Exhibit 3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws
United Parcel Service, Inc.
(a Delaware corporation)
November 6, 2008
May 6, 2010
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. |
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Offices |
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Section 1. |
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Registered Office |
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Section 2. |
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Other Offices |
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ARTICLE II. |
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Meetings of Stockholders |
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Section 1. |
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Meetings of Stockholders for Election of Directors |
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Section 2. |
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Other Meetings of Stockholders |
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Section 3. |
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Special Meetings |
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Section 4. |
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Notice of Meetings |
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Section 5. |
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List of Stockholders |
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Section 6. |
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Quorum |
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Section 7. |
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Organization |
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Section 8. |
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Business and Order of Business |
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Section 9. |
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Voting |
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Generally
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9.2
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Voting in Director Elections
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9.3
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Voting on Other Matters
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Section 10. |
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Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations |
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Annual Meeting |
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10.2 |
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Special Meetings |
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Share Ownership Requirement for Stockholder Business and Nominations |
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ARTICLE III. |
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Board of Directors |
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Section 1. |
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General Powers |
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Section 2. |
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Number, Qualifications, Election and Terms of Office |
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Section 3. |
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Quorum and Manner of Action |
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Section 4. |
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Place of Meeting, etc |
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Section 5. |
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RESERVED |
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Section 6. |
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Regular Meetings |
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Section 7. |
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Special Meetings; Notice |
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Section 8. |
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Organization |
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Section 9. |
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Order of Business |
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Section 10. |
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Resignations |
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Section 11. |
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Removal of Directors |
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Section 12. |
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Vacancies |
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Section 13. |
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Fees |
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ARTICLE IV. |
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Committees |
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Section 1. |
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How Constituted, Powers, Name |
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Section 2. |
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Term of Office and Vacancies |
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Section 3. |
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Organization |
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Section 4. |
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Resignations |
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Section 5. |
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Removal |
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Section 6. |
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Meetings |
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Section 7. |
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Quorum and Manner of Acting |
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Section 8. |
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Fees |
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ARTICLE V. |
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Officers |
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Section 1. |
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Numbers |
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Section 2. |
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Election, Term of Office and Qualifications |
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Section 3. |
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Subordinate Officers |
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Section 4. |
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Removal |
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Section 5. |
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Resignations |
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Section 6. |
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Vacancies |
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Section 7. |
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The Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Section 8. |
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The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Section 9. |
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The President |
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Section 10. |
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Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents |
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Section 11. |
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The Secretary |
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Section 12. |
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Assistant Secretaries |
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Section 13. |
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The Treasurer |
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Section 14. |
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Assistant Treasurers |
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Section 15. |
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RESERVED |
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Section 16. |
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Indemnification |
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ARTICLE VI. |
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Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, etc |
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Section 1. |
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Contracts, etc., How Executed |
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Section 2. |
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Loans |
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Section 3. |
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Checks, Drafts, etc |
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Section 4. |
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Deposits |
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Section 5. |
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General and Special Bank Accounts |
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Section 6. |
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Proxies |
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ARTICLE VII. |
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Shares and Their Transfer |
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Section 1. |
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Stock Certificates |
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Section 2. |
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Transfer of Shares |
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Section 3. |
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Addresses of Stockholders |
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Section 4. |
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Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates |
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Section 5. |
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Transfer Agent and Registrar; Regulations |
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Section 6. |
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Record Date |
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Section 7. |
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Examination of Books by Stockholders |
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Section 8. |
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Treasury Stock |
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Dividends, Surplus, etc |
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ARTICLE IX. |
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Seal |
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ARTICLE X. |
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Fiscal Year |
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ARTICLE XI. |
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Amendments |
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ARTICLE I.
Offices.
Section 1. Registered Office.
The registered office of United Parcel Service, Inc. (hereinafter called the Corporation), in
the State of Delaware, shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, or at such other
location within the State of Delaware as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
The Corporations registered agent in Delaware shall be Corporation Service Company, subject to
change by the Board of Directors which may by resolution appoint, or change, the Corporations
registered agent in Delaware in the manner and to the extent permitted by Delaware law.
Section 2. Other Offices.
The Corporation may also have an office or offices at such other place or places either within
or outside the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the
business of the Corporation requires.
ARTICLE II.
Meetings of Stockholders.
Section 1. Meetings of Stockholders for Election of Directors.
All meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors of the Corporation shall be
held at such date, time and place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be
designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors or any Committee constituted
pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws that has been given the power to do so.
Section 2. Other Meetings of Stockholders.
All other meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such date, time and place, within or
without the State of Delaware, as may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors or any
Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws that has been given the power to do
so.
Section 3. Special Meetings.
