided for in this section, who is entitled to
vote at the meeting and complies with the notice procedures set forth in this
section. For business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder, if such business is related to the election of directors of the
Corporation, the procedures in Article II, Section 3 of these By-laws must
be complied with. If such business relates to any other matter, the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the
Corporation.
To be
timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to or mailed to and received
at the principal office of the Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than
90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting;
provided
that in the
event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or
delayed by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day
prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of (i) the 60th day prior to such annual meeting, or (ii) the 10th day
following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is
first made. Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth in writing as to each
matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (i) a
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any
material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (ii) as to the
stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the proposal is made, (A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they
appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such beneficial owner and (B) the
class and number of shares of the Corporation which are owned beneficially
and of
record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner. Notwithstanding anything
in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
section.
The
chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to
the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in
accordance with the provisions of this section, and if he should so determine,
the chairman shall declare to the meeting that any such business not properly
brought before the meeting shall not be transacted. In addition to the
provisions of this section, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set
forth herein. Nothing in these By-laws shall be deemed to affect any rights of
stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. For purposes of this
section, “public announcement” has the meaning set forth in Article III,
Section 3(c) of these By-laws.
SECTION
3.
Special Meetings
.
Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation,
special meetings of stockholders for the transaction of such business as may
properly come before the meeting may be called by the Chairman of the Board, the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors and shall be
held at such date and time, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be
specified by such order. The Chief Executive Officer or the President shall call
a special meeting of the stockholders if the Corporation receives one or more
written demands for the meeting, stating the purpose or purposes for which it is
to be held, signed and dated by holders of shares representing at least ten
percent of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be
considered at the meeting. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place,
the meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation.
Any previously scheduled special meeting of the stockholders may be postponed by
resolution of the Board of Directors upon public announcement made on or prior
to the date previously scheduled for such annual meeting of
stockholders.
SECTION
4.
Notice of Meetings
.
Written notice of all meetings of the stockholders shall be mailed or delivered
to each stockholder not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting.
Notice of any special meeting shall state in general terms the purpose or
purposes for which the meeting is to be held.
If
requested by the person or persons lawfully calling such meeting, the secretary
shall give notice thereof at corporate expense. No notice need be sent to any
stockholder if three successive notices mailed to the last known address of such
stockholder have been returned as undeliverable until such time as another
address for such stockholder is made known to the Corporation by such
stockholder. In order to be entitled to receive notice of any meeting, a
stockholder shall advise the Corporation in writing of any change in such
stockholder’s mailing address as shown on the Corporation’s books and
records.
When a
meeting is adjourned to another date, time or place, notice need not be given of
the new date, time or place if the new date, time or place of such meeting is
announced before adjournment at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken.
At the adjourned meeting the Corporation may transact any business which may
have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more
than 120 days, or if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a new
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting as of the new record date.
A
stockholder may waive notice of a meeting before or after the time and date of
the meeting by a writing signed by such stockholder. Such waiver
shall be delivered to the Corporation for filing with the corporate records.
Further, by attending a meeting either in person or by proxy, a stockholder
waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting unless the
stockholder objects at the beginning of the meeting to the holding of the
meeting or the transaction of business at the meeting because of lack of notice
or defective notice. By attending the meeting, the stockholder also waives any
objection to consideration at the meeting of a particular matter not within the
purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice unless the stockholder
objects to considering the matter when it is presented.
SECTION
5.
Stockholder Lists
.
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare
and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list
of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical
order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number
of shares
registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing in these by-laws shall
require the corporation to provide electronic mail addresses or other electronic
mail information as a part of such list. Such list shall be open to
the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, for
a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, (i) on a reasonably
accessible electronic network, provided that information required to gain access
to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary
business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the
event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an
electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that
such information is available only to stockholders of the
Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a physical location,
then the list shall also be produced and kept at the meeting location, for the
duration of the meeting, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is
present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means or remote
communication, then the list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder
during the duration of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic
network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with
the notice of the meeting. The stock ledger shall be the only
evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger,
the list required by this section or the books of the Corporation, or to vote in
person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
SECTION
6.
Recognition Procedure for
Beneficial Owners
. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a
procedure whereby a stockholder of the Corporation may certify in writing to the
Corporation that all or a portion of the shares registered in the name of such
stockholder are held for the account of a specified person or
persons. The resolution may set forth (i) the types of nominees to
which it applies, (ii) the rights or privileges that the Corporation will
recognize in a beneficial owner, which may include rights and privileges other
than voting, (iii) the form of certification and the information to be contained
therein, (iv) if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time
within which the certification must be received by the Corporation, (v) the
period for which the nominee’s use of the procedure is effective, and (vi) such
other provisions with respect to the procedure as the Board of Directors deems
necessary or desirable. Upon receipt by the Corporation of a
certificate complying with the procedure established by the Board of Directors,
the persons specified in the certification shall be deemed, for the purpose or
purposes set forth in the certification, to be the registered holders of the
number of shares specified in place of the stockholder making the
certification.
