EX-3.01
Published on April 30, 2010
Exhibit 3.01
BYLAWS
OF
INTUIT INC.
A Delaware Corporation
As Amended April 28, 2010
ARTICLE I
STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.1: Annual Meetings. Unless directors are elected by written consent
in lieu of an annual meeting, as permitted by Section 211 of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
an annual meeting of stockholders shall be held for the election of directors at such date and time
as the Board of Directors shall each year fix. The meeting may be held either at a place, within
or without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communication as the Board of Directors in
its sole discretion may determine. Any other proper business may be transacted at the annual
meeting.
Section 1.2: Special Meetings. Special meetings of stockholders for any
purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Board of Directors, and shall be called upon
the request of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, or by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors. Special meetings may not be
called by any other person or persons. If a special meeting of stockholders is called at the
request of any person or persons other than by a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors, then such person or persons shall request such meeting by delivering a written request
to call such meeting to each member of the Board of Directors, and the Board of Directors shall
then determine the time and date of such special meeting, which shall be held not more than 120 nor
less than 35 days after the written request to call such special meeting was delivered to each
member of the Board of Directors. The special meeting may be held either at a place, within or
without the State of Delaware, or by means of remote communication as the Board of Directors in its
sole discretion may determine.
Section 1.3: Notice of Meetings. Notice of all meetings of stockholders shall
be given in writing or by electronic transmission in the manner provided by law (including, without
limitation, as set forth in Section 7.1(b) of these Bylaws) stating the date, time and place, if
any, of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the
meeting is called. Unless otherwise required by applicable law or the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Corporation, such notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the
date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting.
Section 1.4: Adjournments. The chair 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 seems to him or her to be in order. The chair
shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another time, date and place (if any). Any meeting
of stockholders may adjourn from time to time, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned
meeting if the time, date and place (if any) thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken; provided, however, that
if the adjournment is for more than 30 days, or if after the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the
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adjourned meeting, then a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each
stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting the Corporation
may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 1.5: Quorum. At each meeting of stockholders the holders of a
majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except if otherwise required
by applicable law. If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairperson of the meeting or
the holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote who are present, in person or by proxy, at
the meeting may adjourn the meeting. Shares of the Corporations stock belonging to the
Corporation (or to another corporation, if a majority of the shares entitled to vote in the
election of directors of such other corporation are held, directly or indirectly, by the
Corporation), shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes;
provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation
or any other corporation to vote any shares of the Corporations stock held by it in a fiduciary
capacity and to count such shares for purposes of determining a quorum.
Section 1.6: Organization. Meetings of stockholders shall be presided over by
such person as the Board of Directors may designate, or, in the absence of such a person, the
Chairperson of the Board of Directors, or, in the absence of such person, the President of the
Corporation, or, in the absence of such person, 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, at the meeting.
Such person shall be chairperson of the meeting and, subject to Section 1.11 hereof, 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 seems to him or her to be in order. The
Secretary of the Corporation shall act as secretary of the meeting, but in such persons absence
the chairperson of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 1.7: Voting; Proxies. Unless otherwise provided by law or the
Certificate of Incorporation, and subject to the provisions of Section 1.8 of these Bylaws, each
stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder. Each
stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or to take corporate action by written
consent without a meeting, may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by
proxy. Such a proxy may be prepared, transmitted and delivered in any manner permitted by
applicable law. Voting at meetings of stockholders need not be by written ballot unless such is
demanded at the meeting before voting begins by a stockholder or stockholders holding shares
representing at least 1% of the votes entitled to vote at such meeting, or by such stockholders or
stockholders proxy; provided, however, that an election of directors shall be by
written ballot if demand is so made by any stockholder at the meeting before voting begins. If a
vote is to be taken by written ballot, then each such ballot shall state the name of the
stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as the chairperson of the meeting deems
appropriate and, if authorized by the Board of Directors, the ballot may be submitted by electronic
transmission in the manner provided by law.
Except as provided in Section 2.2, each director shall be elected by the vote of the majority
of the votes cast with respect to the director at any meeting for the election of directors at
which a quorum is present; provided that if as of a date that is fourteen (14) days in advance of
the date the corporation files its definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether or not
thereafter revised or supplemented) with the Securities and Exchange Commission the number of
nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected, the directors shall be elected by the vote
of a plurality of the shares represented in person or by proxy at any such meeting and entitled to
vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this section, a
majority of the votes cast means that the number of shares voted for a director must exceed
the number of votes cast against that director. The Nominating and Governance Committee has
established procedures under which any director who is not elected shall offer to tender his or her
resignation to the
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Board. The Nominating and Governance Committee will make a recommendation to
the Board whether to accept or reject the resignation, or whether other action should be taken. The
Board will act on the Committees recommendation and publicly disclose its decision and the
rationale behind it within 90 days after the date of the certification of the election results. If,
for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, they may be
elected as soon thereafter as convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that
purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws.