Subject to the rights of any series of Preferred Stock, a special meeting of the stockholders
for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise proscribed by statute, may be called at any time by
the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors or by a Committee constituted pursuant to
Article IV of these Bylaws that has been given the power to do so. The Board of Directors may
postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting.
Section 4. Notice of Meetings.
Except as otherwise required by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders, whether
annual or special, shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the day on
which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting by
delivering a written or printed notice thereof to him or her personally, or by mailing at least ten
days before the day on which such meeting is to be held, postage prepaid, to his or her address as
it appears on the records of the Corporation. Without limiting the manner by which notice
otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders may be given by
electronic transmission in the manner provided in Section 232 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the
purposes thereof except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws. A written waiver of any notice, signed by
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a stockholder, or waiver by electronic
transmission by such person, whether given before or after the time of the event for which notice
is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such person.
Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance
at any meeting shall constitute waiver of notice except when the person attends for the express
purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting because the meeting is not lawfully called or
convened. Notice of any adjourned meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given,
except where expressly required by law.
Section 5. List of Stockholders.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer who shall have charge of the stock
ledger either directly or through a Transfer Agent appointed by the Board of Directors, to prepare
and make, at least ten days before every election, complete lists of the stockholders entitled to
vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the
number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. For said ten days such lists shall be
open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting in the manner
provided by law, and shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during
the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who may be present. The original
or a duplicate stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to
examine such lists or the books of the Corporation or to vote in person or by proxy at such
election.
Section 6. Quorum.
At each meeting of the stockholders, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of
record of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitling the holders thereof to cast a
majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of shares of capital stock of the
Corporation entitled to vote thereat shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business
except where otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation; provided that, in no
event shall a quorum consist of less than such number of votes as may be required under the General
Corporation Law of Delaware. In the absence of a quorum, any officer entitled to preside or act as
Chairman at such meeting shall have the power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, until
stockholders holding the requisite amount of voting power shall be present or represented. At any
such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted which might
have been transacted at the meeting as originally called. The absence from any meeting of the
number required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws for action upon any given matter shall not prevent action at such meetings
upon any other matter or matters which may properly come before the meeting, if the number of
stockholders required in respect of such other matter or matters shall be present.
Section 7. Organization.
The Chairman of the Board, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chairman, or in the absence of
both, the President, shall call meetings of the stockholders to order and shall act as Chairman
thereof. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman and President, the holders of
record of shares of capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the votes present
at the meeting may elect any person present in person to act as Chairman of the meeting. The
Secretary, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary at all
meetings of the stockholders. In the absence from any such meeting of the Secretary and the
assistant secretary or secretaries, the Chairman may appoint any person present to act as secretary
of the meeting.
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Section 8. Business and Order of Business.
At each meeting of the stockholders such business may be transacted as may properly be brought
before such meeting, whether or not such business is stated in the notice of such meeting or in a
waiver of notice thereof except as otherwise expressly required in the Certificate of
Incorporation, these Bylaws or by law. The order of business at all meetings of the stockholders
shall be determined by the Chairman.
Section 9.Voting.
9.1 Generally.
Each stockholder of the Corporation shall, except as otherwise required by law, at every
meeting of the stockholders be entitled to such number of votes, in person or by proxy, for each
share of the capital stock of the Corporation registered in his or her name on the books of the
Corporation, as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation. Persons holding in a fiduciary
capacity shares having voting rights shall be entitled to vote the shares so held, and persons
whose shares of stock having voting rights are pledged shall be entitled to vote, unless the
pledgor shall have expressly empowered the pledgee to vote thereon and so notified the Corporation
in writing, in which case only the pledgee, or his or her proxy, may represent said shares and vote
thereon. Any vote on shares may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by his
or her proxy appointed by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law,
subscribed by such stockholder or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized, and delivered to the
secretary of the meeting; provided, however, that no proxy shall be voted on after three years from
its date unless said proxy provides for a longer period. At every meeting of stockholders duly
called and held at which a quorum is present (i) in all matters other than the election of
directors, a majority of the votes that could be cast at the meeting upon a given question and (ii)
in the case of the election of directors, a plurality of the votes that could be cast at the
meeting upon the election, by the holders who are present in person or by proxy, shall be
necessary, in addition to any vote or other action that may be expressly required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to decide the question or election. Except as
otherwise provided by statute, and unless demanded by a stockholder present in person or by proxy
at any meeting, and entitled to vote thereat, the vote on any question need not be by ballot.