SECTION
7.
Quorum
. Except as
otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting of stockholders shall consist of the
holders of record of one-half of the issued and outstanding shares of the
capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting, present in
person or by proxy. At all meetings of the stockholders at which a quorum is
present, all matters, except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, shall be decided by the vote of the holders of a majority of the
shares entitled to vote thereat present in person or by proxy. If there be no
such quorum, the holders of a majority of such shares so present or represented
or, if no stockholders are present, any officer entitled to preside at or act as
secretary of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
further notice, until a quorum shall have been obtained. When a quorum is once
present, it is not broken by the subsequent withdrawal of any
stockholder.
SECTION
8.
Organization
.
Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by the Chairman, if any, or if
none or in the Chairman’s absence, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or if
none or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence, the President, if any, or if
none or in the President’s absence, a Vice President, or if none of the
foregoing is present, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders entitled to
vote who are present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The Secretary of the
Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an Assistant Secretary, shall act as
secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant
Secretary is present, the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any
person present to act as secretary of the meeting. The Board of Directors may
adopt before a meeting such rules for the conduct of the meeting, including an
agenda and limitations on the number of speakers and the time which any speaker
may address the meeting, as the Board of Directors determines to be necessary or
appropriate for the orderly and efficient conduct of the meeting. Subject to any
rules for the conduct of the meeting adopted by the Board of Directors, the
person presiding at the meeting may also adopt, before or at the meeting, rules
for the conduct of the meeting.
SECTION
9.
Voting; Action Without a
Meeting; Proxies; Required Vote
.
(a) At
each meeting of stockholders, stockholders entitled to vote may vote
in person or by proxy
appointed by instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or by such
stockholder’s duly authorized attorney-in-fact, and, unless the Certificate of
Incorporation provides otherwise, shall have one vote for each share
of stock
entitled to vote registered in the name of such stockholder on the books of the
Corporation on the applicable record date fixed pursuant to these By-laws. At
all elections of directors taken at any meeting of stockholders (at which a
quorum was present to organize the meeting) the voting may, but need not, be by
ballot. Each record holder of stock shall be entitled to vote in the
election of directors. Cumulative voting shall not be allowed in the
election of directors. At each election of directors, that number of
candidates equaling the number of directors to be elected, having the highest
number of votes cast in favor of their election, shall be elected to the Board
of Directors. Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of
Incorporation, any other action shall be authorized by a majority of the votes
cast at such meeting, whether or not a quorum is present when the vote is
taken.
(b)
Except as any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “General
Corporation Law”) may otherwise require, any action required by the General
Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, or
any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders,
may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a
consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the
holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes
that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which
all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. A telegram,
cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken
and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons
authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be
written, signed and dated for the purposes of this section, provided that any
such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is
delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine that the
telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the
stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the
stockholder or proxyholder and the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder
or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or
electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram
or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on
which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram,
cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been
delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper
shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its principal place of
business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in
which the proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded, to the extent
and in the manner provided by resolution of the board of directors of the
Corporation. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable
reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the
original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could
be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a
complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice
of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous
written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in
writing. Action taken pursuant to this paragraph shall be subject to
the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law.
(c) Every
person entitled to vote for directors, or on any other matter, shall have the
right to do so either in person or by one or more agents authorized by a written
proxy, which may be in the form of a telegram, cablegram or other means of
electronic transmission, signed by the person and filed with the Secretary of
the Corporation, 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 proxy shall be deemed signed if the stockholder’s name is placed
on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic transmission
or otherwise) by the stockholder or the stockholder’s attorney-in-fact. A
duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and
if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to
support an irrevocable power. A stockholder may revoke any proxy which is
not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an
instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed
proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary of the Corporation. A proxy is not
revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is
counted, written notice of such death or incapacity is received by the
Corporation.
SECTION
10.
Corporation’s Acceptance
of Votes
. If the name signed on a vote, consent, waiver, proxy
appointment, or proxy appointment revocation corresponds to the name of a
stockholder, the Corporation, if acting in good faith, is entitled to accept the
vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation and
give it effect as the act of the stockholder. If the name signed on a vote,
consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation does not
correspond to the name of a stockholder, the Corporation, if acting in good
faith, is nevertheless entitled to accept the vote, consent, waiver, proxy
appointment or proxy appointment revocation and to give it effect as the act of
the stockholder if:
(i) the
stockholder is an entity and the name signed purports to be that of an officer
or agent of the entity;
(ii) the
name signed purports to be that of an administrator, executor, guardian or
conservator representing the stockholder and, if the Corporation requests,
evidence of fiduciary status acceptable to the Corporation has been presented
with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy
appointment revocation;
(iii) the
name signed purports to be that of a receiver or trustee in bankruptcy of the
stockholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence of this status acceptable
to the Corporation has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver,
proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation;
(iv) the
name signed purports to be that of a pledgee, beneficial owner or
attorney-in-fact of the stockholder and, if the Corporation requests, evidence
acceptable to the Corporation of the signatory’s authority to sign for the
stockholder has been presented with respect to the vote, consent, waiver, proxy
appointment of proxy appointment revocation;
(v) two
or more persons are the stockholder as co-tenants or fiduciaries and the name
signed purports to be the name of at least one of the co-tenants or fiduciaries,
and the person signing appears to be acting on behalf of all the co-tenants or
fiduciaries; or
(vi) the
acceptance of the vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment
revocation is otherwise proper under rules established by the Corporation that
are not inconsistent with this Section 9.
