AMENDED
AND RESTATED
BY-LAWS
OF
THE
QUIGLEY CORPORATION
(August
18, 2009)
ARTICLE
I -
OFFICES
Section
1. The registered office of The Quigley Corporation (the “Corporation”) in the
State of Nevada shall be at 502 East John Street, Carson City, Nevada and the
registered agent in charge thereof is CSC Services of Nevada, Inc.
Section
2. The Corporation may have such offices within or without the State
of Nevada as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the
Corporation may require from time to time.
ARTICLE II -
STOCKHOLDERS
Section
1. ANNUAL MEETING: The annual meeting of stockholders
shall be held each year on a date and a time designated by the Board of
Directors. At each annual meeting directors shall be elected and any other
proper business may be transacted.
Section
2. SPECIAL MEETINGS: Special meetings of the stockholders
may be called at any time by (a) the Chairman or (b) the Board of
Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the whole Board of
Directors. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be
limited to the purposes stated in the notice to stockholders.
Section
3. PLACE OF MEETING: The Board of Directors may designate
any place, either within or without the State of Nevada, as the place of meeting
for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of
Directors.
Section
4. NOTICE OF MEETING: Whenever stockholders are required
or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of any such
meeting shall be given which notice shall state the place, date and hour of the
meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for
which the meeting is called. The notice shall, unless otherwise prescribed by
statute, be delivered not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days
before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the
direction of the Chairman, to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at
such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered
when deposited in the United States mail, addressed to the stockholder at his
address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the Corporation, with
postage thereon prepaid.
SECTION
5. NOTICE BY ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION:
Any
notice to stockholder given by the Corporation pursuant to any provision of
these Bylaws, the Exchange Act (as defined in Article 1.15(a) below) or the
Articles of Incorporation is effective if given by a form of electronic
transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. The
consent is revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Corporation.
The consent is revoked if:
(a) The
Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive
notices given by the Corporation in accordance with the consent;
and
(b) The
inability to deliver by electronic transmission becomes known to the secretary,
assistant secretary, transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation
responsible for the giving of notice. However, the inadvertent failure to treat
the inability to deliver notice by electronic transmission as a revocation does
not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Notice
given pursuant to this Article 1.5 shall be deemed given if:
(a) By
facsimile machine, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has
consented to receive notice;
(b) By
electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the
stockholder has consented to receive notice;
(c) By
posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the
stockholder of the specific posting, upon the later of:
(1) Such posting; and
(2) The giving of the separate notice;
and
(d) By
any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the
stockholder.
As used
in this Article 1.5, “electronic transmission” means any form of communication
not directly involving the physical transmission of paper that:
(a)
Creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by the recipient
of the communication; and
(b) May
be directly reproduced in paper form by the recipient through an automated
process.
Section
6. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS OR FIXING OF RECORD DATE: For
the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or stockholders entitled to
receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of
stockholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors of the
Corporation may provide that the stock transfer books shall be closed for a
stated period but not to exceed, in any case, sixty (60) days. In
lieu of closing the stock transfer books, the Board of Directors may fix in
advance a date as the record date for any such determination of stockholders,
such date in any case to be not more than sixty (60) days, and, in case of a
meeting of stockholders, not less than ten (10) days prior to the date on which
the particular action, requiring such determination of stockholders, is to be
taken. If the stock transfer books are not closed and no record date
is fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote
at a meeting of stockholders, or stockholders entitled to receive payment of a
dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which
the resolution of the board of directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as
the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of
stockholders. But payment or allotment of dividends may not be made
more than sixty days after the date on which the resolution is
adopted. When a determination of stockholders entitled to vote at any
meeting of stockholders has been made as provided in this Article 2.6, such
determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof regardless of its length
except where the determination has been made through the closing of the stock
transfer books and the stated period of closing has expired.
Section
7. BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS: This Corporation shall keep and
maintain at its principal office in this State:
(a) A
certified copy of its Articles of Incorporation, and all amendments
thereto.
(b) A
certified copy of its Bylaws, and all amendments thereto.
(c) A
stock ledger or a duplicate stock ledger, revised annually, containing the
names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are
stockholders of the Corporation, showing their places of residence, if known,
and the number of shares held by them respectively;
or
(d) In
lieu of the stock ledger or duplication stock ledger specified in paragraph (c),
a statement setting out the name of the custodian of the stock ledger or
duplicate stock ledger, and the present and complete post office address,
including street and number, if any, where such stock ledger or duplicate stock
ledger specified in this Article 1.7 is kept.
Section
8. QUORUM: A majority of the outstanding shares of the
Corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a
majority of the outstanding shares are represented at a meeting, a majority of
the shares represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further
notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present
or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted
at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a
duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a
quorum.
