Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction — Form S-4
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3: EX-2.1 Asset Purchase Agreement 28 115K
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5: EX-2.3 Property Purchase Agreement 57 226K
6: EX-3.1 Certificate of Incorporation 11 37K
7: EX-3.2 By-Laws of Silver Cinemas International, Inc. 41 86K
8: EX-3.3 Certificate of Incorporation 2 12K
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11: EX-3.6 By-Laws of Sci Acquisition Corp. 40 85K
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14: EX-4.1 Indenture 151 489K
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EXHIBIT 3.4
MINUTES OF ACTION OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SILVER CINEMAS, INC.
TAKEN WITHOUT A MEETING
BY WRITTEN CONSENT
The following action is taken by the Board of Directors of Silver
Cinemas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), by written consent
without a meeting, as of March 10, 1998, pursuant to Section 141(f) of the
Delaware General Corporation Law permitting such action to be taken.
Amendment of Bylaws. The following resolutions authorizing and
approving the amendment of the Bylaws of the Corporation (the "Bylaws") are
hereby adopted:
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 6 of the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation and Article IX, Section 1 of the
Bylaws of the Corporation, the Board of Directors has authority to
amend the Bylaws of the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Corporation to
amend the Bylaws of the Corporation to increase the number of
directors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Article III, Section 1
of the Bylaws of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, amended to
read in its entirety as follows:
"Section 1. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The number of
directors which shall constitute the whole Board shall be eight (8).
The directors need not be stockholders. The directors shall be
elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, except as provided
in Section 2 of this Article, and each director elected shall hold
office until his successor is elected and qualified; provided,
however, that unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of
Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, from the
Board of Directors at any meeting of stockholders by a majority of
the stock represented and entitled to vote thereat."
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ARTICLE I - OFFICES..................................................................... 1
Section 1. REGISTERED OFFICES.................................................... 1
Section 2. OTHER OFFICES......................................................... 2
ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS................................................... 2
Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS..................................................... 2
Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS........................................ 2
Section 3. QUORUM; ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE
THEREOF............................................................... 2
Section 4. VOTING................................................................ 3
Section 5. PROXIES............................................................... 3
Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS...................................................... 4
Section 7. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS...................................... 4
Section 8. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF STOCKHOLDER
LIST.................................................................. 5
Section 9. STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT
WITHOUT A MEETING..................................................... 6
ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS................................................................. 7
Section 1. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS............................................... 7
Section 2. VACANCIES............................................................. 7
Section 3. POWERS................................................................ 9
Section 4. PLACE OF DIRECTORS' MEETINGS.......................................... 9
Section 5. REGULAR MEETINGS...................................................... 9
Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS...................................................... 9
Section 7. QUORUM................................................................ 9
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Section 8. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING................................................ 11
Section 9. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS................................................... 11
Section 10. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS............................................... 12
Section 11. MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS......................................... 13
Section 12. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS............................................. 13
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS................................................................... 13
Section 1. OFFICERS.............................................................. 14
Section 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS.................................................. 14
Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.................................................. 15
Section 4. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS.............................................. 15
Section 5. TERM OF OFFICE; REMOVAL AND VACANCIES................................. 16
Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD................................................. 16
Section 7. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER............................................... 17
Section 8. PRESIDENT............................................................. 17
Section 9. VICE PRESIDENTS....................................................... 18
Section 10. SECRETARY............................................................. 18
Section 11. ASSISTANT SECRETARY................................................... 18
Section 12. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER............................................... 19
Section 13. TREASURER............................................................. 19
Section 14. ASSISTANT TREASURER................................................... 21
ARTICLE V - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS................................... 21
ARTICLE VI - INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS.................................... 26
ARTICLE VII - CERTIFICATES OF STOCK..................................................... 27
Section 1. CERTIFICATES.......................................................... 27
Section 2. SIGNATURES ON CERTIFICATES............................................ 27
Section 3. STATEMENT OF STOCK RIGHTS, PREFERENCES,
PRIVILEGES............................................................ 28
Section 4. LOST CERTIFICATES..................................................... 29
Section 5. TRANSFERS OF STOCK.................................................... 29
Section 6. FIXED RECORD DATE..................................................... 30
Section 7. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS............................................... 31
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ARTICLE VIII - GENERAL PROVISIONS....................................................... 31
Section 1. DIVIDENDS............................................................. 31
Section 2. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS; DIRECTORS' DUTIES............................... 32
Section 3. CHECKS................................................................ 32
Section 4. FISCAL YEAR........................................................... 32
Section 5. CORPORATE SEAL........................................................ 32
Section 6. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE............................................... 33
Section 7. WAIVER OF NOTICE...................................................... 33
Section 8. ANNUAL STATEMENT...................................................... 33
ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS................................................................. 33
Section 1. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS OR STOCKHOLDERS................................ 33
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SILVER CINEMAS, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. REGISTERED OFFICES. The registered office shall be in the
City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. OTHER OFFICES. The corporation may also have offices at
such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may
require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of stockholders shall be held
at any place within or outside the State of Delaware designated by the Board of
Directors. In the absence of any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall
be held at the principal executive office of the corporation.
Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS. The annual meeting of
stockholders shall be held each year on a date and a time designated by the
Board of Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any
other proper business may be transacted.
Section 3. QUORUM; ADJOURNED MEETINGS AND NOTICE THEREOF. A majority
of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at any meeting of
stockholders, the holders of which are present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business except as
otherwise provided by law, by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by these
Bylaws. A quorum, once established, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of
enough votes to leave less
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than a quorum and the votes present may continue to transact business until
adjournment. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any
meeting of the stockholders, a majority of the voting stock represented in
person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice
other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or
represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or
represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at
the meeting as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty
days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned
meeting, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of
record entitled to vote thereat.
Section 4. VOTING. When a quorum is present at any meeting, in all
matters other than the election of directors, the vote of the holders of a
majority of the stock having voting power present in person or represented by
proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question
is one upon which by express provision of the statutes, or the Certificate of
Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a different vote is required in which case such
express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.
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 on the
election of directors.
Section 5. PROXIES. At each meeting of the stockholders, each
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stockholder having the right to vote may vote in person or may authorize another
person or persons to act for him by proxy appointed by an instrument in writing
subscribed by such stockholder and bearing a date not more than three years
prior to said meeting, unless said instrument provides for a longer period. All
proxies must be filed with the Secretary of the corporation at the beginning of
each meeting in order to be counted in any vote at the meeting. Each stockholder
shall have one vote for each share of stock having voting power, registered in
his name on the books of the corporation on the record date set by the Board of
Directors as provided in Article VII, Section 6 hereof.
Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders,
for any purpose, or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the
Certificate of Incorporation, may be called by the President and shall be called
by the President or the Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the
Board of Directors, or at the request in writing of stockholders owning a
majority in amount of the entire capital stock of the corporation issued and
outstanding, and entitled to vote. Such request shall state the purpose or
purposes of the proposed meeting. Business transacted at any special meeting of
stockholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 7. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS. Whenever stockholders
are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of
the meeting shall be given which notice shall state the place, date and hour of
the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for
which the
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meeting is called. The written notice of any meeting shall be given to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting not less than ten nor more than
sixty days before the date of the meeting. If mailed, notice is given when
deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the
stockholder at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation.
Section 8. MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF STOCKHOLDER LIST. The
officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and
make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of
the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical
order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares
registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the
examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during
ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting,
either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place
shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the
place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept
at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be
inspected by any stockholder who is present.
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Section 9. STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING.
Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, any action
required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the
corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting
of such 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
and shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office
in Delaware, its principal place of business, or to an officer or agent of the
corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of
stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of
signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall
be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within
sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by
this Section 9 to the corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient
number of holders to take action are delivered to the corporation by delivery to
its registered office in Delaware, its principal place of business or to an
officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which
proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a
corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered
mail,
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return receipt requested. 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.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. THE NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. The number of directors which
shall constitute the whole Board shall be seven (7). The directors need not be
stockholders. The directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the
stockholders, except as provided in Section 2 of this Article, and each director
elected shall hold office until his successor is elected and qualified;
provided, however, that unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by law, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be
removed, either with or without cause, from the Board of Directors at any
meeting of stockholders by a majority of the stock represented and entitled to
vote thereat.
Section 2. VACANCIES. Vacancies on the Board of Directors by reason
of death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from office, or
otherwise, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the
authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then
in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. The
directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election of
directors and until their successors are duly elected and shall
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qualify, unless sooner displaced. If there are no directors in office, then an
election of directors may be held in the manner provided by statute. If, at the
time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors
then in office shall constitute less than a majority of the whole Board (as
constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Court of Chancery may,
upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent
of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding having the right to
vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such
vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by
the directors then in office.
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Section 3. POWERS. The property and business of the corporation
shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors. In
addition to the powers and authorities by these Bylaws expressly conferred upon
them, the Board may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such
lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of
Incorporation or by these Bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by
the stockholders.
Section 4. PLACE OF DIRECTORS' MEETINGS. The directors may hold
their meetings and have one or more offices, and keep the books of the
corporation outside of the State of Delaware.
Section 5. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors may be held without notice at such time and place as shall from time
to time be determined by the Board.
Section 6. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the President on forty-eight hours' notice to each
director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be
called by the President or the Secretary in like manner and on like notice on
the written request of two directors unless the Board consists of only one
director; in which case special meetings shall be called by the President or
Secretary in like manner or on like notice on the written request of the sole
director.
Section 7. QUORUM. At all meetings of the Board of Directors a
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majority of the authorized number of directors shall be necessary and sufficient
to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and the vote of a
majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum,
shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute, by the Certificate of Incorporation or by
these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to
time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
shall be present. If only one director is authorized, such sole director shall
constitute a quorum.
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Section 8. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING. Unless otherwise restricted by
the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or
permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any
committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or
committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.
Section 9. TELEPHONIC MEETINGS. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board of Directors,
or any committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a
meeting of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a
meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
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Section 10. COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more
committees, each such committee to consist of one or more of the directors of
the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate
members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at
any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of
a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not
disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may
unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such
committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors,
shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of
Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, and
may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may
require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority in reference
to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or
consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of
all or substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, recommending
to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution, or amending the Bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the
resolution or the Certificate of Incorporation expressly so provide, no such
committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock.
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Section 11. MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS. Each committee shall keep
regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Directors
when required.
Section 12. COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS. Unless otherwise restricted
by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors
shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors. The directors may
be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of
Directors and may be paid a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the
Board of Directors or a stated salary as director. No such payment shall
preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may
be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
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Section 1. OFFICERS. The officers of this corporation shall be
chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board of
Directors or a President, or both, and a Secretary. The corporation may also
have at the discretion of the Board of Directors such other officers as are
desired, including a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, a Chief Executive
Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents,
one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other
officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3
hereof. In the event there are two or more Vice Presidents, then one or more may
be designated as Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, or other
similar or dissimilar title. At the time of the election of officers, the
directors may by resolution determine the order of their rank. Any number of
offices may be held by the same person, unless the Certificate of Incorporation
or these Bylaws otherwise provide.
Section 2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Board of Directors, at its
first meeting after each annual meeting of stockholders, shall choose the
officers of the corporation.
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Section 3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS. The Board of Directors may appoint
such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their
offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as
shall be determined from time to time by the Board.
Section 4. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The salaries of all officers
and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors.