The
Corporation is entitled to reject a vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or
proxy appointment revocation if the secretary or other officer or agent
authorized to tabulate votes, acting in good faith, has reasonable basis for
doubt about the validity of the signature on it or about the signatory’s
authority to sign for the stockholder.
Neither
the Corporation nor its officers nor any agent who accepts or rejects a vote,
consent, waiver, proxy appointment or proxy appointment revocation in good faith
and in accordance with the standards of this Section is liable in damages for
the consequences of the acceptance or rejection.
SECTION
11.
Meetings by Remote
Communications
. The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion,
determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may
instead be held solely by means of remote communication in accordance with
Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law. If authorized by the
Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and
procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders
not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote
communication (a) participate in a meeting of stockholders and (b) be
deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders whether such
meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote
communication, provided that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable
measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the
meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder;
(ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such
stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the
meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an
opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially
concurrently with such proceedings; and (iii) if any stockholder or
proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote
communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the
Corporation.
Any or
all of the stockholders may participate in an annual or special stockholders’
meeting by, or the meeting may be conducted through the use of, any means of
communication by which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each
other during the meeting. A stockholder participating in a meeting by
this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
SECTION
12.
Inspectors
. The
Board of Directors, in advance of any meeting, shall appoint one or more
inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof and make
a written report thereof. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to
act. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to
appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by
appointment
made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person
presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of
his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties
of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best
of his ability. The inspectors shall determine the number of shares of stock
outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the
meeting, the existence of a quorum, and the validity and effect of proxies, and
shall receive votes, ballots or consents, hear and determine all challenges and
questions arising in connection with the right to vote and retain for a
reasonable period of time a record of the disposition of any challenges made to
any determination by the inspectors, count and tabulate all votes, ballots or
consents, determine the result, certify their determination of the number of
shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots, and
do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all
stockholders.
The date
and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which
the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting. No
ballot, proxies or votes, nor any revocations thereof or changes thereto, shall
be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls, except as
otherwise required by law.
In
determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots, the inspectors
shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with
those proxies, any information accompanying an electronically transmitted ballot
that establishes that the electronic transmission was authorized by a
stockholder of record or proxy holder or any information submitted with a
telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission or a proxy to the proxy
holder or a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service or similar agent (and
the inspectors shall specify the information on which they relied in determining
such validity), or any information provided pursuant to the reasonable
procedures established by the Corporation to verify that participants, if any,
present by means of remote communications are stockholders or proxyholders, or
(iii) of this title, ballots and the regular books and records of the
corporation, except that the inspectors may consider other reliable information
for the limited purpose of reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on
behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or similar persons which represent more
votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record owner to cast or
more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors
consider other reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein,
the inspectors at the time they make their certification shall specify the
precise information considered by them including the person or persons from whom
they obtained the information, when the information was obtained, the means by
which the information was obtained and the basis for the inspectors' belief that
such information is accurate and reliable.
ARTICLE
III
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
SECTION
1.
General Powers
. The
business, property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under
the direction of, the Board of Directors.
SECTION
2.
Qualification; Number;
Term; Remuneration
.
(a) Each
director shall be at least 18 years of age. A director need not be a
stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of
Delaware. The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time by action of
the Board of Directors, provided that the number of directors shall not be
reduced at any time so as to shorten the term of any director at the time in
office. The Board of Directors may also choose, from among themselves, a
Chairman of the Board,
A
majority of the Board of Directors must be non-employee directors. The use of
the phrase “entire Board” herein refers to the total number of directors which
the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies.
(b)
Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors
who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created
directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders
and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier
resignation or removal.
(c)
Directors may be reimbursed or paid in advance their expenses, if any, of
attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum
for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors
and/or a
stated salary as director. No such payment shall preclude any director from
serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like
compensation for attending committee meetings and for serving on
committees.
SECTION
3.
Nominations
.
(a)
Subject to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, only persons who are
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this section shall be
eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons
for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation may be made at any
annual meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of the Board of Directors
or by any stockholder of the Corporation entitled to vote for the election of
directors at the meeting who was a stockholder of record at the time of giving
of notice provided for in this section and who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this section. Any nomination by a stockholder shall be
made pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation.