Section
9. PROXIES: At any meeting of stockholders, a stockholder
may vote in person or by proxy executed in writing by the stockholder or by his
duly authorized attorney in fact. Proxies for use at any meeting of stockholders
shall be in writing and filed with the Secretary, or such other officer as the
Board of Directors may from time to time determine by resolution, before or at
the time of the meeting. All proxies shall be received and taken
charge of and all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the secretary of
the meeting who shall decide all questions touching upon the qualification of
voters, the validity of the proxies and the acceptance or rejection of votes,
unless an inspector or inspectors shall have been appointed by the Chairman, in
which event such inspector or inspectors shall decide all such
questions.
A proxy shall not be valid after six
months from the date of its execution, unless coupled with an interest, but no
proxy shall be valid after seven years from the date of its execution, unless
renewed or extended at any time before its expiration.
Section
10. VOTING AND ELECTIONS: Unless otherwise required by law
or provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each stockholder shall have one
vote for each share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in his name on
the record date for the meeting.
Section
11. VOTING OF SHARES BY CERTAIN HOLDERS: Shares standing
in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy
as the bylaws or a resolution of the board of directors of such corporation may
prescribe, and a certified copy of the by-law or resolution is presented at the
meeting.
Shares
held by an administrator, executor, guardian or conservator may be voted by him,
either in person or by proxy, without a transfer of shares into his
name. A stockholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to
vote such shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the
pledgee, and thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so
transferred.
Neither
treasury shares of its own stock held by the Corporation, nor shares held by
another corporation if a majority of the shares entitled to vote for the
election of directors of such other corporation are held by the corporation,
shall be voted at any meeting or counted in determining the total number of
outstanding shares at any given time for purposes of any meeting.
Section
12. VOTING TRUST: A stockholder, by agreement in writing,
may transfer his stock to a voting trustee or trustees for the purpose of
conferring the right to vote thereon for a period not exceeding 15 years upon
the terms and conditions therein stated. The certificates of stock so
transferred shall be surrendered and canceled and new certificates therefor
issued to such trustee or trustees in which it shall appear that they are issued
pursuant to such agreement, and in the entry of such ownership in the proper
books of such corporation that fact shall also be noted, and thereupon such
trustee or trustees may vote upon the stock so transferred during the terms of
such agreement. A duplicate of every such agreement shall be filed in
the principal office of the corporation and at all times during such terms be
open to inspection by any stockholder or his attorney.
Section
13. ACTION WITHOUT MEETING: Any action required or
permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at
an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be
effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.
Section 14. NOMINATION
OF DIRECTORS:
(a) Nominations
of any person for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or at
a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified
in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such
special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, including by any committee or persons appointed by the
Board of Directors, or (ii) by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record
(and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such
nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the
beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation) both at the time of giving the
notice provided for in this Article 2.14 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is
entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Article 2.14 as
to such nomination. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive
means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for
election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or special
meeting.
(b) Without qualification,
for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to
the Board of Directors at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide
Timely Notice (as defined in Article 2.15) thereof in writing and in proper form
to the Secretary of the Corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements
to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Article
2.14. Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter
specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person
calling such special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a
person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting,
the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper
form to the Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive offices of
the Corporation, and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at
the times and in the forms required by this Article 2.14. To be
timely, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting
must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices
of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day
prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior
to such special meeting or, if such special meeting is announced later than the
ninetieth day prior to the date of such special meeting, the tenth (10th) day
following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Article 2.15) of the
date of such special meeting was first made. In no event shall any
adjournment of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof
commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described
above.
(c) To be in proper form for
purposes of this Article 2.14, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set
forth:
(i) As to each Nominating
Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Article
2.15(c)(i), except that for purposes of this Article 2.14 the term “Nominating
Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it
appears in Article 2.15(c)(i));
(ii) As to each Nominating
Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Article 2.15(c)(ii), except
that for purposes of this Article 2.14 the term “Nominating Person”
shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in
all places it appears in Article 2.15(c)(ii) and the disclosure in clause (L) of
Article 2.15(c)(ii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at
the meeting);
(iii) As to each person whom
a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all
information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be
set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Article 2.14 if such
proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such
proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other
filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for
election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Article 14(a) under
the Exchange Act (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to being
named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if
elected), (C) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other
material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past
three years, and any other material relationships, between or among any
Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, his or her
respective affiliates and associates and any other persons with whom such
proposed nominee (or any of his or her respective affiliates and associates) is
Acting in Concert (as defined in Article 2.15(c)), on the other hand, including,
without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed
pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the
“registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director
or executive officer of such registrant, and (D) a completed and signed
questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Article 2.14(f);
and
(iv) The Corporation may
require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information (A) as may
reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such
proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation in
accordance with the Corporation’s corporate governance guidelines or (B) that
could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the
independence or lack of independence of such proposed nominee.