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Section 5. TERM OF OFFICE; REMOVAL AND VACANCIES. The officers of
the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify
in their stead. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may
be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors. If the office of any officer or officers becomes vacant for any
reason, the vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The Chairman of the Board, if such
an officer be elected, shall, if present, preside at all meetings of the Board
of Directors and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be
from time to time assigned to him by the Board of Directors or prescribed by
these Bylaws. If there is no Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board
shall in addition be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall
have the powers and duties prescribed in Section 7 of this Article IV.
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Section 7. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. Subject to such supervisory
powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the
Board, if there be such an officer, the Chief Executive Officer shall, subject
to the control of the Board of Directors, have general supervision, direction
and control of the business and the officers of the corporation. He shall
preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the Chairman
of the Board, or if there be none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors. He
shall have the general powers and duties of management usually vested in the
office of the Chief Executive Officer of a corporation, and shall have such
other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or the
bylaws.
Section 8. PRESIDENT. In the absence or disability of the Chief
Executive Officer, the President, if any, shall perform all the duties of the
Chief Executive Officer, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be
subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chief Executive Officer. The President
shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as from time to time
may be prescribed for him by the Board of Directors or the bylaws, the Chief
Executive Officer or the Chairman of the Board if there is no Chief Executive
Officer.
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Section 9. VICE PRESIDENTS. In the absence or disability of the
President, the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board of
Directors, or if not ranked, the Vice President designated by the Board of
Directors, shall perform all the duties of the President, and when so acting
shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
President. The Vice Presidents shall have such other duties as from time to time
may be prescribed for them, respectively, by the Board of Directors.
Section 10. SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of
the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes
and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose; and
shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required by the Board
of Directors. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the
stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties
as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws. He shall keep in
safe custody the seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board,
affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be
attested by his signature or by the signature of an Assistant Secretary. The
Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the
seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature.
Section 11. ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The Assistant Secretary, or if
there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the
Board of
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Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant Secretary
designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the
Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall
perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors
may from time to time prescribe.
Section 12. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. The Chief Financial Officer
shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full
and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
corporation and shall deposit all moneys, and other valuable effects in the name
and to the credit of the corporation, in such depositories as may be designated
by the Board of Directors. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may
be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular
meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all his
transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the
corporation. If required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the
corporation a bond, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be
satisfactory to the Board of Directors, for the faithful performance of the
duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his
death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers,
vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under
his control belonging to the corporation.
Section 13. TREASURER. The Treasurer shall perform the duties and
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exercise the powers of the Treasurer as determined by the Board of Directors. If
required by the Board of Directors, he shall give the corporation a bond, in
such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board
of Directors, for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for
the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation,
retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and
other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging
to the corporation.
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Section 14. ASSISTANT TREASURER. The Assistant Treasurer, or if
there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined
by the Board of Directors, or if there be no such determination, the Assistant
Treasurer designated by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or
disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the
Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the
Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
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(a) The corporation shall indemnify to the maximum extent
permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(b) The corporation shall indemnify to the maximum extent
permitted by law any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right
of the corporation to
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procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or
settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and except that no such indemnification shall be made in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery of Delaware or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or such
other court shall deem proper.
(c) To the extent that a director or officer of the corporation
shall be successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), or in defense of any claim,
issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith.
(d) Any indemnification under paragraphs (a) and (b) (unless
ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the
specific case upon
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a determination that indemnification of the director or officer is proper in the
circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
paragraphs (a) and (b). Such determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote
of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even
though less than a quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors, or if such
directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3)
by the stockholders. The corporation, acting through its Board of Directors or
otherwise, shall cause such determination to be made if so requested by any
person who is indemnifiable under this Article V.
(e) Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or
director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an
undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if
it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation as authorized in this Article V.
(f) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Article V shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
official capacity and as to action in
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another capacity while holding such office.
(g) The Board of Directors may authorize, by a vote of a majority
of a quorum of the Board of Directors, the corporation to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any such 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 this Article V.
(h) For the purposes of this Article V, references to "the
corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any
constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in
a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would
have had power and authority to indemnify its directors or officers so that any
person who is or was a director or officer of such constituent corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director
or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this
Article V with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would
have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had
continued.