To be timely notice for an annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of
the preceding year’s annual meeting;
provided
that in the event
that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days or delayed
by more than 60 days from such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be
timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 90th day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the 60th
day prior to such annual meeting, or (ii) the 10th day following the day on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing sentence to the contrary, and subject
to the provisions of Section 2, in the event that the number of directors
to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and
there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or
specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the Corporation
at least 70 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual
meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this section shall also be
considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions
created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of
business on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is
first made by the Corporation (which public announcement shall in no event be
made less than 10 days prior to the then current year’s annual meeting). Such
stockholder’s notice shall set forth in writing, (i) as to each person whom
the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director
and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (A) the name, age, business
address and residence address of each such person, (B) the principal
occupation or employment of each such person, (C) the class and number of
shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by
each such person and (D) any other information relating to each such person
that is required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies
for election of directors, or as otherwise required, in each case pursuant to
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act or any successor provision thereto
(including, without limitation, such nominee’s written consent to being named in
a proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if
elected).
(b)
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation
may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be
elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the Board of
Directors has determined that directors shall be elected at such special
meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at
the time of giving of notice provided for in this section, who shall be entitled
to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in
this section. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of
stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board of
Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the case
may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporation’s
notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than
the 90th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of (i) the 60th day prior to such special meeting, or
(ii) the 10th day following the day on which public announcement is
first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by
the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. At the request of the
Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election
as a director shall furnish to the Secretary of the Corporation that information
required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination which pertains
to the nominee.
(c) The
chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to
the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures
prescribed by these By-laws and in that event the defective nomination shall be
disregarded. In addition to the provisions of this section, a stockholder shall
also
comply
with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein. For
purposes of this section, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable
national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act.
SECTION
4.
Quorum and Manner of
Voting
. Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the entire
Board shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the directors present, whether or
not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting from time to time to another time
and place without notice. The vote of the majority of the directors present at a
meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
5.
Places of Meetings
.
Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without
the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by resolution of the
Board of Directors, or as may be specified in the notice of
meeting.
SECTION
6.
Annual Meeting
.
Following the annual meeting of stockholders, the newly elected Board of
Directors shall meet for the purpose of the election of officers and the
transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Such
meeting may be held without notice immediately after the annual meeting of
stockholders at the same place at which such stockholders’ meeting is
held.
SECTION
7.
Regular Meetings
.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and
places as the Board of Directors shall from time to time by resolution
determine. Notice need not be given of regular meetings of the Board of
Directors held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
8.
Special Meetings
.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the
Chairman of the Board, President, or any two of the directors then in office.
Notice of the place, date and time of each special meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be given to each director by mailing the same at least two days
before the special meeting, or by telegraphing, telecopying or telephoning the
same or by delivering the same personally or by electronic transmission not
later than the day before the day of the special meeting.
A
director may waive notice of a meeting before or after the time and date of the
meeting by a writing signed by such director. Such waiver shall be delivered to
the Corporation for filing with the corporate records. Further, a director’s
attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any required notice to him of
the meeting unless at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his later
arrival, the director objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at
the meeting because of lack of notice or defective notice and does not
thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Neither
the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special
meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of
notice of such meeting.
SECTION
9.
Participation in Meetings
by Conference Telephone
. Members of the Board of Directors, or of any
committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors or
committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and
such participation shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
SECTION
10.
Organization
. At
all meetings of the Board of Directors, the Chairman, if any, or if none or in
the Chairman’s absence, the Chief Executive Officer, if any, or in the Chief
Executive Officer’s absence, the President, if any, or in the President’s
absence, any Vice President who is a member of the Board of Directors, or in
such Vice President’s absence, a chairman chosen by the directors, shall
preside. The Secretary of the Corporation, or in the Secretary’s absence an
Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of
Directors, but if neither the Secretary nor an Assistant Secretary is present,
the presiding officer of the meeting shall appoint any person present to act as
secretary of the meeting.
SECTION
11.
Resignation
. Any
director may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation and such
resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the Chief Executive
Officer, President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified in the
resignation.
SECTION
12.
Removal
.
(a) A
director may be removed from office for cause by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote in an
election of directors. For purposes of this Section 12, “cause” shall mean,
with respect to any director, (i) the willful failure by such director to
perform, or the gross negligence of such director in performing, the duties of a
director, (ii) the engaging by such director in willful or serious
misconduct that is injurious to the Corporation or (iii) the conviction of
such director of, or the entering by such director of a plea of
nolo contendere
to, a crime
that constitutes a felony.
(b)
Except to the extent otherwise provided in the General Corporation Law, any
director may be removed from office without cause by the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least 75% of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote in
an election of directors.
SECTION
13.
Vacancies
. Any
director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Corporation.