For
purposes of this Article 2.14, the term “Nominating Person”
shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed
to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if
different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at
the meeting is made, (iii) any affiliate or associate of such stockholder or
beneficial owner, and (iv) any other person with whom such stockholder or such
beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates) is Acting
in Concert.
(d) A stockholder providing
notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update
and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or
required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Article 2.14 shall be
true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that
is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or
postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or
mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the
meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the
record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for
the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable
date prior to) any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the
update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to
the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(e) Notwithstanding anything
in these Bylaws to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for election as a
director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with this Article
2.14. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts
warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with
this Article 2.14, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so
declare such determination to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be
disregarded.
(f) To be eligible to be a
nominee for election as a director of the Corporation, the proposed nominee must
deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice
under this Article 2.14) to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of
the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and
qualification of such proposed nominee (which questionnaire shall be provided by
the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement
(in form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such proposed
nominee (i) is not and will not become a party to (A) any agreement, arrangement
or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any
person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of
the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”)
that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (B) any Voting Commitment that
could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if
elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary
duties under applicable law, (ii) is not, and will not become a party to, any
agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the
Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement
or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has
not been disclosed to the Corporation and (iii) in such proposed nominee’s
individual capacity and on behalf of the stockholder (or the beneficial owner,
if different) on whose behalf the nomination is made, would be in compliance, if
elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with applicable
publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality
and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the
Corporation.
(g) In addition to the
requirements of this Article 2.14 with respect to any nomination proposed to be
made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such
nominations.
Section 15. NOTICE OF BUSINESS AT
ANNUAL MEETINGS:
(a) At an annual meeting of
the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been
properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an
annual meeting, business must be (i) brought before the meeting by the
Corporation and specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors, (ii) brought before the meeting by or at the
direction of the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before
the meeting by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with
respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is
proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of
the Corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this
Article 2.15 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the
meeting, and (C) has complied with this Article 2.15 as to such
business. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule
14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and
regulations, the “Exchange Act”), and
included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a
stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the
stockholders. Stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business
to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders, and the only matters
that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the
notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the
meeting. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the
Board must comply with Article 2.14 and this Article 2.15 shall not be
applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Article
2.14.
(b) Without qualification,
for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder,
the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in
writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation and (ii) provide
any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required
by this Article 2.15. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be
delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty
(120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual
meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than
thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary
date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and
received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting
or, if such special meeting is announced later than the ninetieth day prior to
the date of such special meeting, the tenth (10th) day
following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting
was first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely
Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment of an annual
meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of
Timely Notice as described above.
(c) To be in proper form for
purposes of this Article 2.15, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set
forth:
(i) As to each Proposing
Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person
(including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s
books and records); and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the
Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially
owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such
Proposing Persons, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be
deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation
as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at
any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing
clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to as “Stockholder
Information”);
(ii) As to each Proposing
Person, (A) any derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions
engaged in, directly or indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or
effect of which is to give such Proposing Person economic risk similar to
ownership of shares of any class or series of the Corporation, including due to
the fact that the value of such derivative, swap or other transactions are
determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any shares of any
class or series of the Corporation, or which derivative, swap or other
transactions provide, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any
increase in the price or value of shares of any class or series of the
Corporation (“Synthetic Equity
Interests”), which Synthetic Equity Interests shall be disclosed without
regard to whether (x) the derivative, swap or other transactions convey any
voting rights in such shares to such Proposing Person, (y) the derivative, swap
or other transactions are required to be, or are capable of being, settled
through delivery of such shares or (z) such Proposing Person may have entered
into other transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such
derivative, swap or other transactions (B) any proxy (other than a revocable
proxy or consent given in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in
accordance with, Article 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a solicitation
statement filed on Schedule 14A), agreement, arrangement, understanding or
relationship pursuant to which such Proposing Person has or shares a right to
vote any shares of any class or series of the Corporation, (C) any agreement,
arrangement, understanding or relationship, including any repurchase or similar
so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, engaged in, directly or
indirectly, by such Proposing Person, the purpose or effect of which is to
mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of shares
of any class or series of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price
changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Proposing Person
with respect to the shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or which
provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit from any decrease in
the price or value of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation
(“Short
Interests”), (D) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or
series of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are
separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (E) any
performance related fees (other than an asset based fee) that such Proposing
Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the price or value of
shares of any class or series of the Corporation, or any Synthetic Equity
Interests or Short Interests, if any, (F)(x) if such Proposing Person is not a
