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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 27, 2010
Analog Devices, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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One Technology Way, Norwood, MA
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (781) 329-4700
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officer.
The information set forth in Item 5.03 is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation of Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On January 27, 2010, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Analog Devices, Inc. (Analog or the
Company) amended Analogs Amended and Restated By-laws to remove the provisions related to board
classification in connection with the Boards decision to opt-out of Section 8.06(b) of
Massachusetts General Laws. ch. 156D, effective immediately. On the same day, in connection with
this declassification of the Board, and in compliance with Massachusetts law, Messrs. Champy,
Doyle, Istel, Novich, Severino, Sicchitano and Stata resigned from the Board and were re-elected to
the Board by the remaining Board members. The Board also re-elected these directors to the
committees on which they served immediately prior to their resignation. As a result of these
actions, the terms of all classes of directors will expire at the 2010 annual meeting and, starting
with that meeting, directors will be elected to serve for a one-year term.
Analogs amended By-laws provide that each director elected will hold office until the next annual
meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Prior to this
amendment, the By-laws provided for a classified board with directors elected for staggered
three-year terms (Section 2.5, Tenure). The amended By-laws also remove other references to a
classified board (Section 2.2, Number and Election) and conform the provision on board vacancies to
relevant state law for declassified boards (Section 2.3, Vacancies). The foregoing description of
these amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended and Restated By-laws
attached as Exhibit 3.1 of this Report and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Analog Devices, Inc. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Date: January 28, 2010 |
ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
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/s/ Margaret K. Seif
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Margaret K. Seif |
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Vice President, General Counsel
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Analog Devices, Inc. |
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Exhibit 3.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BY LAWS OF ANALOG DEVICES, INC.
Last
updated January 27, 2010
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS
1.1. Annual Meeting. The Corporation shall hold an annual meeting of shareholders at a time
to be fixed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President and stated in
the notice of the meeting. The purposes for which the annual meeting is to be held, in addition to
those prescribed by the Articles of Organization, shall be for electing Directors and for such
other purposes as shall be specified in the notice for the meeting, and only business within such
purposes may be conducted at the meeting. In the event an annual meeting is not held at the time
fixed in accordance with these Bylaws or the time for an annual meeting is not fixed in accordance
with these Bylaws to be held within 13 months after the last annual meeting, the Corporation may
designate a special meeting as a special meeting in lieu of the annual meeting, and such meeting
shall have all of the effect of an annual meeting.
1.2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, and shall be called by the Secretary, or
in case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the Secretary, by another officer, if the
holders of at least 80 percent, or such lesser percentage as shall constitute the maximum
percentage permitted by law for this purpose at any time at which the Corporation shall have a
class of voting stock registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act), of all the votes entitled to be cast on any issue to be considered at the proposed
special meeting sign, date and deliver to the Secretary one or more written demands for the meeting
describing the purpose for which it is to be held. Such demands must include all the information
that would be required pursuant to Section 1.9 of these Bylaws in the event of an election of
directors or Section 1.10 of these Bylaws in the event of any other business. Only business within
the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice may be conducted at a special shareholders
meeting.
1.3. Place of Meetings. All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal office of
the Corporation unless a different place is fixed by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive
Officer or the President and specified in the notice of the meeting.
1.4. Requirement of Notice. A written notice of the date, time and place of each annual and
special shareholders meeting describing the purposes of the meeting shall be given to shareholders
entitled to vote at the meeting (and, to the extent required by law or the Articles of
Organization, to shareholders not entitled to vote at the meeting) no fewer than seven nor more
than 60 days before the meeting date. If an annual or special meeting of shareholders is adjourned
to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given of the new date, time or place if the
new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for
the adjourned meeting is fixed, however, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given under this
Section 1.4 to persons who are shareholders as of the new record date. All notices to shareholders
shall conform to the requirements of Article III of these Bylaws.
1.5. Waiver of Notice. A shareholder may waive any notice required by law, the Articles of
Organization or these Bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver
shall be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the
Corporation for inclusion with the records of the meeting. A shareholders attendance at a meeting:
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(a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder
at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the
meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is
not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects
to considering the matter when it is presented.