Such resignation shall take effect at the time the notice is received by the
Corporation unless the notice specifies a later effective date. Unless otherwise
specified in the notice of resignation, the Corporation’s acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy on the
Board of Directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
stockholders or the Board of Directors. If the directors remaining in office
constitute fewer than a quorum of the board of directors, the directors may fill
the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining
in office. If elected by the directors, the director shall hold office until the
next annual stockholders’ meeting at which directors are elected. If elected by
the stockholder, the director shall hold office for the unexpired term of his
predecessor in office; except that, if the director’s predecessor was elected by
the directors to fill a vacancy, the director elected by the stockholders shall
hold office for the unexpired term of the last predecessor elected by the
stockholders.
SECTION
14.
Action by Written
Consent
. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all the directors
consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or
writings and copies or transcripts of the electronic transmission or
transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of
Directors; provided that such filing may be maintained in electronic form if the
records of all meeting minutes are so maintained.
SECTION
15.
Compensation
. By
resolution of the Board of Directors, any director may be paid any one or more
of the following: his expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings, a fixed sum
for attendance at each meeting, a stated salary as director, or such other
compensation as the Board of Directors and the director may reasonably agree
upon. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
ARTICLE
IV
COMMITTEES
SECTION
1.
Appointment
. It is
the intent of the Board of Directors to conduct the affairs of the Corporation;
provided, however, that from time to time the Board of Directors by a resolution
adopted by a majority of the entire Board may appoint any committee or
committees for any purpose or purposes, to the extent lawful, which shall have
such powers as shall be determined and specified by the Board of Directors in
the resolution of appointment; provided, however, that no committee shall be
granted all of the authority and power to act in substitution of the Board of
Directors; and provided, further, that no committee shall have power or
authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving,
adopting or recommending to the stockholders any action or matter (other than
the election or removal of directors) expressly required by statute to be
submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing
any portion of these By-laws. The Board of Directors shall appoint
the chairperson of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee.
SECTION
2.
Procedures, Quorum and
Manner of Acting
. Each committee shall fix its own rules of procedure,
and shall meet where and as provided by such rules or by resolution of the Board
of Directors; provided, however, that the Audit Committee and Compensation
Committee shall conduct their respective affairs consistent with applicable
laws, regulations and listing standards of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, and shall have those powers specified in the charters of
such committees as adopted by the Board of Directors. Except as otherwise
provided by law, the presence of a majority of the then appointed members of a
committee shall constitute
a quorum
for the transaction of business by that committee, and in every case where a
quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the
committee present shall be the act of the committee. Each committee shall keep
minutes of its proceedings, and actions taken by a committee shall be reported
to the Board of Directors.
SECTION
3.
Action by Written
Consent
. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
any committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting if all
the members of the committee consent thereto in writing or by electronic
transmission, and the writing or writings and copies or transcripts of the
electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the committee; provided that such filing may be maintained in
electronic form if the records of all meeting minutes are so
maintained.
SECTION
4.
Term; Termination
.
In the event any person shall cease to be a director of the Corporation, such
person shall simultaneously therewith cease to be a member of any committee
appointed by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
V
OFFICERS
SECTION
1.
Election and
Qualifications
. The Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the
Corporation, which shall include a Chief Executive Officer and a Secretary, and
may include, by election or appointment, a President, one or more Vice
Presidents (any one or more of whom may be given an additional designation of
rank or function), a Treasurer and such Assistant Secretaries, such Assistant
Treasurers and such other officers as the Board may from time to time deem
proper. The Board may delegate to any such executive officer or to any committee
the power to appoint and define the powers and duties of any subordinate
officers, agents or employees. Each officer shall have such powers and duties as
may be prescribed by these By-laws and as may be assigned by the Board of
Directors or the Chief Executive Officer.
SECTION
2.
Term of Office and
Remuneration
. The executive officers shall be elected annually and shall
hold office until the next annual meeting and until their respective successors
have been elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed from office,
either with or without cause, at any time by the Board of Directors. Any vacancy
in any office arising from any cause may be filled for the unexpired portion of
the term by the Board of Directors. The remuneration of all officers of the
Corporation may be fixed by the Board of Directors or in such manner as the
Board of Directors shall provide.
SECTION
3.
Resignation;
Removal
. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the
Corporation and such resignation shall take effect upon receipt thereof by the
Chief Executive Officer, the President or Secretary, unless otherwise specified
in the resignation. Any officer shall be subject to removal, with or without
cause, at any time by vote of a majority of the entire Board, and any officer
appointed by an executive officer or by a committee may be removed either with
or without cause by the officer or committee who appointed him or by the
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President.
SECTION
4.
Chairman of the
Board
. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, if there be one, shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have such other
powers and duties as may be provided by the By-laws or from time to time be
assigned by the Board of Directors. Unless approved by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be a different person
than the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.
SECTION
5.
Chief Executive Officer
and/or President
. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general
management and supervision of the property, business and affairs of the
Corporation and over its other officers and its employees and agents; may
appoint and remove assistant officers and other agents and employees, other than
any officer elected by the Board of Directors; and may execute and deliver in
the name and on the behalf of the Corporation powers of attorney, contracts,
bonds and other obligations and instruments. The Chief Executive Officer may
execute and deliver in the name and on the behalf of the Corporation powers of
attorney, contracts, bonds and other obligations and instruments, and shall have
such other powers and authority as from time to time may be assigned by the
Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may separately establish the office
of the President, in
which
case the President shall have the duties to execute and deliver in the name and
on behalf of the Corporation, powers of attorney, contracts, bonds and other
obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the duties of
said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time may be
assigned by the Board of Directors.