natural person, the identity of the natural person or persons associated with
such Proposing Person responsible for the formulation of and decision to propose
the business to be brought before the meeting (such person or persons, the
“Responsible
Person”), the manner in which such Responsible Person was selected, any
fiduciary duties owed by such Responsible Person to the equity holders or other
beneficiaries of such Proposing Person, the qualifications and background of
such Responsible Person and any material interests or relationships of such
Responsible Person that are not shared generally by any other record or
beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation and
that reasonably could have influenced the decision of such Proposing Person to
propose such business to be brought before the meeting, and (y) if such
Proposing Person is a natural person, the qualifications and background of such
natural person and any material interests or relationships of such natural
person that are not shared generally by any other record or beneficial holder of
the shares of any class or series of the Corporation and that reasonably could
have influenced the decision of such Proposing Person to propose such business
to be brought before the meeting, (G) any significant equity interests or any
Synthetic Equity Interests or Short Interests in any principal competitor of the
Corporation held by such Proposing Persons (H) any direct or indirect interest
of such Proposing Person in any contract with the Corporation, any affiliate of
the Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation (including, in
any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or
consulting agreement), (I) any pending or threatened litigation in which such
Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or
any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (J) any
material transaction occurring during the prior twelve months between such
Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the
Corporation or any principal competitor of the Corporation, on the other hand,
(K) a summary of any material discussions regarding the business proposed to be
brought before the meeting (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or
(y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial
holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation (including their
names), and (L) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that
would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required
to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such
Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the
meeting pursuant to Article 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be
made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (L) are referred to as “Disclosable
Interests”); provided,
however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such
disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any
broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a
Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare
and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner;
and
(iii) As to each item of business that
the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a reasonably
brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual
meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any
material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the
proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for
consideration), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements,
arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing
Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or
beneficial holder of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation
(including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such
stockholder.
For
purposes of this Article 2.15, the term “Proposing Person”
shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be
brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial
owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be
brought before the annual meeting is made, (iii) any affiliate or associate
(each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act for purposes of
these Bylaws) of such stockholder or beneficial owner, and (iv) any other person
with whom such stockholder or beneficial owner (or any of their respective
affiliates or associates) is Acting in Concert (as defined
below).
A person
shall be deemed to be “Acting in Concert”
with another person for purposes of these Bylaws if such person knowingly acts
(whether or not pursuant to an express agreement, arrangement or understanding)
in concert with, or towards a common goal relating to the management, governance
or control of the Corporation in parallel with, such other person where (A) each
person is conscious of the other person’s conduct or intent and this awareness
is an element in their decision-making processes and (B) at least one additional
factor suggests that such persons intend to act in concert or in parallel, which
such additional factors may include, without limitation, exchanging information
(whether publicly or privately), attending meetings, conducting discussions, or
making or soliciting invitations to act in concert or in parallel; provided, that a person shall
not be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any other person solely as a result
of the solicitation or receipt of revocable proxies or consents from such other
person in response to a solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with,
Article 14(a) of the Exchange Act by way of a proxy or consent solicitation
statement filed on Schedule 14A. A person Acting in Concert with
another person shall be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any third party who
is also Acting in Concert with such other person.
(d) A stockholder providing
notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting shall further
update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information
provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Article 2.15
shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the
date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or
postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or
mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for the
meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the
record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for
the meeting, if practicable (or, if not practicable, on the first practicable
date prior to) any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the
update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to
the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).
(e) Notwithstanding anything
in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual
meeting except in accordance with this Article 2.15. The presiding
officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business
was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Article
2.15, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the
meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not
be transacted.
(f) This Article 2.15 is
expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an
annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule
14a-8 under the Exchange Act. In addition to the requirements of this
Article 2.15 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an
annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such
business. Nothing in this Article 2.15 shall be deemed to affect the
rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s
proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(g) For purposes of these Bylaws,
“public
disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a
national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Articles 13, 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
Section
2.16 CONDUCT OF MEETINGS:
(a) Meetings of stockholders shall
be presided over by the Chairman or in the Chairman’s absence by the Chief
Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer’s absence by the President
(if the President shall be a different individual than the Chief Executive
Officer), or in the President’s absence by a Vice President, or in the absence
of all of the foregoing persons by a chairman designated by the Board of
Directors, or in the absence of such designation by a chairman chosen by vote of
the stockholders at the meeting. The Secretary shall act as secretary of the
meeting, but in the Secretary’s absence the chairman of the meeting
may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
(b) The Board of Directors of the
Corporation may adopt by resolution such rules, regulations and procedures
for the conduct of any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation as it shall
deem appropriate including, without limitation, such guidelines and procedures
as it may deem appropriate regarding the participation by means of remote
communication of stockholders and proxyholders not physically present at a
meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules, regulations and
procedures as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairman of any meeting of
stockholders shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules,
regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such
chairman, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules,
regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or
prescribed by the chairman of the meeting, may include, without limitation,
the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for
the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present; (iii) limitations on attendance at
or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation,
their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as shall be
determined; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed
for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to
questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by
the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders
shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of
parliamentary procedure.