Unless otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws,
every matter other than the election of directors shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote thereon that are present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and are voted for or against the matter.
Section 1.8: Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record.
(a) Generally. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled
to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to take
corporate action by written consent without a meeting, 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, in advance, a record date, which shall not precede the date
upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which
shall not be more than 60 nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60
days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, then the
record date shall be as provided by applicable law. A determination of stockholders of record
entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the
meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date
for the adjourned meeting.
(b) Stockholder Request for Action by Written Consent. Any stockholder of record
seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take corporate action by written consent without a
meeting shall, by written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation, request the Board of
Directors to fix a record date for such consent. Such request shall include a brief description of
the action proposed to be taken. The Board of Directors shall, within 10 days after the date on
which such a request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record date. Such record date
shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board
of Directors, and 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. If no record date has been fixed by the
Board of Directors within 10 days after the date on which such a request is received, then 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 in the manner provided in Section 1.10(b) of these Bylaws.
Delivery made to the Corporations 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, then the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate 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 1.9: List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote. A complete list of
stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order and
showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each
stockholder, 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 on a reasonably accessible electronic network
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as permitted by law (provided that the
information required to gain access to the list is provided with the notice of the meeting) or
during ordinary business hours at the principal place of business of the Corporation. If the
meeting is held at a place, 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 at the
meeting. If the meeting is held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall be
open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably
accessible electronic network, and the information required to access the list shall be provided
with the notice of the meeting.
Section 1.10: Action by Written Consent of Stockholders.
(a) Procedure. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, and
except as set forth in Section 1.8(b) above, any action required or permitted to 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 in the manner permitted by law by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than
the 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. Written stockholder consents shall
bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent in the manner permitted by law
and shall be delivered to the Corporation as provided in subsection (b) below. No written consent
shall be effective to take the action set forth therein unless, within 60 days of the earliest
dated consent delivered to the Corporation in the manner provided above, written consents signed by
a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action set forth therein are delivered to the
Corporation in the manner provided above.
(b) A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken
and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or a person or persons authorized to act for a
stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of
this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets
forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the
telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or
proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (ii)
the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such
telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or
electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was
signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to
have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall
be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of 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 a Corporations
registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt
requested. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram,
cablegram or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of
business of the Corporation or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book
in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner
provided by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(c) Notice of Consent. Prompt notice of the taking of corporate action by
stockholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent of the stockholders shall be
given to those stockholders who have not consented thereto in writing and, who, if the action had
been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting, if the record date for
such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to
take the action were delivered to the Corporation as required by law. In the case of a Certificate
of Action (as defined below), if the
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Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, such notice
shall be given prior to filing of the certificate in question. If the action which is consented to
requires the filing of a certificate under the Delaware General Corporation Law (the Certificate
of Action), then if the Delaware General Corporation Law so requires, the certificate so filed
shall state that written stockholder consent has been given in accordance with Section 228 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law and that written notice of the taking of corporate action by
stockholders without a meeting as described herein has been given as provided in such section.
Section 1.11: Inspectors of Elections.
(a) Applicability. Unless otherwise provided in the Corporations Certificate of
Incorporation or required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the following provisions of this
Section 1.11 shall apply only if and when the Corporation has a class of voting stock that is: (i)
listed on a national securities exchange; (ii) authorized for quotation on an automated interdealer
quotation system of a registered national securities association; or (iii) held of record by more
than 2,000 stockholders. In all other cases, observance of the provisions of this Section 1.11
shall be optional, and at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
(b) Appointment. The Corporation shall, in advance of any meeting of stockholders,
appoint one or more inspectors of election 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 shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.
(c) Inspectors Oath. Each inspector of election, before entering upon the discharge
of such inspectors duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspectors ability.
(d) Duties of Inspectors. At a meeting of stockholders, the inspectors of election
shall (i) ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each share, (ii)
determine the shares represented at a meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (iii) count
all votes and ballots, (iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period of time a record of the
disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (v) certify their
determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and
ballots. The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or entities to assist the inspectors
in the performance of the duties of the inspectors.