9.2 Voting in Director Elections.
At every meeting of stockholders for the election of directors, duly called and held at
which a quorum is present, each director shall be elected by the affirmative vote of the majority
of the votes cast; provided, that if as of a date that is five business days in advance of the date
the Corporation files its definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether or not thereafter
revised or supplemented) with the Securities and Exchange Commission the number of nominees exceeds
the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes
of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote
thereon. For purposes of this Section 9.2 of Article II, a majority of the votes cast means that
the number of votes for a director nominee must exceed the number of votes against that
director nominee. If directors are to be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares present
in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, stockholders shall
not be permitted to vote against a director nominee.
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9.3 Voting on Other Matters.
All matters other than the election of directors shall be decided by the affirmative vote
of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the
meeting and entitled to vote thereon, unless otherwise provided by the rules of any stock exchange
upon which the Corporations securities are listed or unless otherwise required by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws.
Section 10. Notice of Stockholder Business and Nominations.
10.1 Annual Meeting.
(1) An annual meeting of the stockholders, for the election of directors to
succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at such place, on such date, and
at such time as the Board of Directors shall each year fix.
(2) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the
proposal of business to be transacted by the stockholders may be made at an annual
meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporations proxy materials with
respect to such meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or
(c) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation (the Record Stockholder) at
the time of the giving of the notice required in the following paragraph, who is
entitled to vote at the meeting and who has complied with the notice procedures set
forth in this subsection 10.1. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (c) above shall
be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations and propose business
(other than business included in the Corporations proxy materials pursuant to Rule
14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, the Exchange
Act)) before an annual meeting of stockholders.
(3) For nominations or business to be properly brought before an annual meeting
by a Record Stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of the foregoing paragraph, (a) the
Record Stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary
of the Corporation, (b) any such business must be a proper matter for stockholder
action under Delaware law, and (c) the Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made, must have acted in
accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement required
by these Bylaws. To be timely, a Record Stockholders notice shall be received by
the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than
120 days prior to the first anniversary (the Anniversary) of the date on which the
Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the preceding years annual meeting
of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is
advanced more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 30 days after the
anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the Record Stockholder
to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later
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120th 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.
(4) Such Record Stockholders notice shall set forth:
(a) if such notice pertains to the nomination of directors, as to each
person whom the Record Stockholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a director all information relating to such person as would be
required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the election of
such nominees as directors pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange
Act, and such persons written consent to serve as a director if elected;
(b) as to any business that the Record Stockholder proposes to bring
before the meeting, a brief description of such business, the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such
business of such Record Stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on
whose behalf the proposal is made; and
(c) as to (1) the Record Stockholder giving the notice and (2) the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made
(each, a party):
(i) the name and address of each such party as they appear on
the Corporations books;
(ii) (A) the class, series, and number of shares of the
Corporation that are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and
of record by each such party, (B) any option, warrant, convertible
security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an
exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism
at a price related to any class or series of shares of the
Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the
value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or
not such instrument or right shall be subject to settlement in the
underlying class or series of capital stock of the Corporation or
otherwise (a Derivative Instrument) directly or indirectly owned
beneficially by each such party, and any other direct or indirect
opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any
increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation, (C)
any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship
pursuant to which either party has a right to vote, directly or
indirectly, any shares of any security of the Corporation, (D) any
short interest in any security of the Corporation held by each such
party (for purposes of this subsection 10.1(4), a person shall be
deemed to have a short interest in a security if such person directly
or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding,
relationship or
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otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in
any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject
security), (E) any rights to dividends on the shares of the
Corporation owned beneficially directly or indirectly by each such
party that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of
the Corporation, (F) any proportionate interest in shares of the
Corporation or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly,
by a general or limited partnership in which either party is a
general partner, or directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an
interest in a general partner and (G) any performance-related fees
(other than an asset-based fee) that each such party is directly or
indirectly entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value
of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Instruments, if any, as of
the date of such notice, including without limitation any such
interests held by members of each such partys immediate family
sharing the same household (which information set forth in this
paragraph shall be supplemented by such stockholder or such
beneficial owner, as the case may be, not later than ten (10) days
after the record date for the meeting to disclose such ownership as
of the record date);
(iii) any other information relating to each such party that
would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other
filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of
proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of
directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the
Exchange Act; and
(iv) a statement whether or not each such party will
deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of, in
the case of a proposal, at least the percentage of voting power of
all of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation required under
applicable law to carry the proposal or, in the case of a nomination
or nominations, at least the percentage of voting power of all of the
shares of capital stock of the Corporation reasonably believed by
such Record Stockholder or beneficial holder, as the case may be, to
be sufficient to elect the nominee or nominees proposed to be
nominated by such Record Stockholder (such statement, a Solicitation
Statement).
(5) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of the third paragraph of
this subsection 10.1 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to
be elected to the Board of Directors 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 130 days prior to the
Anniversary, a Record Stockholders notice required by this Bylaw shall also be
considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new
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positions created
by such increase, if it shall be received by 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.