SECTION
6.
Vice President
. A
Vice President may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation contracts
and other obligations and instruments pertaining to the regular course of the
duties of said office, and shall have such other authority as from time to time
may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
Officer.
SECTION
7.
Treasurer
. The
Treasurer shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Treasurer
and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer.
SECTION
8.
Secretary
. The
Secretary shall in general have all duties incident to the position of Secretary
and such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors or the Chief
Executive Officer.
SECTION
9.
Assistant Officers
.
Any assistant officer shall have such powers and duties of the officer such
assistant officer assists as such officer or the Board of Directors shall from
time to time prescribe.
SECTION
10.
Action with Respect to
Securities of Other Corporations
. The Chief Executive Officer or any
other officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors or the
Chief Executive Officer is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf
of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other
corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Corporation. The
authority herein granted may be exercised either by such person directly or by
any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed
by the person having such authority.
ARTICLE
VI
EXCULPATION
AND INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
SECTION
1.
Indemnification
. For
purposes of Article VI, a “Proper Person” means any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the Corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer,
partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any foreign or domestic profit
or nonprofit corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, profit or
nonprofit unincorporated association, limited liability company, or other
enterprise or employee benefit plan. The Corporation shall indemnify any Proper
Person against reasonably incurred expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
judgments, penalties, fines (including any excise tax assessed with respect to
an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement reasonably incurred by
him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if it is determined by
the groups set forth in Section 4 of this Article VI that he conducted himself
in good faith and that he reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his
official capacity with the Corporation, that his conduct was in the
Corporation’s best interests, or (ii) in all other cases (except criminal
cases), that his conduct was at least not opposed to the Corporation’s best
interests, or (ii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, that he had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A Proper Person
will be deemed to be acting in his official capacity while acting as a director,
officer, employee or agent on behalf of this Corporation and not while acting on
this Corporation’s behalf for some other entity.
No
indemnification shall be made under this Article VI to a Proper Person with
respect to any claim, issue or matter in connection with a proceeding by or in
the right of a corporation in which the Proper Person was adjudged liable to the
Corporation or in connection with any proceeding charging that the Proper Person
derived an improper personal benefit, whether or not involving action in an
official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that he derived
an improper personal benefit. Further, indemnification under this Section in
connection with a proceeding brought by or in the right of the Corporation shall
be limited to reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
SECTION
2.
Right to
Indemnification
. The Corporation shall indemnify any Proper Person who
was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defense of any action,
suit, or proceeding as to which he was entitled to indemnification under Section
1 of this Article VI against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) reasonably
\
incurred
by him in connection with the proceeding without the necessity of any action by
the corporation other than the determination in good faith that the defense has
been wholly successful.
SECTION
3.
Effect of Termination of
Action
. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,
order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the person seeking
indemnification did not meet the standards of conduct described in Section 1 of
this Article VI. Entry of a judgment by consent as part of a settlement shall
not be deemed an adjudication of liability, as described in Section 2 of this
Article VI.
SECTION
4.
Groups Authorized to Make
Indemnification Determination
. Except where there is a right to
indemnification as set forth in Sections 1 or 2 of this Article VI or where
indemnification is ordered by a court in Section 5 of this Article VI, any
indemnification shall be made by the Corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon a determination by a proper group that indemnification of the
Proper Person is permissible under the circumstances because he has met the
applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 1 of this Article VI. This
determination shall be made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, which quorum shall
consist of directors not parties to the proceeding (“Quorum”). If a Quorum
cannot be obtained, the determination shall be made by a majority vote of a
committee of the Board of Directors designated by the Board, which committee
shall consist of two or more directors not parties to the proceeding, except
that directors who are parties to the proceeding may participate in the
designation of directors for the committee. If a Quorum of the Board of
Directors cannot be obtained and the committee cannot be established, or even if
a Quorum is obtained or the committee is designated and a majority of the
directors constituting such Quorum or committee so directs, the determination
shall be made by (i) independent legal counsel selected by a vote of the Board
of Directors or the committee in the manner specified in this Section 4 or, if a
Quorum of the full Board of Directors cannot be obtained and a committee cannot
be established, by independent legal counsel selected by a majority vote of the
full Board of Directors (including directors who are parties to the action) or
(ii) a vote of the stockholders.
SECTION
5.
Court-Ordered
Indemnification
. Any Proper Person may apply for indemnification to the
court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction
for mandatory indemnification under Section 2 of this Article VI, including
indemnification for reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered
indemnification. If the court determines that such Proper Person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant
circumstances, whether or not he met the standards of conduct set forth in
Section 1 of this Article VI or was adjudged liable in the proceeding, the court
may order such indemnification as the court deems proper except that if the
Proper Person has been adjudged liable, indemnification shall be limited to
reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding and reasonable
expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification.