(e) Opening and Closing of Polls. The date and time of the opening and the closing of
the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced by
the chairperson of the meeting. No ballot, proxies or votes, nor any revocations thereof or
changes thereto, shall be accepted by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the
Court of Chancery upon application by a stockholder shall determine otherwise.
(f) Determinations. In determining the validity and counting of proxies and ballots,
the inspectors shall be limited to an examination of the proxies, any envelopes submitted with
those proxies,
any information provided in connection with proxies in accordance with Section 212(c)(2) of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, ballots and the regular books and records of the Corporation,
except that the inspectors may consider other reliable information for the limited purpose of
reconciling proxies and ballots submitted by or on behalf of banks, brokers, their nominees or
similar persons which represent more votes than the holder of a proxy is authorized by the record
owner to cast or more votes than the stockholder holds of record. If the inspectors consider other
reliable information for the limited purpose permitted herein, the inspectors at the time they make
their certification of their determinations pursuant
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to this Section 1.11 shall specify the precise
information considered by them, including the person or persons from whom they obtained the
information, when the information was obtained, the means by which the information was obtained and
the basis for the inspectors belief that such information is accurate and reliable.
Section 1.12: Notice of Stockholder Business; Nominations.
(a) Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
(i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business
to be considered by the stockholders shall be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (A)
pursuant to the Corporations notice of such meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record at the time
of giving of the notice provided for in this Section 1.12, who is entitled to vote at such meeting
and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.12.
(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of subparagraph (a)(i) of this Section 1.12, the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other
business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders
notice must be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
later than the close of business on the 75th day nor earlier than the close of business on the
105th day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, except in the case
of the 2002 annual meeting, for which such notice shall be timely if delivered in the same time
period as if such meeting were a special meeting governed by subparagraph (b) of this Section 1.12;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more
than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to
be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 105th day prior to
such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the 75th
day prior to such annual meeting or the close of business on the 10th day following the day on
which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation. Such
stockholders 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 that is
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 persons 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 (1) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, and (2) the
class and number of shares of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and held of record by
such stockholder and such beneficial owner.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section
1.12 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 by the Corporation
naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors
at least 75 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting (or, if the
annual meeting is held more than 30 days before or 60 days after such anniversary date, at least 75
days prior to such annual meeting), a stockholders notice required by this Section 1.12 shall also
be considered timely, but only with respect
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to nominees for any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive
office 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.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the
Corporations notice of such 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 Corporations notice of such meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (ii) provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors shall be
elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at
the time of giving of notice of the special meeting, who shall be entitled to vote at the meeting
and who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.12. In the event the
Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more
directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as the
case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Corporations notice of meeting,
if the stockholders notice required by subparagraph (a)(ii) of this Section 1.12 shall be
delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not earlier than the 105th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of
business on the later of the 75th 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.
(c) General.
(i) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section 1.12 shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at a
meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1.12. Except as otherwise provided by law or these Bylaws,
the chairperson 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 or proposed, as the case may be, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 and, if any proposed nomination or
business is not in compliance herewith, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall
be disregarded.
(ii) For purposes of this Section 1.12, the term Public Announcement shall mean disclosure
in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national
news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a stockholder shall also
comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in this Section 1.12 shall be
deemed to
affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy
statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.1: Number; Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall consist of
one or more members. The initial number of directors shall be eight, and thereafter shall be fixed
from time to time by resolution of the Board of Directors. No decrease in the authorized number of
directors constituting the
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Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Directors need not be stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 2.2: Election; Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. The Board of
Directors shall initially consist of the person or persons elected by the incorporator or named in
the Corporations initial Certificate of Incorporation. Each director shall hold office until the
next annual meeting of stockholders and until such directors successor is elected and qualified,
or until such directors earlier death, resignation or removal. Any director may resign at any
time upon written notice to the Corporation. Such resignation will specify whether it will be
effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Chairman of the Board or Secretary or at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective
at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. When one (1) or more directors shall resign from the
Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who
have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take
effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen
shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of the director whose place shall be
vacated and until his successor shall have been duly elected and qualified. Subject to
the rights of any holders of Preferred Stock then outstanding: (i) any director or the entire
Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors and (ii) any vacancy occurring in the
Board of Directors for any cause, and any newly created directorship resulting from any increase in
the authorized number of directors to be elected by all stockholders having the right to vote as a
single class, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be filled only by a majority vote of the
directors then in office, though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director and not by the
stockholders, and any director so chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual
meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. A vacancy in the
Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist under this section in the case of the death,
resignation or removal of any director, or if the stockholders fail at any meeting of stockholders
at which directors are to be elected to elect the number of directors then constituting the whole
Board.