(6) A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at
an annual meeting unless (i) the person is nominated by a Record Stockholder in
accordance with subsection 10.1(2)(c) or (ii) the person is nominated by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors. Only such business shall be conducted at an
annual meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection 10.1. The chairman of
the meeting shall have the power and the duty to determine whether a nomination or
any business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been made in accordance
with the procedures set forth in these Bylaws and, if any proposed nomination or
business is not in compliance with these Bylaws, to declare that such defectively
proposed business or nomination shall not be presented for stockholder action at the
meeting and shall be disregarded.
(7) For purposes of these Bylaws, public announcement shall mean disclosure
in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a
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.
(8) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 10.1, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this
subsection 10.1. Nothing in this subsection 10.1 shall be deemed to affect
any rights or relieve any requirements of stockholders with respect to
inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8
under the Exchange Act.
10.2 Special Meetings.
(1) Subject to the rights of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of
the stockholders, other than those required by statute, may be called at any time by
the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors or by a Committee constituted
pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws that has been given the power to do so.
(2) Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders
as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors. The notice of such special meeting shall include the purpose for which
the meeting is called. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to
be elected (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
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(b) by any Record
Stockholder at the time of giving of notice provided for in this paragraph, who
shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the notice procedures
applicable to nominations at annual meetings set forth in subsection 10.1 of this
Article II. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board of
Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders only if the Record
Stockholders notice required by the third paragraph of subsection 10.1 of this
Article II shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of
the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 120th day
prior to such special meeting or 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. A person shall
not be eligible for election or reelection as a director at a special meeting unless
the person is nominated (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii)
by a Record Stockholder in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in
subsection 10.1 of Article II.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 10.2, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this
subsection 10.2. Nothing in this subsection 10.2 shall be deemed to affect any
rights or relieve any requirements of stockholders with respect to inclusion of
proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the
Exchange Act.
10.3 Share Ownership Requirement for Stockholder Business and Nominations.
Notwithstanding the forgoing subsections, except in cases in which Rule 14a-8 under the
Exchange Act applies, no proposal for action on any stockholder business, or nomination of any person for election to the Board of Directors may be made by any Record Stockholder who is not
also a beneficial owner of at least $1,000 in current value of shares of the Corporation
entitled to be voted for the election of Directors.
ARTICLE III.
Board of Directors.
Section 1. General Powers.
The property, affairs and business of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the
direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Number, Qualifications, Election and Terms of Office.
The number of Directors shall be not less than seven nor more than sixteen, as determined from
time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. The Directors need not be stockholders of
the corporation. The election of Directors need not be by ballot except as otherwise provided by
law or by these Bylaws.
Section 3. Quorum and Manner of Action.
Except as otherwise required by law or provided herein, a majority of the Whole Board shall be
required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting and the affirmative
vote of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
the act of the Board of
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Directors. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term Whole Board shall mean
the total number of directors then serving as such, whether or not there exist any vacancies in
previously authorized directorships. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any
previously scheduled special meeting. In the absence of a quorum, the majority of the Directors
present may adjourn the meeting from time to time until a quorum be had. Notice of any adjourned
meeting need not be given, other than by announcement at the meeting being adjourned.
Section 4. Place of Meeting, etc.
The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, have one or more offices, and keep the books and
records of the Corporation, at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as shall be specified or fixed in the
respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.
Section 5. RESERVED.
Section 6. Regular Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held quarterly at such place and at such
times as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Notice of the regular meetings
need not be given.
Section 7. Special Meetings; Notice.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of
the Board of Directors or by the President or by any of the directors. Notice of each meeting
shall be mailed to each director, addressed to him or her at his or her residence or usual place of
business, at least forty-eight hours before the time at which the meeting is being held, or shall
be sent to him or her at such place by electronic transmission, telegraph or telephone, or be
delivered personally, not later than twenty-four hours before the time at which the meeting is to
be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need not state the
purposes thereof except as otherwise required by these Bylaws or by law. A written waiver of any
notice, signed by a Director, or waiver by electronic transmission by such person, whether given
before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent
to the notice required to be given to such person. Neither the business nor the purpose of any
meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute waiver of
notice except when the person attends for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the
meeting because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Notice of any adjourned meeting of
the Board of Directors shall not be required to be given, except where expressly required by law.
Section 8. Organization. At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or, in his
or her absence, the President, or in the absence of both the Chairman of the Board of Directors and
the President, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present shall act as Chairman. The
Secretary, or, in his or her absence, an Assistant Secretary, or, in the absence of both the
Secretary and assistant secretaries, any person appointed by the Chairman shall act as Secretary of
the meeting.