(c) The chairman of the meeting
shall announce at the meeting when the polls for each matter to be voted upon at
the meeting will be opened and closed. If no announcement is made, the polls
shall be deemed to have opened when the meeting is convened and closed upon
the final
adjournment of the meeting. After the polls close, no ballots, proxies or votes
or any revocations or changes thereto may be accepted.
(d) In advance of any meeting of
stockholders, the Board of Directors, the Chairman or the Chief Executive
Officer shall appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting
and make a written report thereof. One or more other persons may be
designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If
no inspector or alternate is present, ready and willing to act at a meeting of
stockholders, the chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors
to act at the meeting. Unless otherwise required by law, inspectors may be
officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Each inspector, before
entering upon the discharge of such inspector’s duties, shall take and sign an
oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of such inspector’s ability. The inspector shall have the
duties prescribed by law and shall take charge of the polls and, when the vote
is completed, shall make a certificate of the result of the vote taken and of
such other facts as may be required by law.
ARTICLE
III -
DIRECTORS
Section
1. NUMBER AND TERM. The business of this Corporation shall
be managed by a Board of Directors which shall consist of not less than three
(3) directors nor more than nine (9) directors, who need not be residents of the
State of Nevada or stockholders of the Corporation. The exact number
of directors within the minimum and maximum limitations specified in the
preceding sentence shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors
pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board of
Directors.
Section
2. REGULAR MEETINGS: Each newly elected Board of Directors may hold
its first meeting for the purpose of organization and the transaction of
business, if a quorum is present, immediately after and at the same place as the
annual meeting of the stockholders. Notice of such meeting shall not
be required. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors in each
year at which a quorum shall be present, held next after the annual meeting of
stockholders, the Board of Directors shall proceed to the election of the
officers of the Corporation. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors
shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Directors. Notice of such regular
meetings shall not be required.
Section
3. SPECIAL MEETINGS: Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board, or on the written request
of any two directors, by the Secretary, in each case on at least twenty-four
(24) hours personal, written, telegraphic, cable or wireless notice to each
director. Such notice, or any waiver thereof pursuant to Article 3.4
hereof, need not state the purpose or purposes of such meeting, except as may
otherwise be required by law or provided for in the Articles of Incorporation or
these Bylaws. If the day or date, time and place of a meeting of the Board of
Directors has been announced at a previous meeting of the board, no notice is
required. Notice of an adjourned meeting of the Board of Directors
need not be given other than by announcement at the meeting at which adjournment
is taken.
Section
4. NOTICE WAIVER: Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may
be waived by any director either before, at or after such meeting orally or in a
writing signed by such director. A director, by his or her attendance
at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice
of such meeting, except where the director objects at the beginning of the
meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened and does not participate thereafter in the
meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose
of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified
in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
Section
5. QUORUM AND MANNER OF ACTING: Unless otherwise provided
in the Articles of Incorporation, a majority of the total number of directors
then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business of the
Board of Directors and 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
6. NEWLY CREATED DIRECTORSHIPS. A directorship to be
filled by reason of any increase in the number of directors may be filled (i) by
election at an annual or special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose
or (ii) by the Board of Directors for a term of office continuing only until the
next election of one or more directors by the stockholders.
Section
7. VACANCIES IN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Any vacancies in
the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, retirement,
disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled by a
majority vote of the directors then in office, and directors so chosen shall
hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which
the term of the class to which they have been elected expires. No
decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall
shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Section
8. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any director, or the entire Board
of Directors, may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and
only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting
power of the then outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single
class.
Section
9. ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING; TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
MEETING: Unless otherwise restricted by the Articles of
Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of
the Board of Directors, or any committee designated by the Board of Directors,
may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or
committee, as the case may be, either originally or in counterparts, consent
thereto in writing. Such consent shall have the same force and effect
as a unanimous vote at a meeting, and may be stated as such in any document or
instrument filed with the Secretary of State of Nevada.
