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ARTESIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION
BY-LAWS
ARTICLE I - STOCKHOLDERS
Section 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, which date shall be within thirteen (13) months of the last annual meeting
of stockholders.
(2) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by
the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (a) pursuant
to the Corporation's notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of record of the Corporation who was a
stockholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in
the following paragraph, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied
with the notice procedures set forth in this section.
(3) For nominations or other business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (c) of paragraph
(2) of the foregoing paragraph, (1) the stockholder must have given timely
notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and (2) such
business must be a proper matter for stockholder action under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. To be timely, a stockholder's notice
shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 90 days nor more 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 year's annual meeting of
stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is
advanced by more than 30 days before, or delayed by more than 60 days after the
anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to
be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later
of (i) the 100th day prior to such annual meeting or (ii) the 10th day following
the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.
Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom the
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 election of directors, or is otherwise required, in
each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") (including such person's written consent to
being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if
elected); (b) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring
before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and
any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the beneficial
owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the
stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and address of such stockholder,
as they appear on the Corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner and (ii)
the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially
and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner.
(4) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of
paragraph (3) of this Section to the contrary, in the event that the number of
directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation is
increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for
director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors made by the
Corporation at least 90 days prior to the Anniversary, a stockholder's notice
required by this by-law shall also be considered timely, but only with respect
to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which
such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(5) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1 shall be eligible to serve as directors
and 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 Section. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power and
duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought
before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in these
By-laws, and if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with
these By-laws, to declare that such defectively proposed business or nomination
shall not be presented for stockholder action at the meeting and shall be
disregarded.
(6) For purposes of these By-laws, "public announcement" shall
mean disclosure in a press release reported by at least one newspaper circulated
through the State of Delaware or document publicly filed by the Corporation with
the SEC pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(7) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
1, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the
matters set forth in this Section 1.
Section 2. Special Meetings: Notice.
(1) Special meetings of the stockholders, other than those
required by statute, may be called at any time by the Board of Directors acting
pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the Whole Board. For purposes
of these By-laws, the term "Whole Board" shall mean the total number of
authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously
authorized directorships. The Board of Directors may postpone or reschedule any
previously scheduled special meeting.
(2) Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting
of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting. 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 pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting (a)
by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (b) by any stockholder of
record of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record 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 set forth in Section 1 of
this Article I. Nominations by stockholders of persons for election to the Board
of Directors may be made at such a special meeting of stockholders if the
stockholder's notice required by the third paragraph of Section 1 of this
Article I shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices
of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th
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.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
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 Section 2.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of the place, if any, date, and time of all meetings of
the stockholders, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at
such meeting, shall be given, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60)
days before the date on which the meeting is to be held, to each stockholder
entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or
required by law (meaning, here and hereinafter, as required from time to time by
the Delaware General Corporation Law or the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation).
When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time,
notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date and
time thereof and the means of remote communications, if any, by which
stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at
such adjourned meetings are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is
taken; provided, however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more than
thirty (30) days after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or
if a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the place, if
any, date, and time of the adjourned meeting and the means of remote
communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to
be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting, shall be given in
conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may be transacted
which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 4. Quorum.
At any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority
of all of the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in
person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except
to the extent that the presence of a larger number may be required by law. Where
a separate vote by a class or classes or series is required, a majority of the
shares of such class or classes or series present in person or represented by
proxy shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that
vote on that matter.
If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of
the meeting may adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date, or time.
Section 5. Organization.
Such person as the Board of Directors may have designated or,
in the absence of such a person, the Chairman of the Board or, in his or her
absence, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or, in his or her
absence, such person as may be chosen by the holders of a majority of the shares
entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, shall call to order any
meeting of the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence
of the Secretary of the Corporation, the secretary of the meeting shall be such
person as the chairman appoints.
Section 6. Conduct of Business.
The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine
the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such
regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion as seem to him
or her in order. The chairman shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to
another place, if any, date and time. The date and time of the opening and
closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at
the meeting shall be announced at the meeting.
Section 7. Proxies and Voting.
At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled
to vote may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or
by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure
established for the meeting. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other
reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission created pursuant to this
paragraph may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or
transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or
transmission could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication
or other reproduction shall be complete reproduction of the entire original
writing or transmission.
The Corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall,
in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act
at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate
one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails
to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of
stockholders, the person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent
required by law, shall, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.
Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and
sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict
impartiality and according to the best of his ability.