Section 9. Order of Business.
At all meetings of the Board of Directors business shall be transacted in the order determined
by the Board of Directors.
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Section 10. Resignations.
Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by
electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the President or to the
Secretary of the Corporation. The resignation of any director shall take effect at the time of the
receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 11. Removal of Directors.
Except as otherwise required by law, any director may be removed either with or without cause,
at any time, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power entitled to
vote at an election of directors as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation; and the vacancy
in the Board of Directors caused by any such removal may be filled by the stockholders.
Section 12. Vacancies.
Any vacancy in the Board of Directors caused by death, resignation, removal, disqualification,
an increase in the number of directors, or any other cause may be filled by the directors then in
office or by the stockholders of the Corporation at the next annual meeting or any special meeting
called for the purpose and at which a quorum is present, and each director so elected, shall hold
office for a term to expire at the next annual election of directors, and until his or her
successor shall be duly elected and qualified, or until his or her death or until he or she shall
resign or shall have been removed in the manner herein provided. Except as otherwise required by
law, in case of a vacancy in the Board of Directors, the remaining director or directors shall
retain the full capacity to act as the Board of Directors under these Bylaws.
Section 13. Fees.
Each director shall be paid such fees, if any, as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and
in addition such reasonable transportation and other expenses actually incurred by him or her in
going to the meeting and returning therefrom.
ARTICLE IV.
Committees.
Section 1. How Constituted, Powers, Name.
The Board of Directors may, by resolution or resolutions, designate one or more committees,
each committee to consist of two or more of the directors of the Corporation, which, to the extent
permitted by law and provided in said resolution or resolutions or in these Bylaws, shall have and
may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of
the, Corporation, and may have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all
papers which may require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
stated in these Bylaws or as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board
of Directors. The term Committee as used in this Article IV means any committee constituted
pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and these Bylaws. The Board of
Directors shall, by resolution, designate or create any Committee required by the rules of any
securities exchange on which shares of the capital stock of the Corporation are listed.
Section 2. Term of Office and Vacancies.
Each member of a Committee shall continue in office until the first meeting of the Board of
Directors following the annual meeting of stockholders held by the Board of Directors next
succeeding his or her election and until a
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director to succeed him or her shall have been elected
and shall have qualified, or until his or her death or until he or she shall have resigned or shall
have been removed in the manner hereinafter provided. Any vacancy in a Committee shall be filled
by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting thereof.
Section 3. Organization.
The Chairman of each Committee shall be designated by the Board of Directors and the Secretary
of the Corporation shall act as Secretary thereof. In the absence from any meeting of any
Committee of its Chairman or its Secretary such Committee shall appoint a Chairman or
Secretary, as the case may be, of the meeting. Each Committee shall keep a record of its acts
and proceedings and report the same from time to time to the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Resignations.
Any member of a Committee may resign from membership on that Committee by giving notice in
writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, to the President,
or to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the time of the
receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified
therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 5. Removal.
Any member of a Committee may be removed with or without cause at any time by the affirmative
vote of the Board of Directors given at any regular meeting or at any special meeting.
Section 6. Meetings.
Regular meetings of each Committee, of which no notice shall be necessary, shall be held on
such days and at such place as may be determined by the Committee. Special meetings of each
Committee may be called by any member of such Committee. Notice of each special meeting of the
Committee shall be mailed to each member thereof, addressed to him or her at his or her residence
or usual place of business, at least twenty-four hours before the time at which the meeting is
being held, or shall be .sent to him or her at such place by electronic transmission, telegraph or
telephone, or be delivered personally, not later than three hours before the time at which the
meeting is to be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting but need
not state the purposes thereof except as otherwise required by these Bylaws or by law. Whenever
notice is required to be given by law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a
written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by
the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the
beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or
special meeting need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic
transmission unless so required by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws.
Section 7. Quorum and Manner of Acting.
Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, a majority of the total
number of members of a Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the
act of a majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
such Committee. The members of
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each Committee shall act only as a committee and the individual
members shall have no power as such.
Section 8. Fees.
Each member of a Committee shall be paid such fees, if any, as shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors and in addition such reasonable transportation and other expenses actually incurred by
him or her in going to the meeting and returning therefrom.
ARTICLE V.
Officers.
Section 1. Numbers.
The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors if the Board so elects, a President if the Board of Directors so elects,
a Treasurer, a Secretary, one or more Executive Vice Presidents if the Board so elects, one or more
Senior Vice Presidents if the Board so elects, and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant
Treasurers, Assistant Secretaries, and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person.
Section 2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications.