SECTION
6.
Advance of Expenses
.
Reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending an action,
suit or proceeding as described in Section 1 of this Article VI may be paid by
the Corporation to any Proper Person in advance of the final disposition of such
action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of (i) a written affirmation of such
Proper Person’s good faith belief that he has met the standards of conduct
prescribed by Section 1 of this Article VI, (ii) a written undertaking, executed
personally or on the Proper Person’s behalf, to repay such advances if it is
ultimately determined that he did not meet the prescribed standards of conduct
(the undertaking shall be an unlimited general obligation of the Proper Person
but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial
ability to make repayment), and (iii) a determination is made by the proper
group (as described in Section 4 of this Article VI) that the facts as then
known to the group would not preclude indemnification. Determination and
authorization of payments shall be made in the same manner specified in Section
4 of this Article VI.
SECTION
7.
Witness Expenses
.
The sections of this Article VI do not limit the Corporation’s authority to pay
or reimburse expenses incurred by a director in connection with an appearance as
a witness in a proceeding at a time when he has not been made a named defendant
or respondent in the proceeding.
SECTION
8.
Report to
Stockholders
. Any indemnification of or advance of expenses to a director
in accordance with this Article VI, if arising out of a proceeding by or on
behalf of the Corporation, shall be reported in writing to the stockholders with
or before the notice of the next stockholders’ meeting. If the next stockholder
action
is taken
without a meeting at the instigation of the Board of Directors, such notice
shall be given to the stockholders at or before the time the first stockholder
signs a writing consenting to such action.
SECTION
9.
Insurance
. By action
of the Board of Directors, notwithstanding any interest of the Directors in the
action, the Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance, in such scope and
amounts as the Board of Directors deems appropriate, on behalf of any person who
is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the Corporation,
or who, while a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the
Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any other foreign or
domestic corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, profit or
nonprofit unincorporated association, limited liability company or other
enterprise or employee benefit plan, against any liability asserted against, or
incurred by, him in that capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether
or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such
liability under the provisions of Article VI or applicable law. Any such
insurance may be procured from any insurance company designated by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation, whether such insurance company is formed under the
laws of Colorado or any other jurisdiction of the United States or elsewhere,
including any insurance company in which the Corporation has an equity interest
or any other interest, through stock ownership or otherwise.
ARTICLE
VII
BOOKS AND
RECORDS
SECTION
1.
Location
. The books
and records of the Corporation may be kept at such place or places within or
without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors or the respective
officers in charge thereof may from time to time determine. The record books
containing the names and addresses of all stockholders, the number of shares of
stock held by each and the dates when they respectively became the owners of
record thereof shall be kept by the Secretary as prescribed in these By-laws and
by such officer or agent as shall be designated by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION
2.
Reliance Upon Books,
Reports and Records
. Each director, each member of any committee
designated by the Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall,
in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good
faith upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation and upon
such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation
by any of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors so
designated, or by any other person as to matters which such director or
committee member reasonably believes are within such other person’s professional
or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on
behalf of the Corporation.
SECTION
3.
Addresses of
Stockholders
. Notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be
delivered personally or mailed to each stockholder at the stockholder’s address
as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
SECTION
4.
Fixing Date for
Determination of Stockholders of Record
.
(a) In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of
or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board
of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days
before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of
Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or
to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the
day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at
the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is
held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote
at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however
, that
the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned
meeting.
(b) In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive
payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the
stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action,
the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not
precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and
which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no
record date is fixed, the
record
date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of
business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution
relating thereto.
ARTICLE
VIII
CERTIFICATES
REPRESENTING STOCK
SECTION
1.
Certificates;
Signatures
. The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by
certificates, provided that the Board of Directors of the Corporation may
provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of its stock shall be
uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented
by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.
Notwithstanding the adoption of such a resolution by the Board of Directors,
every holder of stock represented by certificates and, upon request, every
holder of uncertificated shares shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed
by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the
Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer
or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary of the Corporation, representing the
number of shares registered in certificate form. Any and all signatures on any
such certificate may be facsimiles. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the
same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date
of issue. The name of the holder of record of the shares represented thereby,
with the number of such shares and the date of issue, shall be entered on the
books of the Corporation.
SECTION
2.
Transfers of Stock
.
Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of
transfer of shares of stock, if any, shares of capital stock shall be
transferable on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record
thereof in person, or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender and
cancellation of certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed, and
the payment of all taxes due thereon.
SECTION
3.
Fractional Shares
.
The Corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue certificates for
fractions of a share where necessary to effect authorized transactions, or the
Corporation may pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the
time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or it may
issue scrip in registered or bearer form over the manual or facsimile signature
of an officer of the Corporation or of its agent, exchangeable as therein
provided for full shares, but such scrip shall not entitle the holder to any
rights of a stockholder except as therein provided.