All elections shall be determined by a plurality of the votes
cast, and except as otherwise required by law, all other matters shall be
determined by a majority of the votes cast affirmatively or negatively.
Section 8. Stock List.
A complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at any
meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each class of stock
and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number of shares
registered in his or her name, shall be open to the examination of any such
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business
hours for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting in the manner
provided by law.
The stock list shall also be open to the examination of any
stockholder during the whole time of the meeting as required by law. This list
shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote
at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them.
Section 9. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting.
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 the stockholders, may be taken without a
meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents 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 an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of
the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery
made to the Corporation's registered office shall be made by hand or by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
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 (60) days of
the date the earliest dated consent is delivered to the Corporation, a written
consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are
delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in the first paragraph of
this Section.
ARTICLE II - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Number, Election and Term of Directors.
Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
preferred stock to elect directors under specified circumstances, the number of
directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board of Directors
pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors
which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies. The directors,
other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of preferred
stock under specified circumstances, shall be divided, with respect to the time
for which they severally hold office, into three classes with the term of office
of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders
following the adoption of this provision, the term of office of the second class
to expire at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the adoption of
this provision and the term of office of the third class to expire at the third
annual meeting of stockholders following the adoption of this provision, with
each director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly
elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of stockholders, commencing with
the first annual meeting, (i) directors elected to succeed those directors whose
terms then expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at the third
succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election, with each
director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected
and qualified, and (ii) if authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors,
directors may be elected to fill any vacancy on the Board of Directors,
regardless of how such vacancy shall have been created.
Section 2. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies.
Subject to applicable law and to the rights of the holders of
any series of preferred stock with respect to such series of preferred stock,
and unless the Board of Directors otherwise determines, newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors
or any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled
only by a majority vote of the directors then in office, though less than a
quorum, and directors so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the
annual meeting of stockholders at which the term of office of the class to which
they have been elected expires and until such director's successor shall have
been duly elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of authorized
directors constituting the entire Board of Directors shall shorten the term of
any incumbent director.
Section 3. Regular Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at
such place or places, on such date or dates, and at such time or times as shall
have been established by the Board of Directors and publicized among all
directors. A notice of each regular meeting shall not be required.
Section 4. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by
the President or by two or more directors then in office and shall be held at
such place, on such date, and at such time as they or he or she shall fix.
Notice of the place, date, and time of each such special meeting shall be given
each director by whom it is not waived by mailing written notice not less than
five (5) days before the meeting or by telephone or by telegraphing or telexing
or by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission of the same not less
than twenty-four (24) hours before the meeting. Unless otherwise indicated in
the notice thereof, any and all business may be transacted at a special meeting.
Section 5. Quorum.
At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a majority of the
total number of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. If a
quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn
the meeting to another place, date, or time, without further notice or waiver
thereof.
Section 6. Participation in Meetings By Conference Telephone.
Members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee
thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of
conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation
shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 7. Conduct of Business.
At any meeting of the Board of Directors, business shall be
transacted in such order and manner as the Board may from time to time
determine, and all matters shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the
directors present, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law.
Action may be taken by the Board of Directors without a meeting if all members
thereof consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the
writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with
the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such filing shall be in
paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in
electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 8. Powers.
The Board of Directors may, except as otherwise required by
law, exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be
exercised or done by the Corporation, including, without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the unqualified power:
(1) To declare dividends from time to time in accordance with law;
(2) To purchase or otherwise acquire any property, rights or
privileges on such terms as it shall determine;
(3) To authorize the creation, making and issuance, in such form as it
may determine, of written obligations of every kind, negotiable or
non-negotiable, secured or unsecured, and to do all things
necessary in connection therewith;
(4) To remove any officer of the Corporation with or without cause,
and from time to time to devolve the powers and duties of any
officer upon any other person for the time being;
(5) To confer upon any officer of the Corporation the power to
appoint, remove and suspend subordinate officers, employees and
agents;
(6) To adopt from time to time such stock option, stock purchase,
bonus or other compensation plans for directors, officers,
employees and agents of the Corporation and its subsidiaries as it
may determine;
(7) To adopt from time to time such insurance, retirement, and other
benefit plans for directors, officers, employees and agents of the
Corporation and its subsidiaries as it may determine; and,
(8) To adopt from time to time regulations, not inconsistent with
these By-laws, for the management of the Corporation's business
and affairs.