The officers shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors. Each officer, except such
officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Article V,
shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified in his or
her stead, or until his or her death or until he or she shall have resigned or shall have been
removed in the manner herein provided. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be chosen from
among the Directors. Other officers herein provided for need not be members of the Board of
Directors.
Section 3. Subordinate Officers.
The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint such other officers as it may deem
necessary, and the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President
may from time to time appoint such agents and employees of the Corporation as they, or any of them,
may deem proper. Such officers, committees, agents and employees shall hold office for such
period, have such authority, and perform such duties as in these Bylaws provided or as the Board of
Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time
prescribe. The Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President may
from time to time authorize any officer to appoint and remove agents and employees and to prescribe
the powers and duties thereof.
Section 4. Removal.
An officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or by any
superior officer upon whom the power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors or by
these Bylaws.
Section 5. Resignations.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission
to the Board of Directors or to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the President or to
the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at
any later time specified therein; and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.
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Section 6. Vacancies.
A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other
cause shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the manner prescribed in these
Bylaws for regular election or appointment to such office.
Section 7. The Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Chairman of the Board shall be a director and shall preside at all meetings of the Board
and of the stockholders. He or she shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The
Chairman of the Board shall, subject to the overall supervision of the Board of Directors, perform
all duties incident to the office of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation, and such other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board
of Directors. In case of the absence or disability of the Chairman, the Board of Directors may
designate the Vice Chairman, President, a Senior Vice President, Vice President or other person to
act in place of the Chairman during his or her absence or disability, and when so acting such Vice
Chairman, President, Senior Vice President, Vice President or other person shall have all the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the Chairman, except as may otherwise be
provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors making such designation.
Section 8. The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be a director and shall perform all duties
incident to the office of the Vice Chairman of the Board and such other duties as may be assigned
to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board. In the
absence of the Chairman, he or she shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of the
stockholders.
Section 9. The President.
The President shall perform all duties incident to the office of the President and such other
duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chairman
of the Board, or an Executive Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws. In the
absence or inability to act of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the President shall
preside at meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders.
Section 10. Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents.
Each Executive Vice President, each Senior Vice President and each Vice President shall
perform all such duties as may be incident to their respective offices or as may from time to time
be assigned to them, or any of them, by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or
an Executive Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws.
Section 11. The Secretary.
The Secretary shall record or cause to be recorded in books provided for the purpose the
minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, of the Board of Directors and of any Committee
constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws; shall see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by law; shall be custodian of the
records and of the seal of the Corporation and see that the seal is affixed to all documents the
execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance
with the provisions of these Bylaws; shall keep or cause to be kept a register of the post office
address of each stockholder, and make all proper changes in such register, retaining and filing his
or her authority for all such entries; shall see that the books, reports, statements, certificates
and all other documents and records required by law are properly kept and filed; and in general,
the Secretary shall perform all duties incident to the office of
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Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the
purpose.
Section 12. Assistant Secretaries.
At the request of the Secretary or in his or her absence or disability, the Assistant
Secretary designated by him or her shall perform all the duties of the Secretary and, when so
acting, shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Secretary.
The Assistant Secretaries shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to
them by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Secretary or the Board of
Directors or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the
purpose.
Section 13. The Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall give such bond for the faithful performance of his or her duties as the
Board of Directors shall require. He or she shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible
for, all funds and securities of the Corporation, and deposit all such funds in the name of the
Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance
with the provisions of these Bylaws; at all reasonable times exhibit his or her books of account
and records, and cause to be exhibited the books of account and records of any corporation all of
whose shares except directors shares are owned by the Corporation, to any of the directors of the
Corporation upon application during business hours at the office of the Corporation or such other
corporation, where such books and records are kept; render a statement of the condition of the
finances of the Corporation at all regular meetings of the Board of Directors, and a full financial
report at the annual meeting of the stockholders, if called upon to do so; receive, and give
receipts for, moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any source whatsoever; and in general,
perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the
Chairman of the Board, or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws
with power for the purpose.
Section 14. Assistant Treasurers.
At the request of the Treasurer or in his or her absence or disability the Assistant Treasurer
designated by him or her shall perform all the duties of the Treasurer, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Treasurer. The Assistant
Treasurers shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to them by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, the Treasurer or the Board of Directors or any
Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose.
Section 15. RESERVED.
Section 16. Indemnification
(a) Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made
a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
proceeding), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or
an officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
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corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including
service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an
indemnitee), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action
employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the
case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits
the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law
permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all
expense, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines,
ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection therewith; provided,
however, that, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 16 with
respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation
shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part
thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(b) The right to indemnification conferred in paragraph (a) of this
Section 16 shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the
expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an
advancement of expenses); provided, however, that, if the Delaware
General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an
indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any
other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee,
including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be
made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an
undertaking), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision
from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a final
adjudication) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for
such expenses under this paragraph (b) or otherwise. The rights to
indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in paragraphs
(a) and (b) of this Section 16 shall be contract rights and such rights
shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer,
employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitees heirs,
executors and administrators.