1.6. Quorum.
(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, or in the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws or, to
the extent authorized by law, a resolution of the Board of Directors requiring satisfaction of a
greater quorum requirement for any voting group, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the
matter by a voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter. As
used in these Bylaws, a voting group includes all shares of one or more classes or series that,
under the Articles of Organization or the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, as in effect from
time to time (the MBCA), are entitled to vote and to be counted together collectively on a matter
at a meeting of shareholders.
(b) A share once represented for any purpose at a meeting is deemed present for quorum
purposes for the remainder of the meeting and for any adjournment of that meeting unless (1) the
shareholder attends solely to object to lack of notice, defective notice or the conduct of the
meeting on other grounds and does not vote the shares or otherwise consent that they are to be
deemed present, or (2) in the case of an adjournment, a new record date is or shall be set for that
adjourned meeting.
1.7. Voting and Proxies.
(a) Except as provided in this Section 1.7(a) or unless the Articles of Organization provide
otherwise, each outstanding share, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote on each matter
voted on at a shareholders meeting. Only shares are entitled to vote, and each fractional share,
if any, is entitled to a proportional vote. Absent special circumstances, the shares of the
Corporation are not entitled to vote if they are owned, directly or indirectly, by another entity
of which the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the voting interests;
provided, however, that nothing in these Bylaws shall limit the power of the Corporation to vote
any shares held by it, directly or indirectly, in a fiduciary capacity. Unless the Articles of
Organization provide otherwise, redeemable shares are not entitled to vote after notice of
redemption is given to the holders and a sum sufficient to redeem the shares has been deposited
with a bank, trust company or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay
the holders the redemption price upon surrender of the shares.
(b) A shareholder may vote his or her shares in person or may appoint a proxy to vote or
otherwise act for him or her by signing an appointment form, either personally or by his or her
attorney-in-fact. An appointment of a proxy is effective when received by the Secretary or other
officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment form,
an appointment is valid for a period of 11 months from the date the shareholder signed the form or,
if it is undated, from the date of its receipt by the officer or agent. An appointment of a proxy
is revocable by the shareholder unless the appointment form conspicuously states that it is
irrevocable and the appointment is coupled with an interest, as defined in the MBCA. An
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appointment made irrevocable is revoked when the interest with which it is coupled is extinguished.
The death or incapacity of the shareholder appointing a proxy shall not affect the right of the
Corporation to accept the proxys authority unless notice of the death or incapacity is received by
the Secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes before the proxy exercises his
or her authority under the appointment. A transferee for value of shares subject to an irrevocable
appointment may revoke the appointment if he or she did not know of its existence when he or she
acquired the shares and the existence of the irrevocable appointment was not noted conspicuously on
the certificate representing the shares or on the information statement for shares without
certificates. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.24 of the MBCA, or any successor Section
thereto, and to any express limitation on the proxys authority appearing on the face of the
appointment form, the Corporation is entitled to accept the proxys vote or other action as that of
the shareholder making the appointment.
1.8. Action at Meeting. If a quorum of a voting group exists, favorable action on a matter,
other than the election of a member of the Board of Directors, is taken by a voting group if the
votes cast within the group favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless a
greater number of affirmative votes is required by law, the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws
or, to the extent authorized by law, a resolution of the Board of Directors requiring receipt of a
greater affirmative vote of the shareholders, including more separate voting groups. Other than in
a Contested Election Meeting (as defined below), when a quorum is present, a nominee for director
shall be elected to the Board of Directors if the votes cast for such nominees election exceed
the votes cast against such nominees election (with abstentions, broker non-votes and
withheld votes not counted as a vote for or against such election). In a Contested Election
Meeting, when a quorum is present, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at
such Contested Election Meeting. A meeting of shareholders shall be a Contested Election Meeting
if there are more persons nominated for election as directors at such meeting than there are
directors to be elected at such meeting, determined as of the tenth day preceding the date of the
corporations first notice to shareholders of such meeting sent pursuant to Section 1.4 of these
Bylaws (the Determination Date); provided, however, that if in accordance with Section 1.9(b) of
these Bylaws, shareholders are entitled to nominate persons for election as director for a period
of time that ends after the otherwise applicable Determination Date, the Determination Date shall
instead be as of the end of such period. No ballot shall be required for any election unless
requested by a shareholder present or represented at the meeting and entitled to vote in the
election.