Unless otherwise restricted by the
Articles of Incorporation, subject to the requirement for notice of meetings,
members of the Board of Directors, or members of any committee designated by the
Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting of such Board of Directors or
committee, as the case may be, by means of a conference telephone or similar
communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the
meeting can hear each other, and participation in such a meeting shall
constitute presence in person at such meeting, except where a person
participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the
transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.
Section
10. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER COMMITTEES: (a) The Board of
Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors then
in office may designate from among its members an executive committee and one or
more other committees, each consisting of two or more directors, and each of
which, to the extent provided in the resolution or in the charter or these
Bylaws shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of
Directors except the power to:
(i) Declare
dividends or distributions on stock;
(ii) Issue
stock other than as provided in subsection (b) of this Article.
(iii) Recommend
to the stockholders any action which requires stockholder approving, including,
but not limited to, adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation, the sale,
lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and
assets, a dissolution of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution of the
Corporation; or
(iv) Amend
the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws.
(b) If
the Board of Directors has given general authorization for the issuance of
stock, a committee of the Board, in accordance with a general formula or method
specified by the board by resolution or by adoption of a stock option or other
plan, may fix the terms of stock subject to classification or reclassification
and the terms on which any stock may be issued, including all terms and
conditions required or permitted to be established or authorized by the Board of
Directors under the Nevada General Corporation Law.
(c) The
appointment of any committee, the delegation of authority to it or action by it
under that authority does not constitute of itself, compliance by any director
not a member of the committee, with the standard provided by statute for the
performance of duties of directors.
(d) Any
committee designated pursuant to this Article 3.10 shall choose its own
chairman, shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to
the Board of Directors when requested, shall fix its own rules or procedures,
and shall meet at such times and at such place or places as may be provided by
such rules, or by resolution of such committee or resolution of the Board of
Directors. At every meeting of any such committee, the presence of a
majority of all the members thereof shall constitute a quorum and the
affirmative vote of a majority of the members present shall be necessary for the
adoption by it of any resolution.
(e) 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 such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of
a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified
from voting, whether or not constituting a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
the absent or disqualified member.
Section
11. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD: The Board shall elect from its
members a Chairman, which Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the
stockholders and the directors. The Chairman shall serve in such capacity until
his or her successor is elected by the Board or until his or her earlier
resignation or removal from the Board. He or she shall also perform such
other duties the Board may assign to him or her from time to
time.
Section
12. COMPENSATION: By resolution of the Board of Directors,
each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of
the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated salary as director or a fixed
sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors or
both. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation
therefor.
Section
13. PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT: A director of the Corporation
who is present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which action on any
corporate matter is taken unless he shall announce his dissent at the meeting
and his dissent is entered in the minutes and he shall forward such dissent by
registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the
adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to
a director who voted in favor of such action.
ARTICLE
IV -
OFFICERS
Section
1. NUMBER, TITLES, AND TERM OF OFFICE: The officers
of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial
Officer, President, one or more Vice Presidents (any one or more of whom may be
designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), a Treasurer, a
Secretary, and such other officers as the Board of Directors may from time to
time elect or appoint. Each officer shall hold office until his
successor shall be duly elected and shall qualify or until his death or until he
shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner hereinafter
provided. Any number of offices may be held by the same person,
unless the Articles of Incorporation provides otherwise. Except for
the Chairman of the Board, if any, no officers need be a director.
Section
2. SALARIES: The salaries or other compensation of the
officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors.
Section
3. REMOVAL: Any officer or agent elected or appointed by
the Board of Directors may be removed, either with or without cause, by the vote
of a majority of the whole Board of Directors at a special meeting called for
the purpose, or at any regular meeting of the Board of Directors, provided the
notice for such meeting shall specify that the matter of any such proposed
removal will be considered at the meeting but such removal shall be without
prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so
removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of
itself create contract rights.
Section
4. VACANCIES: Any vacancy occurring in any office of the
Corporation may be filled by the Board of Directors.
Section
5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: The Chief Executive Officer
shall, in the absence of the Chairman, preside at all meetings of the
stockholders. Subject to the control of the Board of Directors and the executive
committee (if any), the Chief Executive Officer shall have general executive
charge, management and control of the properties, business and operations of the
Corporation with all such powers as may be reasonably incident to such
responsibilities; he may agree upon and execute all leases, contracts, evidences
of indebtedness and other obligations in the name of the Corporation and may
sign all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation and shall
have such other powers and duties as designated in accordance with these Bylaws
and as from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors.
Section
6. PRESIDENT: Subject to such supervisory powers, if any,
as may be given by the Board to the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall
have general supervision, direction, and control of the business and other
officers of the corporation. The President shall have the general powers and
duties of management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation
and shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board or
these Bylaws. If, for any reason, the Corporation does not have a Chairman or
Chief Executive Officer, or such officers are unable to act, the President shall
assume the duties of those officers.