The Board
of Directors shall have power and authority to make all such rules and
regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and
registration of certificates representing shares of the
Corporation.
SECTION
4.
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates
. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in
place of any certificate, theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, and the Board of Directors may require the owner of any
lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the
Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim
that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction
of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new
certificate.
ARTICLE
IX
DIVIDENDS
Subject
always to the provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board
of Directors shall have full power to determine whether any, and, if any, what
part of any, funds legally available for the payment of dividends shall be
declared as dividends and paid to stockholders; the division of the whole or any
part of such funds of the Corporation shall rest wholly within the lawful
discretion of the Board of Directors, and it shall not be required at any time,
against such discretion, to divide or pay any part of such funds among or to the
stockholders as dividends or otherwise; and 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, thinks 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 purposes as the Board of
Directors shall think
conducive
to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board of Directors may modify or
abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was
created.
ARTICLE
X
RATIFICATION
To the
fullest extent permitted by law, any transaction, including any transaction
questioned in any lawsuit on the ground of lack of authority, defective or
irregular execution, adverse interest of a director, officer or stockholder,
non-disclosure, miscomputation, or the application of improper principles or
practices of accounting, may be ratified, before or after judgment is rendered
in such lawsuit, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and if so
ratified shall have the same force and effect as if the transaction had been
originally duly authorized. Such ratification shall be binding upon the
Corporation and its stockholders and shall constitute a bar to any claim or
execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned
transaction.
ARTICLE
XI
CORPORATE
SEAL
The
corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation and the
year of its incorporation, and shall be in such form and contain such other
words and/or figures as the Board of Directors shall determine. The corporate
seal may be used by printing, engraving, lithographing, stamping or otherwise
making, placing or affixing, or causing to be printed, engraved, lithographed,
stamped or otherwise made, placed or affixed, upon any paper or document, by any
process whatsoever, an impression, facsimile or other reproduction of said
corporate seal.
ARTICLE
XII
FISCAL
YEAR
The
fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change,
by the Board of Directors. Unless otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors, the
fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the calendar year.
ARTICLE
XIII
WAIVER OF
NOTICE
Whenever
notice is required to be given by these By-laws or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person or
persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice.
ARTICLE
XIV
BANK
ACCOUNTS, DRAFTS, CONTRACTS, ETC.
SECTION
1.
Bank Accounts and
Drafts.
In addition to such bank accounts as may be authorized by the
Board of Directors, the primary financial officer or any person designated by
said primary financial officer, whether or not an employee of the Corporation,
may authorize such bank accounts to be opened or maintained in the name and on
behalf of the Corporation as such person may deem necessary or appropriate,
payments from such bank accounts to be made upon and according to the check of
the Corporation in accordance with the written instructions of said primary
financial officer, or other person so designated by such primary financial
officer.
SECTION
2.
Contracts.
The Board
of Directors may authorize any person or persons, in the name and on behalf of
the Corporation, to enter into or execute and deliver any and all deeds, bonds,
mortgages, contracts and other obligations or instruments, and such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances.
SECTION
3.
Proxies; Powers of
Attorney; Other Instruments.
The Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or
any other person designated by either of them shall have the power and authority
to execute and deliver proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments on
behalf of the Corporation in connection with the rights and powers incident to
the ownership of stock by the Corporation. The Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer or any other person authorized by proxy or power of attorney executed
and delivered by either of them on behalf of the Corporation may attend and vote
at any meeting of stockholders of any company in which the Corporation may hold
stock, and may exercise on behalf of the Corporation any and all of the rights
and powers incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or
otherwise as specified in the proxy or power of attorney so authorizing any such
person. The Board of Directors, from time to time, may confer like powers upon
any other person.
SECTION
4.
Financial Reports.
The Board of Directors may appoint the primary financial officer or other fiscal
officer or any other officer to cause to be prepared and furnished to
stockholders entitled thereto any special financial notice and/or financial
statement, as the case may be, which may be required by any provision of
law.
ARTICLE
XV
AMENDMENTS
Except as
provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or the provisions of this Article
XV or by law, the Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or
repeal By-laws for the Corporation. By-laws may also be adopted, amended or
repealed by the stockholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a
majority of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation then entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, except as may otherwise be provided by
the Certificate of Incorporation (including any provision concerning the voting
rights or powers of any class of series of preferred stock). By-laws adopted by
the Board of Directors may be repealed or changed, and new By-laws made, by the
stockholders, and the stockholders may prescribe that any By-law which may be
made by them shall not be altered, amended or repealed by the Board of
Directors.
Certificate of By-laws by
Secretary
The undersigned hereby certifies that
he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Secretary of BayHill Capital
Corporation (the “Company”) and the foregoing By-laws reflect the by-laws of the
Company adopted as of May 12, 2008.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
hereunto set his hand this __ day of May, 2008.
______________________________
Gary L. Cook, Secretary