(c) If a claim under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 16 is not
paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim has
been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an
advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20
days, the indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the
Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in
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whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation
to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of
prosecuting or defending such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee
to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought
by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall
be a defense that the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for
indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law; and in
any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled
to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that the indemnitee has
not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper because the indemnitee
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General
Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including
its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that
the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create
a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of
conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a
defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a
right to indemnification or
to an advancement of expenses hereunder, and in any suit brought by the
Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of
an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to
be indemnified, or is not entitled to such advancement of expenses, under
this Section 16 or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
(d) The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
conferred in this Section 16 shall not be exclusive of any other right which
any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the
Corporations Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
(e) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or
loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
(f) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by
the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the
advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the
fullest extent of the provisions of this Section 16 with respect to the
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indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE VI.
Contracts, Checks, Drafts, Bank Accounts, etc.
Section 1. Contracts, etc., How Executed.
In addition to the authority that the officers of the Corporation hold incident to their
respective offices, the Board of Directors, or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of
these Bylaws with power for the purpose, except as in these Bylaws otherwise provided, may
authorize any officer or officers, employees or agents of the Corporation to enter into any
contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and
such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. The power to grant such authority
also may be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors, or by any Committee constituted pursuant
to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose, to one or more officers of the
Corporation.
Section 2. Loans.
No loan shall be contracted on behalf of the Corporation, and no negotiable paper shall be
issued in its name, unless authorized by the Board of Directors or by any Committee constituted
pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose. Such authorization may be
general or confined to specific instances. When so authorized, any authorized officer or employee
of the Corporation may effect loans and advances at any time for
the Corporation from any bank, trust company or other institution, or from any firm,
corporation or individual, and for such loans and advances may make, execute and deliver promissory
notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation and, when authorized as aforesaid, as
security for the payment of any and all loans, advances, indebtedness and liabilities of the
Corporation, may mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or transfer any real or personal property at any
time held by the Corporation and to that end execute instruments of mortgage or pledge or otherwise
transfer such property. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 3. Checks, Drafts, etc.
All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes, or other evidences of
indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers,
employees or agents of the Corporation as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of
the Board of Directors or by any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with
power for the purpose. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances and the
granting of such authority may be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors, or by any
Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose, to one or
more officers of the Corporation.
Section 4. Deposits.
All funds of the Corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the
Corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the Board of Directors or any
Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose may from
time to time designate, or as may be designated by an officer or officers of the Corporation to
whom such power may be delegated by the Board of Directors, or by such Committee, and for the
purpose of such deposit, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President, or a Vice
President, or the Treasurer, or an Assistant Treasurer, or
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the Secretary, or an Assistant
Secretary, may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts, and other orders for the payment of
money which are payable to the order of the Corporation.
Section 5. General and Special Bank Accounts.
The Board of Directors or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws
with power for the purpose, may from time to time authorize the opening and keeping with such
banks, trust companies or other depositaries as it may designate of general and special bank
accounts, may make such special rules and regulations with respect thereto, not inconsistent with
the provisions of these Bylaws, as it may deem expedient.
Section 6. Proxies.
Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws or in the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation, and unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, or of any
Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time appoint an attorney or
attorneys or agent or agents, of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to
cast the votes which the Corporation may be entitled to cast as a stockholder or otherwise in
any other corporation any of whose shares or other securities may be held by the Corporation,
at meetings of the holders of the shares or other securities of such other corporation, or to
consent in writing to any action by such other corporation, and may instruct the person or persons
so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or
cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or
otherwise, all such written proxies or other instruments as the Chairman of the Board of Directors
or the President may deem necessary or proper in the premises.
ARTICLE VII.
Shares and Their Transfer.
Section 1. Stock Certificates.
The shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided
that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all
classes or series of the stock shall be uncertified shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to
shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation.
Certificates for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as shall be
approved by the Board of Directors or by any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these
Bylaws with power for the purpose. They shall be numbered, shall certify the number of shares held
by the holder thereof and shall be signed by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice
President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case
any officer or officers or transfer agent or registrar who shall have signed, or whose facsimile
signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease
to be such officer or officers or transfer agent or registrar of the Corporation, whether because
of death, resignation, or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been
delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the
Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate
or certificates or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such
officer or officers of the Corporation.
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Section 2. Transfer of Shares.