Section 2.3: Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may
be held at such places, within or without the State of Delaware, and at such times as the Board of
Directors may from time to time determine. Notice of regular meetings need not be given if the
date, times and places thereof are fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.4: Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may
be called by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the President or a majority of the members
of the Board of Directors then in office and may be held at any time, date or place, within or
without the State of Delaware, as the person or persons calling the meeting shall fix. Notice of
the time, date and place of such meeting shall be given, orally, in writing or by electronic
transmission (including electronic mail), by the person or persons calling the meeting to all
directors at least four days before the meeting if the notice is mailed, or at least 24 hours
before the meeting if such notice is given by telephone, hand
delivery, telegram, telex, mailgram, facsimile, electronic mail or other means of electronic
transmission. Unless otherwise indicated in the notice, any and all business may be transacted at
a special meeting.
Section 2.5: Remote Meetings Permitted. Members of the Board of Directors, or
any committee of the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such
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 participation in a meeting pursuant
to conference telephone or other communications equipment shall constitute presence in person at
such meeting.
Section 2.6: Quorum; Vote Required for Action. At all meetings of the Board
of Directors a majority of the total number of authorized directors shall constitute a quorum for
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business. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of
Incorporation, or required by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.7: Organization. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be
presided over by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, or in such persons absence by the
President, or in such persons absence by a chairperson chosen at the meeting. The Secretary shall
act as secretary of the meeting, but in such persons absence the chairperson of the meeting may
appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
Section 2.8: Written Action by Directors. 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 of Directors or such committee, as the case may be,
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
or committee, respectively. 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 2.9: Powers. The Board of Directors may, except as otherwise required
by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, exercise all such powers and do all such acts and
things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation.
Section 2.10: Compensation of Directors. Directors, as such, may receive,
pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, fees and other compensation for their services
as directors, including without limitation their services as members of committees of the Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES
Section 3.1: Committees. The Board of Directors may designate one or more
committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. The
Board of Directors 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 the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting
of such committee who are not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members
constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the
meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent
provided in a 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 that may require it; but no such committee shall have the
power or authority in reference to the following matters: (i) approving, 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 or (ii) adopting, amending or repealing any bylaw
of the Corporation.
Section 3.2: Committee Rules. Unless the Board of Directors otherwise
provides, each committee designated by the Board of Directors may make, alter and repeal rules for
the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its
business in the same manner as the Board of Directors conducts its business pursuant to Article II
of these Bylaws.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.1: Generally. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a
Chief Executive Officer and/or a President, one or more Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer
and such other officers, including a Chairperson of the Board of Directors and/or Chief Financial
Officer, as may from time to time be appointed by the Board of Directors. All officers shall be
elected by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Board of Directors
may empower the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation to appoint officers other than the
Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer
or the Treasurer. Each officer shall hold office until such persons successor is elected and
qualified or until such persons earlier resignation or removal. Any number of offices may be held
by the same person. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the Corporation.
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise
may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.2: Chief Executive Officer. Subject to the control of the Board of
Directors and such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors, the
powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation are:
(a) To act as the general manager and, subject to the control of the Board of Directors, to
have general supervision, direction and control of the business and affairs of the Corporation;
(b) To preside at all meetings of the stockholders;
(c) To call meetings of the stockholders to be held at such times and, subject to the
limitations prescribed by law or by these Bylaws, at such places as he or she shall deem proper;
and
(d) To affix the signature of the Corporation to all deeds, conveyances, mortgages,
guarantees, leases, obligations, bonds, certificates and other papers and instruments in writing
which have been authorized by the Board of Directors or which, in the judgment of the Chief
Executive Officer, should be executed on behalf of the Corporation; to sign certificates for shares
of stock of the Corporation; and, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors, to have
general charge of the property of the Corporation and to supervise and control all officers, agents
and employees of the Corporation.
The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation unless the Board of
Directors shall designate another officer to be the Chief Executive Officer. If there is no
President,
and the Board of Directors has not designated any other officer to be the Chief Executive
Officer, then the Chairperson of the Board of Directors shall be the Chief Executive Officer.
Section 4.3: Chairperson of the Board. The Chairperson of the Board of
Directors shall have the power to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall have
such other powers and duties as provided in these Bylaws and as the Board of Directors may from
time to time prescribe.