Section
7. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER: The Chief Operating Officer shall
supervise the operation of the Corporation, subject to the policies and
directions of the Board. He or she shall provide for the proper operation of the
Corporation and oversee the internal interrelationship amongst any and all
departments of the Corporation. He or she shall submit to the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chairman and the Board timely reports on the
operations of the Corporation.
Section
8. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: The Chief Financial Officer shall have
general supervision, direction and control of the financial affairs of the
Corporation. He or she shall provide for the establishment of internal controls
and see that adequate audits are currently and regularly made. He or she shall
submit to the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating
Officer, the Chairman and the Board timely statements of the accounts of the
Corporation and the financial results of the operations thereof. The Chief
Financial Officer shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as
may be prescribed by the Board or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic
policies as established by and subject to the oversight of the Board and the
Chief Executive Officer. In the absence of a named Treasurer, the Chief
Financial Officer shall also have the powers and duties of the Treasurer as
hereinafter set forth and shall be authorized and empowered to sign as Treasurer
in any case where such officer’s signature is required.
Section
9. VICE PRESIDENTS: In the absence of the President, or in the event
of his inability or refusal to act, a Vice President designated by the Board of
Directors shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions of the
President. In the absence of a designation by the Board of Directors
of a Vice President to perform the duties of the President, or in the event of
his absence or inability or refusal to act, the Vice President who is present
and who is senior in terms of time as a Vice President of the Corporation shall
so act. The Vice Presidents shall perform such other duties and have
such other powers as the chief executive officer or the Board of Directors may
from time to time prescribe.
Section
10. TREASURER: The Treasurer shall have responsibility for the
custody and control of all the funds and securities of the Corporation, and he
shall have such other powers and duties as designated in these Bylaws and as
from time to time may be assigned to him by the Board of
Directors. He shall perform all acts incident to the position of
Treasurer, subject to the control of the chief executive officer and the Board
of Directors; and he shall, if required by the Board of Directors, give such
bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in such form as the Board of
Directors may require.
Section
11. ASSISTANT TREASURERS: Each Assistant Treasurer shall
have the usual powers and duties pertaining to his office, together with such
other powers and duties as designated in these Bylaws and as from time to time
may be assigned to him by the chief executive officer or the Board of
Directors. The Assistant Treasurers shall exercise the powers of the
Treasurer during that officer’s absence or inability or refusal to
act.
Section
12. SECRETARY: The Secretary shall keep the minutes of all
meetings of the Board of Directors, committees of directors and the
stockholders, in books provided for that purpose; he shall attend to the giving
and serving of all notices; he may in the name of the Corporation affix the seal
of the Corporation to all contracts of the Corporation and attest the affixation
of the seal of the Corporation thereto; he may sign with the other appointed
officers all certificates for shares of capital stock of the Corporation; he
shall have charge of the certificate books, transfer books and stock ledgers,
and such other books and papers as the Board of Directors may direct, all of
which shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection of any director upon
application at the office of the Corporation during business hours; he shall
have such other powers and duties as designated in these Bylaws and as from time
to time may be assigned to him by the Board of Directors; and he shall in
general perform all acts incident to the office of Secretary, subject to the
control of the chief executive officer and the Board of Directors.
Section
13. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES: Each Assistant Secretary shall
have the usual powers and duties pertaining to his office, together with such
other powers and duties as designated in these Bylaws and as from time to time
may be assigned to him by the chief executive officer or the Board of
Directors. The Assistant Secretaries shall exercise the powers of the
Secretary during that officer’s absence or inability or refusal to
act.
ARTICLE V -
INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS
Section
1. INDEMNIFICATION: The Corporation shall indemnify and
hold harmless, to the fullest extent authorized by the corporation statutes of
the State of Nevada, 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), any person who was or is a
party or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than action by or in the right of the Corporation) by
reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise (an “indemnitee”), against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by an indemnitee in connection with
such action, suit or proceeding if such indemnitee acted in good faith and in a
manner such indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful;
provided, however, that, except as provided in Article 5.3 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. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the indemnitee did not act in good faith and
in a manner which such indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was
unlawful. The right to indemnification conferred by this Article 5.1
shall vest at the time an individual becomes an indemnitee.
Section
2. RIGHT TO ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES: The right to
indemnification conferred in Article 5.1 shall include the right to be paid by
the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in
advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”);
provided, however, that, if the corporation statutes of the State of Nevada
requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her
capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which
service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation,
service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the
Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of
such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to
appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled
to be indemnified for such expenses under this Article 5.2 or
otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
expenses conferred in Articles 5.1 and 5.2 shall be contract rights and such
rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director,
officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s
heirs, executors, and administrators.