Transfers of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of
the Corporation by the holder thereof, or by his or her attorney thereunto authorized by a power of
attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, or a transfer agent of the
Corporation, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly
endorsed. A person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be
deemed the owner thereof as regards to the Corporation, provided that whenever any transfer of
shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact if known to the
Secretary or to said transfer agent, shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer.
Section 3. Addresses of Stockholders.
Each stockholder shall designate to the Secretary of the Corporation an address at which
notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be served or mailed to him or her, and if
any stockholder shall fail to designate such address, corporate notices may be served upon him or
her by mail directed to him or her at his or her last known post office address.
Section 4. Lost, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates.
The holder of any certificate evidencing any share of the Corporation shall immediately notify
the Corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of such certificate, and the Board of
Directors or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the
purpose, may, in its discretion, cause to be issued to him or her a new certificate or certificates
of stock, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in case of loss or destruction of the
certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction, and the Board of Directors or
such Committee may, in its discretion, require the owner of the lost or destroyed certificate or
his or her legal representative to give the Corporation a bond in such sum, and with surety or
sureties, as it may direct, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against
it on account of the alleged loss or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such
new certificate.
Section 5. Transfer Agent and Registrar; Regulations.
The Corporation shall, if and whenever the Board of Directors or any Committee constituted
pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose shall so determine, maintain one
or more transfer offices or agencies, each in charge of a transfer agent designated by the Board of
Directors or by such Committee, where the shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be
directly transferable, and also one or more registry offices, each in charge of a register
designated by the Board of Directors or by such Committee, where such shares of stock shall be
registered, and no certificate for shares of the capital stock of the Corporation, in respect of
which a registrar and transfer agent shall have been designated, shall be valid unless
countersigned by such transfer agent and registered by such registrar. The Board of Directors or
any such Committee may also make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient
concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the capital stock of
the Corporation.
Section 6. Record Date.
In order that the Corporation may. determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders, or to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights or 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, except as
otherwise required by law, fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which
the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and
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which record date shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty days
prior to the time for such other action as hereinbefore described; provided, however, that 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, and, for
determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any
other purpose, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of
Directors adopts a resolution relating thereto.
Section 7. Examination of Books by Stockholders.
The Board of Directors or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article IV of these Bylaws
with power for the purpose shall, subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, have power to
determine, from time to time, whether and to what extent and under what conditions and regulations
the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the inspection of the
stockholders; and no stockholder shall have any right to inspect any book or document of the
Corporation, except as conferred by the laws of the State of Delaware, unless and until authorized
so to do by resolution of the Board of Directors or any Committee constituted pursuant to Article
IV of these Bylaws with power for the purpose or of the stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 8. Treasury Stock.
The Treasurer of the Corporation may be authorized by the Board of Directors from time to time
to purchase out of surplus any outstanding fully paid shares of the Corporation, together with any
rights, privileges and benefits appurtenant thereto, the same to be held in the treasury of the
Corporation until and unless disposed of as hereinafter set forth. The price at which the same may
be purchased and placed in the treasury shall not exceed such sum as the Board of Directors may
determine from time to time. Any shares so purchased and placed in the treasury of the Corporation
may be sold in such manner and on such terms as the Board of Directors may determine from time to
time.
ARTICLE VIII.
Dividends, Surplus, etc.
Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and any restrictions imposed by
statute, the Board of Directors may declare dividends from the surplus of the Corporation or from
the net profits arising from its business, whenever, and in such amounts as, in its opinion, the
condition of the affairs of the Corporation shall render advisable. If the date appointed for the
payment of any dividend shall in any year fall on a legal holiday then the dividend payable on such
date shall be payable on the next succeeding business day. The Board of Directors in its
discretion may from time to time set aside from such surplus or net profits such sum or sums as it,
in its absolute discretion, may think proper as a working capital or as a reserve fund to meet
contingencies, or for the purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of the
Corporation, or for any other purpose it may think conducive to the best interests of the
Corporation. All such surplus or net profits, until actually declared in dividends, or used and
applied as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been so set aside by the Board for one or more of
said purposes.
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ARTICLE IX.
Seal.
The corporate seal of the Corporation shall consist of a metallic stamp, circular in form,
bearing in its center the figures and word 1999, Delaware, and at the outer edge the name of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE X.
Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each year.
ARTICLE XI.
Amendments.
All Bylaws of the Corporation shall be subject to alteration or repeal, and new Bylaws not
inconsistent with any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation or any
provision of law, may be made, either by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of shares
representing in the aggregate a majority of the total voting power of the Corporation entitled to
vote in respect thereof, given at an annual meeting or at any special meeting or by the Board of
Directors at any regular or special meeting.
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