Section 4.4: President. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of
the Corporation unless the Board of Directors shall have designated another officer as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws and to the
direction of the Board of Directors, and subject to the supervisory powers of the Chief Executive
Officer (if the Chief Executive Officer is an officer other than the President), and subject to
such supervisory powers and authority as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairperson
of the Board of Directors, and/or to any other officer, the President shall have the responsibility
for the general management and control of the business and affairs
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of the Corporation and the
general supervision and direction of all of the officers, employees and agents of the Corporation
(other than the Chief Executive Officer, if the Chief Executive Officer is an officer other than
the President) and shall perform all duties and have all powers that are commonly incident to the
office of President or that are delegated to the President by the Board of Directors.
Section 4.5: Vice President. Each Vice President shall have all such powers
and duties as are commonly incident to the office of Vice President, or that are delegated to him
or her by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer. A Vice President may be
designated by the Board of Directors to perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief
Executive Officer in the event of the Chief Executive Officers absence or disability.
Section 4.6: Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall be
the Treasurer of the Corporation unless the Board of Directors shall have designated another
officer as the Treasurer of the Corporation. Subject to the direction of the Board of Directors
and the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer shall perform all duties and have all
powers that are commonly incident to the office of Chief Financial Officer.
Section 4.7: Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have custody of all moneys and
securities of the Corporation. The Treasurer 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. The Treasurer shall also perform such other duties and have such other powers as are
commonly incident to the office of Treasurer, or as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
Officer may from time to time prescribe.
Section 4.8: Secretary. The Secretary shall issue or cause to be issued all
authorized notices for, and shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes of all meetings of the
stockholders and the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall have charge of the corporate minute
books and similar records and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as are
commonly incident to the office of Secretary, or as the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive
Officer may from time to time prescribe.
Section 4.9: 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 4.10: Removal. Any officer of the Corporation shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board of Directors and may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the
Board of Directors.
Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contractual rights of such officer, if any,
with the Corporation.
ARTICLE V
STOCK
Section 5.1: Certificates. Every holder of stock shall be entitled to have a
certificate signed by or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson of
the Board of Directors, or the President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the Corporation, certifying the number of
shares owned by such stockholder in the Corporation. Any or all of the signatures on the
certificate may be a facsimile.
Section 5.2: Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Stock Certificates; Issuance of New
Certificates. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any
certificate previously issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the
Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owners
legal representative, to agree to indemnify the Corporation
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and/or to give the Corporation a bond
sufficient to indemnify it, against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged
loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.
Section 5.3: Other Regulations. The issue, transfer, conversion and
registration of stock certificates shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of
Directors may establish.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.1: Indemnification of Officers and Directors. Each person who was
or is made a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a Proceeding), by reason
of the fact that he or she (or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative), is or was a
director or officer of the Corporation or a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined below) or is or
was serving at the request of the Corporation or a Reincorporated Predecessor (as defined below) as
a director or officer of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, shall be indemnified and held
harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments, fines, ERISA
excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or
suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such indemnification shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a director or officer and shall inure to the benefit of his or her
heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the Corporation shall
indemnify any such person seeking indemnity in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof)
initiated by such person only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation. As used herein, the term Reincorporated Predecessor means a
corporation that is merged with and into the Corporation in a statutory merger where (a) the
Corporation is the surviving corporation of such merger; and (b) the primary purpose of such merger
is to change the corporate domicile of the Reincorporated Predecessor to Delaware.
Section 6.2: Advance of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay all expenses
(including attorneys fees) incurred by such a director or officer in defending any such Proceeding
as they are
incurred in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that if the
Delaware General Corporation Law then so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by such a
director or officer in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding shall be made only upon
delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to
repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately that such director or officer
is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VI or otherwise; and provided,
further, that the Corporation shall not be required to advance any expenses to a person
against whom the Corporation directly brings a claim, in a Proceeding, alleging that such person
has breached his or her duty of loyalty to the Corporation, committed an act or omission not in
good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or derived an
improper personal benefit from a transaction.
Section 6.3: Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights conferred on any person in
this Article VI shall not be exclusive of any other right that such person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote or
consent of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Additionally, nothing in this
Article VI shall limit the ability of the Corporation, in its discretion, to indemnify or advance
expenses to persons whom the Corporation is not obligated to indemnify or advance expenses pursuant
to this Article VI.
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Section 6.4: Indemnification Contracts. The Board of Directors is authorized
to cause the Corporation to enter into indemnification contracts with any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or any person serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including employee benefit plans, providing indemnification rights to such
person. Such rights may be greater than those provided in this Article VI.