Section 9. Compensation of Directors.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
incorporation, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the
compensation of the 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 paid a stated
salary or paid other compensation as director. No such payment shall preclude
any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving
compensation therefore. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed
like compensation for attending committee meetings.
ARTICLE III - COMMITTEES
Section 1. Committees of the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors may from time to time designate
committees of the Board, with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it
thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall, for those
committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or directors to
serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as
alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any
meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of
any committee and any alternate member in his or her place, the member or
members of the committee present at the meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he or she or they constitute a quorum, may by unanimous
vote appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in
the place of the absent or disqualified member. The Board of Directors has, by
resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, elected that the Corporation
be governed by Section 141(c)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Accordingly, 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
powers which may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority in reference to the following matter: (i) approving or adopting, or
recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the
Delaware General Corporation Law to be submitted to stockholders for approval
(other than the election or removal of directors) or (ii) adopting, amending or
repealing any by-law of the Corporation.
Section 2. Conduct of Business.
Each committee may determine the procedural rules for meeting
and conducting its business and shall act in accordance therewith, except as
otherwise provided herein or required by law. Adequate provision shall be made
for notice to members of all meetings; one-third (1/3) of the members shall
constitute a quorum unless the committee shall consist of one (1) or two (2)
members, in which event one (1) member shall constitute a quorum; and all
matters shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present. Action
may be taken by any committee without a meeting if all members thereof consent
thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or
electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of such committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes
are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are
maintained in electronic form.
ARTICLE IV - OFFICERS
Section 1. Generally. The officers of the Corporation shall
consist of a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer
and such other officers as may from time to time be appointed by the Board of
Directors. Officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors, which shall
consider that subject at its first meeting after every annual meeting of
stockholders. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is
elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal. Any
number of offices may be held by the same person. The salaries of officers
elected by the Board of Directors shall be fixed from time to time by the Board
of Directors or by such officers as may be designated by resolution of the
Board.
Section 2. President.
Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the
President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. Subject to
the provisions of these By-laws and to the direction of the Board of Directors,
he or she shall have the responsibility for the general management and control
of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall perform all duties and
have all powers which are commonly incident to the office of chief executive or
which are delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. He or she shall
have power to sign all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of
the Corporation which are authorized and shall have general supervision and
direction of all of the other officers, employees and agents of the Corporation.
Section 3. Vice President.
Each Vice President shall have such powers and duties as may
be delegated to him or her by the Board of Directors. One (1) Vice President
shall be designated by the Board to perform the duties and exercise the powers
of the President in the event of the President's absence or disability.
Section 4. Treasurer.
The Treasurer shall have the responsibility for maintaining
the financial records of the Corporation. He or she shall make such
disbursements of the funds of the Corporation as are authorized and shall render
from time to time an account of all such transactions and of the financial
condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall also perform such other duties
as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 5. Secretary.
The Secretary shall issue all authorized notices for, and
shall keep minutes of, all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of
Directors. He or she shall have charge of the corporate books and shall perform
such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
Section 6. Delegation of Authority.
The Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the
powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or agents, notwithstanding
any provision hereof.
Section 7. Removal.
Any officer of the Corporation may be removed at any time,
with or without cause, by the Board of Directors.
Section 8. Action with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations.
Unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors, the
President or any officer of the Corporation authorized by the President shall
have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf of the Corporation, in person or
by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders of or with respect to any action of
stockholders of any other corporation in which this Corporation may hold
securities and otherwise to exercise any and all rights and powers which this
Corporation may possess by reason of its ownership of securities in such other
corporation.
ARTICLE V - STOCK
Section 1. Certificates of Stock.
Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate signed by,
or in the name of the Corporation by, the President or a Vice President, and by
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her. Any or all of
the signatures on the certificate may be by facsimile.
Section 2. Transfers of Stock.
Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books
of the Corporation kept at an office of the Corporation or by transfer agents
designated to transfer shares of the stock of the Corporation. Except where a
certificate is issued in accordance with Section 4 of Article V of these
by-laws, an outstanding certificate for the number of shares involved shall be
surrendered for cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefore.
Section 3. 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
which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days
before the date of any meeting of stockholders, nor more than sixty (60) 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.