Section
3. RIGHT OF INDEMNITEE TO BRING SUIT: If a claim under
Article 5.1 or 5.2 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 corporation statutes of the State of Nevada. Neither the
failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in
the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in the corporation statutes of the State of Nevada, nor an
actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors,
independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met
such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the
indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of
such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In
any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to
an advancement of expenses hereunder, 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 indemnification, or to such
advancement of expenses, under this Article 5 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 5
shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter
acquire under any statute, the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws,
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 corporation statutes of the State of
Nevada.
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 5 with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the
Corporation.
Section
7. AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION: This Article 5 may be
altered or amended at any time as provided in these Bylaws, but no such
amendment shall have the effect of diminishing the rights of any person who is
or was an officer or director as to any acts or omissions taken or omitted to be
taken prior to the effective date of such amendment.
ARTICLE VI -
CONTRACTS, LOANS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS
Section
1. CONTRACTS: The Board of Directors may authorize any
officer or officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and
deliver any instrument in the name of on behalf of the corporation, and such
authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section
2. LOANS: No loans shall be contracted on behalf of the
Corporation and no evidences of indebtedness shall be issued in its name unless
authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors. Such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section
3. CHECKS, DRAFTS, ETC.: All checks, drafts, or other
orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued
in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such officer or officers,
agent or agents of the Corporation and in such manner as shall from time to time
be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section
4. DEPOSITS: All funds of the Corporation not otherwise
employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation
in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board of Directors
may select.
ARTICLE VII -
CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section
1. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES: Notwithstanding any other
provision in these Bylaws, any or all classes and series of shares of the
Corporation, or any part thereof, may be represented by uncertificated shares,
except that shares represented by a certificate that is issued and outstanding
shall continue to be represented thereby until the certificate is surrendered to
the corporation. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or
transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall send to the registered
owner thereof, a written notice containing the information required to be set
forth or stated on certificates. The rights and obligations of the
holders of shares represented by certificates and the rights and obligations of
the holders of uncertificated shares of the same class or series shall be
identical. If certificates for the shares of the Corporation are
issued, each will be in such form as shall be determined by the Board of
Directors. Such certificates shall be signed by the president or vice
president and countersigned by the secretary or an assistant secretary and
sealed with the Corporation seal or a facsimile thereof. The
signatures of such officers upon a certificate may be facsimile signatures if
the certificate is manually signed on behalf of a transfer agent or a registrar
other than the Corporation or an employee of the Corporation. Each
certificate for shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise
identified. The name and address of the person to whom the shares
represented thereby are issued, with the number of shares and date of issue,
shall be entered on the stock transfer books of the Corporation. All
certificates surrendered to the Corporation for transfer shall be cancelled and
no new certificates shall be issued until the former certificates for a like
number of shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled, except that in case
of a lost, destroyed or mutilated certificate, a new one may be issued therefor
upon such terms and indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may
prescribe.
Section
2. TRANSFER OF SHARES: Transfer of shares of the
Corporation shall be made only on the stock transfer books of the Corporation by
the holder of record thereof or by his legal representative, who shall furnish
proper evidence of authority to transfer, or by his attorney thereunto
authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the secretary of
the corporation, and on surrender for cancellation of the certificate for such
shares. The person in whose name shares stand on the books of the
Corporation shall be deemed by the Corporation to be the owner thereof for all
purposes.
ARTICLE
VIII - FISCAL
YEAR
Section
1. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be determined by the
Board of Directors.
ARTICLE
IX -
DIVIDENDS
Section
1. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, declare and the
Corporation may pay dividends on its outstanding shares in the manner, and upon
the terms and conditions provided by law and its Articles of
Incorporation.
ARTICLE X -
CORPORATE SEAL
Section
1. The Board of Directors shall provide a corporate seal which shall
be circular in form and shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words, “Corporate Seal,
Nevada”.
ARTICLE XI -–WAIVER
OF NOTICE
Section
1. Whenever notice is required to be given by law, the Articles of
Incorporation or under any of the provisions of these Bylaws, a written waiver
thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the
time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance
of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting,
except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting,
at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the
meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to
be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the
stockholders, directors, or members of a committee of directors need be
specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by the Articles of
Incorporation or the Bylaws.
ARTICLE
XII -
AMENDMENTS
Section
1. The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend and
repeal from time to time the Bylaws of the Corporation, subject to the right of
the stockholders entitled to vote by law with respect thereto to amend or repeal
such Bylaws as adopted or amended by the Board of Directors.