Section 6.5: Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, repeal or modification of
any provision of this Article VI shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect any
right or protection conferred on a person pursuant to this Article VI and existing at the time of
such amendment, repeal or modification.
ARTICLE VII
NOTICES
Section 7.1: Notice. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in these
Bylaws (including, without limitation, Section 7.1(b) below) or required by law, all notices
required to be given pursuant to these Bylaws shall be in writing and may in every instance be
effectively given by hand delivery (including use of a delivery service), by depositing such notice
in the mail, postage prepaid, or by sending such notice by prepaid telegram, telex, overnight
express courier, mailgram or facsimile. Any such notice shall be addressed to the person to whom
notice is to be given at such persons address as it appears on the records of the Corporation.
The notice shall be deemed given (i) in the case of hand delivery, when received by the person to
whom notice is to be given or by any person accepting such notice on behalf of such person, (ii) in
the case of delivery by mail, upon deposit in the mail, (iii) in the case of delivery by overnight
express courier, when dispatched, and (iv) in the case of delivery via telegram, telex, mailgram,
or facsimile, when dispatched.
(b) Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to
stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws shall be
effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the
notice is given. Any such
consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation. Any such
consent shall be deemed revoked if (i) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic
transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and
(ii) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or
to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the
inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or
other action. Notice given pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) shall be deemed given: (i) if by
facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to
receive notice; (ii) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which
the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (iii) if by a posting on an electronic network
together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A)
such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (iv) if by any other form of
electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.
(c) An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other
agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given in writing or by a form of electronic
transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Section 7.2: Waiver of Notice. Whenever notice is required to be given under
any provision of these Bylaws, a written waiver of notice, signed by the person entitled to notice,
or waiver by
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electronic transmission by such person, whether before or after the time stated
therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business
because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at,
nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, directors or members of a
committee of directors need be specified in any waiver of notice.
ARTICLE VIII
INTERESTED DIRECTORS
Section 8.1: Interested Directors; Quorum. No contract or transaction between
the Corporation and one or more of its directors or officers, or between the Corporation and any
other corporation, partnership, association or other organization in which one or more of its
directors or officers are directors or officers, or have a financial interest, shall be void or
voidable solely for this reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or
participates in the meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof that authorizes the
contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for such purpose,
if: (i) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to the contract
or transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors or the committee, and the Board
of Directors or committee in good faith authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative
votes of a majority of the disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors be less
than a quorum; (ii) the material facts as to his, her or their relationship or interest and as to
the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the stockholders entitled to vote
thereon, and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of the
stockholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the Corporation as of the time it
is authorized, approved or ratified by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof, or the
stockholders. Interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a
meeting of the Board of Directors or of a committee which authorizes the contract or transaction.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1: Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 9.2: Seal. The Board of Directors may provide for a corporate seal,
which shall have the name of the Corporation inscribed thereon and shall otherwise be in such form
as may be approved from time to time by the Board of Directors.
Section 9.3: Form of Records. Any records maintained by the Corporation in
the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account and minute books,
may be kept on or by means of, or be in the form of, diskettes, or any other information storage
device or method, provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper
form within a reasonable time. The Corporation shall so convert any records so kept upon the
request of any person entitled to inspect such records pursuant to any provision of the Delaware
General Corporation Law.
Section 9.4: Reliance Upon Books and Records. A member of the Board of
Directors, or a member of any committee designated by the Board of Directors shall, in the
performance of such persons duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon records of
the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the
Corporation by any of the Corporations
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officers or employees, or committees of the Board of
Directors, or by any other person as to matters the member reasonably believes are within such
other persons professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by
or on behalf of the Corporation.
Section 9.5: Certificate of Incorporation Governs. In the event of any
conflict between the provisions of the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation shall govern.
Section 9.6: Severability. If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to
be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the provisions of the Corporations
Certificate of Incorporation, then such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the maximum
extent possible consistent with such holding and the remaining provisions of these Bylaws
(including without limitation, all portions of any section of these Bylaws containing any such
provision held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of
Incorporation, that are not themselves invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the
Certificate of Incorporation) shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE X
AMENDMENT
Section 10.1: Amendments. Stockholders of the Corporation holding a majority
of the Corporations outstanding voting stock shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal
Bylaws. To the extent provided in the Corporations Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of
Directors of the Corporation shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal Bylaws of the
Corporation, except insofar as Bylaws adopted by the stockholders shall otherwise provide.
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