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 record date shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days after the date upon
which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors. Any stockholder of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize
or take corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice to the
Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date. The Board of
Directors shall promptly, but in all events within 10 days after the date on
which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date
(unless a record date has previously been fixed by the Board of Directors
pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph). If no record date has been
fixed by the Board of Directors within 10 days of the date on which such a
request is received, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action
by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, shall be the first date
on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to
be taken is delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in
the State of Delaware, its principal place of business, or any officer or agent
of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings
of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered
office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior
action by the Board of Directors is required by applicable law, the record date
for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporation action in
writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on which
the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action.
Section 4. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.
In the event of the loss, theft or destruction of any
certificate of stock, another may be issued in its place pursuant to such
regulations as the Board of Directors may establish concerning proof of such
loss, theft or destruction and concerning the giving of a satisfactory bond or
bonds of indemnity.
Section 5. Regulations.
The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of
certificates of stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board
of Directors may establish.
ARTICLE VI - NOTICES
Section 1. Notices.
Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or required
by law, all notices required to be given to any stockholder, director, officer,
employee or agent shall be in writing and may in every instance be effectively
given by hand delivery to the recipient thereof, by depositing such notice in
the mails, postage paid, recognized overnight delivery service or by sending
such notice by facsimile, receipt acknowledged, or by prepaid telegram or
mailgram. 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. Any such notice shall be addressed to such stockholder,
director, officer, employee or agent at his or her last known address as the
same appears on the books of the Corporation. The time when such notice is
received, if hand delivered, or deposited in the mail, if delivered through the
mails or by telegram or mailgram, shall be the time of the giving of the notice.
Section 2. Waivers.
A written waiver of any notice, signed by a stockholder or
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 attendance
for the sole purpose of objecting to the timeliness of notice.
ARTICLE VII - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Facsimile Signatures.
In addition to the provisions for use of facsimile signatures
elsewhere specifically authorized in these By-laws, facsimile signatures of any
officer or officers of the Corporation may be used whenever and as authorized by
the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
Section 2. Corporate Seal.
The Board of Directors may provide a suitable seal, containing
the name of the Corporation, which seal shall be in the charge of the Secretary.
If and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof,
duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the Treasurer or by an Assistant
Secretary or Assistant Treasurer.
Section 3. Reliance upon Books, Reports and Records.
Each director, each member of any committee designated by the
Board of Directors, and each officer of the Corporation shall, in the
performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith
upon the books of account or other records of the Corporation and upon such
information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any
of its officers or employees, or committees of the Board of Directors so
designated, or by any other person as to matters which such director or
committee member reasonably believes are within such other person's professional
or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on
behalf of the Corporation.
Section 4. Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be as fixed by the
Board of Directors.
Section 5. Time Periods.
In applying any provision of these By-laws which requires that
an act be done or not be done a specified number of days prior to an event or
that an act be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an
event, calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be
excluded, and the day of the event shall be included.
ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 1. Right to Indemnification.
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,
officer or controller of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a director, officer, or trustee of another 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 in an official capacity as a
director, officer, controller or trustee or in any other capacity while serving
as a director, officer, controller or trustee, 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 Section 3 of this ARTICLE VIII 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.
Section 2. Right to Advancement of Expenses.
In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in
Section 1 of this Article VIII, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be
paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney's 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, officer or controller (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 Section 2 or otherwise.
Section 3. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit.
If a claim under Section 1 or 2 of this ARTICLE VIII is not
paid in full by the Corporation within sixty (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 twenty
(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 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 (i) 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, and
(ii) 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 directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such
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 in the circumstances 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 directors who
are not parties to such action, a committee of such 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,
or 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 to such advancement of expenses, under this
ARTICLE VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
Section 4. Non-Exclusivity of Rights.
The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
expenses conferred in this ARTICLE VIII shall not be exclusive of any other
right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 5. Insurance.
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.
Section 6. Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation.
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 Article with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the
Corporation.
Section 7. Nature of Rights.
The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this ARTICLE VIII
shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who
has ceased to be a director, officer, controller or trustee and shall inure to
the benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators. Any
amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VIII that adversely affects any
right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not
limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any
occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took
place prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE IX - AMENDMENTS
In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred
by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend and
repeal these By-Laws subject to the power of the holders of capital stock of the
Corporation to alter, amend or repeal the By-Laws; provided, however, that, with
respect to the powers of holders of capital stock to make, alter, amend and
repeal By-Laws of the Corporation, notwithstanding any other provision of these
By-Laws or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no
vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular
class or series of the capital stock of the Corporation required by law, these
By-Laws or any preferred stock, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least
75 percent of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class,
shall be required to make, alter, amend or repeal any provision of these
By-Laws.
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