(i) For purposes of this section, references to "other
enterprises" shall
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include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise
taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and
references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include service
as a director or officer of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves
services by, such director or officer with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a
manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in
this section.
(j) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, this Article V shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director
or officer and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and
administrators of such a person.
(k) The corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in
connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person only if the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
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The corporation may indemnify every person who was or is a party or
is or was threatened to be made a party to any action, suit, or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact
that he is or was an employee or agent of the corporation or, while an employee
or agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as an employee or agent or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses
(including counsel fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
ARTICLE VII
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Section 1. CERTIFICATES. Every holder of stock of the corporation
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 Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the corporation, certifying the
number of shares represented by the certificate owned by such stockholder in the
corporation.
Section 2. SIGNATURES ON CERTIFICATES. Any or all of the signatures
on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the
same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date
of issue.
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Section 3. STATEMENT OF STOCK RIGHTS, PREFERENCES, PRIVILEGES. If
the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or
more than one series of any class, the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock
or series thereof and the qualification, limitations or restrictions of such
preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face
or back of the certificate which the corporation shall issue to represent such
class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in section
202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the foregoing
requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate
which the corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a
statement that the corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder
who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series
thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences
and/or rights.
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Section 4. LOST CERTIFICATES. The Board of Directors may direct a
new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or
certificates theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person
claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. When
authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of
Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or
certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner
as it shall require and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the corporation
with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
Section 5. TRANSFERS OF STOCK. Upon surrender to the corporation, or
the transfer agent of the corporation, of a certificate for shares duly endorsed
or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to
transfer, it shall be the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to
the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the
transaction upon its books.
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Section 6. FIXED RECORD DATE. In order that the corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of
the stockholders, or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or 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 shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the
date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. 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. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of
Directors may fix a record date which shall not be more than ten days after the
date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors.
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Section 7. REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. The corporation shall be
entitled to treat the holder of record of any share or shares of stock as the
holder in fact thereof and accordingly shall not be bound to recognize any
equitable or other claim or interest in such share on the part of any other
person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, save as
expressly provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. DIVIDENDS. Dividends upon the capital stock of the
corporation, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, if
any, may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special
meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in
shares of the capital stock, subject to the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation.
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Section 2. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS; DIRECTORS' DUTIES. 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 directors from time to time, in
their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies,
or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to
the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such
reserve.
Section 3. CHECKS. All checks or demands for money and notes of the
corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of
Directors may from time to time designate.
Section 4. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be
fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 5. CORPORATE SEAL. The corporate seal shall have inscribed
thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words
"Corporate Seal, Delaware." Said seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile
thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
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Section 6. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE. Whenever, under the provisions
of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation or of these Bylaws,
notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it shall not be
construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by
mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his address as it appears on
the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice
shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the
United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by telegram.
Section 7. WAIVER OF NOTICE. Whenever any notice is required to be
given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of
Incorporation or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the
person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time
stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
Section 8. ANNUAL STATEMENT. The Board of Directors shall present at
each annual meeting, and at any special meeting of the stockholders when called
for by vote of the stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and
condition of the corporation.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. AMENDMENT BY DIRECTORS OR STOCKHOLDERS.
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These Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new Bylaws may be adopted by
the stockholders or by the Board of Directors, when such power is conferred upon
the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation, at any regular
meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special
meeting of the stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such
alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new Bylaws be contained in the
notice of such special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws is
conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Certificate of Incorporation it
shall not divest or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or
repeal Bylaws.
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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I, the undersigned, do hereby certify:
(1) That I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of Silver
Cinemas, Inc., a Delaware corporation; and
(2) That the foregoing bylaws constitute the bylaws of said
corporation as duly adopted by the written consent of the Incorporator of said
corporation as of October 11, 1996.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day
of October, 1996.
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Thomas J. Owens, Secretary
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