authorized by the person who
will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any
such telegram, cablegram or other means of electronic transmission must either
set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that
the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was authorized by the
stockholder. If it is determined that
such telegrams, cablegrams or other electronic transmissions are valid, the
judge or judges of stockholder votes or, if there are no such judges, such
other persons making that determination shall specify the information upon
which they relied.
Any copy,
facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or
transmission created pursuant to the preceding paragraph of this Section 6
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 a complete
reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
Proxies shall
be filed with the Secretary of the meeting prior to or at the commencement of
the meeting to which they relate.
Section 7.
Voting. When a quorum is present
at any meeting, the vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the
stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote on the
matter shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the
question is one upon which by express provision of statute or of the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a different vote is required, in
which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such
question.
Section 8.
Record Dates. In order that the
Corporation may determine the stockholders (a) entitled to notice of or to
vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof or (b) 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 record date shall not precede the
date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which
record date (i) in the case of clause (a) above, shall not be more
than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting and (ii) in
the case of clause (b) above, shall not be more than sixty days prior to
such action. If for any reason the Board
of Directors shall not have fixed a record date for any such purpose, the
record date for such purpose shall be determined as provided by law. Only those stockholders of record on the date
so fixed or determined shall be entitled to any of the foregoing rights,
notwithstanding the transfer of any such stock on the books of the Corporation
after any such record date so fixed or determined.
Section 9.
Inspection of Stockholders 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
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certificate of designations
relating to any series of Preferred Stock) applicable thereto. The number of directors that may be elected
by the holders of any such series of Preferred Stock shall be in addition to
the number fixed by or pursuant to the By-Laws.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the terms of such series, the
number of directors that may be so elected by the holders of any such series of
stock shall be elected for terms expiring at the next annual meeting of
stockholders, and vacancies among directors so elected by the separate vote of
the holders of any such series of Preferred Stock shall be filled by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors elected by such
series, or, if there are no such remaining directors, by the holders of such
series in the same manner in which such series initially elected a director.
Section 5.
Election of Directors by Multiples Classes or Series of Stock. If at any meeting for the election of
directors, the Corporation has outstanding more than one class of stock, and
one or more such classes or series thereof are entitled to vote separately as a
class, and there shall be a quorum of only one such class or series of stock,
that class or series of stock shall be entitled to elect its quota of directors
notwithstanding absence of a quorum of the other class or series of stock.
Section 6.
Executive Committee. The Board of
Directors may designate three or more directors to constitute an executive
committee to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, one of whom shall
be designated Chairman of such committee.
The members of such committee shall by comprised of such members of the
Board of Directors as the Board of Directors shall from time to time
establish. Any vacancy occurring in the
committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Regular meetings of the committee shall be
held at such times and on such notice and at such places as it may from time to
time determine. The committee shall act,
advise with and aid the officers of the Corporation in all matters concerning
its interest and the management of its business, and shall generally perform
such duties and exercise such powers as may from time to time be delegated to
it by the Board of Directors. The
committee shall have power to authorize the seal of the Corporation to be
affixed to all papers which are required by the Delaware General Corporation
Law to have the seal affixed thereto.
The executive
committee shall keep regular minutes of its transactions and shall cause them
to be recorded in a book kept in the office of the Corporation designated for
that purpose, and shall report the same to the Board of Directors at their
regular meeting. The committee shall
make and adopt its own rules for the government thereof and shall elect
its own officers.
Section 7.
Other Committees. The Board of
Directors may from time to time establish such other committees to serve at the
pleasure of the Board (including, without limitation, an Audit Committee, a
Compensation Committee and a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee) which
shall be comprised of such members of the Board and have such duties as the
Board shall from time to time establish.
Any director may belong to any number of committees of the Board. The Board may also establish such other
committees with such members (whether or not directors) and such duties as the
Board may from time to time determine.
Section 8.
Action by Unanimous Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-Laws, any action required or
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ARTICLE VI.
CHECKS, NOTES, PROXIES, ETC.
All checks and
drafts on the Corporations bank accounts and all bills of exchange and
promissory notes, and all acceptances, obligations and other instruments for
the payment of money, shall be signed by such officer or officers or agent or
agents as shall be authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors. Proxies to vote and consents with respect to
securities of other corporations owned by or standing in the name of the
Corporation may be executed and delivered from time to time on behalf of the Corporation
by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or President, or by
such officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.
ARTICLE VII.
FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal
year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each
year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.
ARTICLE VIII.
CORPORATE SEAL
The corporate
seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation. In lieu of the corporate seal, when so
authorized by the Board of Directors or a duly empowered committee thereof, a
facsimile thereof may be impressed or affixed or reproduced.
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws
may be amended, added to, rescinded or repealed at any meeting of the Board of
Directors or of the stockholders, provided
notice of the proposed change was given in the notice of the meeting of the
stockholders or, in the case of a meeting of the Board of Directors, in a
notice given not less than two days prior to the meeting.
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