1.9. Nomination of Directors.
(a) Except for (1) any Directors entitled to be elected by the holders of any class or series
of Preferred Stock, (2) any Directors elected by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section
2.3 of these Bylaws to fill vacancies or newly created directorships or (3) as otherwise required
by applicable law or stock exchange regulation, at any meeting of shareholders, only persons who
are nominated in accordance with the procedures in this Section 1.9 shall be eligible for election
as Directors. Nomination for election to the Board of Directors at a meeting of shareholders may be
made (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) by any shareholder of the
Corporation who (x) timely complies with the notice procedures in Section 1.9(b), (y) is a
shareholder of record on the date of the giving of such notice and on the record date for the
determination of shareholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (z) is entitled to vote at such
meeting.
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(b) To be timely, a shareholders notice must be received in writing by the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation as follows: (i) in the case of an election of
Directors at an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior
to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the
event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than
60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a shareholders notice
must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than
the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the
seventh day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or
public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; or (ii) in
the case of an election of Directors at a special meeting of shareholders, provided that the Board
of Directors has determined that Directors shall be elected at such meeting, not earlier than the
120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of
(x) the 90th day prior to such special meeting and (y) the seventh day following the day on which
notice of the date of such special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such
special meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event shall the adjournment or postponement
of a shareholders meeting (or the public announcement thereof) commence a new time period (or
extend any time period) for the giving of a shareholders notice.
The shareholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each proposed nominee (1)
such persons name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (2) such persons
principal occupation or employment, (3) the class or series and number of shares of stock of the
Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by such person, (4) 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
(x) the shareholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made and
the respective affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such shareholder and
such beneficial owner, on the one hand, and (y) each proposed nominee, and his or her respective
affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with such nominee, on the other hand,
including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation
S-K if the shareholder making the nomination and any beneficial owner on whose behalf the
nomination is made or any affiliate or associate thereof or person acting in concert therewith were
the registrant for purposes of such Item and the proposed nominee were a director or executive
officer of such registrant, and (5) any other information concerning such person that must be
disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act;
and (B) as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf
the nomination is being made (1) the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the
Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the class or series and number of shares of
stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned, beneficially and of record, by
such shareholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a description of any agreement, arrangement or
understanding between such shareholder and/or such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and
any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are being
made or who may participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of electing such nominee(s),
(4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short
positions, profit interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging
transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by, or on behalf of, such
shareholder or such beneficial owner, the effect or intent of which is to
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mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the
voting power of, such shareholder or such beneficial owner with respect to shares of stock of the
Corporation, (5) any other information relating to such shareholder and such beneficial owner that
would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitations of proxies for the election of such nominee in a contested election
(even if an election contest is not involved) pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (6) a representation that such shareholder and/or
such beneficial owner intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the
person(s) named in its notice and (7) a representation whether such shareholder and/or such
beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement
and/or form of proxy to holder of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital
stock reasonably believed by such shareholder or such beneficial owner to be sufficient to elect
the nominee (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and form of
proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such nomination (and
such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). Not later than 10 days
after the record date of the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(1)-(5) and (B)(1)-(5)
of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the shareholder providing updated information as of
the record date. In addition, to be effective, the shareholders notice must be accompanied by the
written consent of the proposed nominee to serve as a Director if elected. The Corporation may
require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required to
determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation or
whether such nominee would be independent under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission and
stock exchange rules and the Corporations publicly disclosed Corporate Governance Guidelines. A
shareholder shall not have complied with this Section 1.9 if the shareholder (or beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made) solicits proxies in support of such shareholders
nominee in contravention of the representations with respect thereto required by this Section 1.9.
(c) The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a
nomination was made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.9 (including whether the
shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made solicited (or is
part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of
such shareholders nominee in compliance with the representations with respect thereto required by
this Section 1.9), and if the chairman should determine that a nomination was not made in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.9, the chairman shall so declare to the meeting
and such nomination shall not be brought before the meeting.
(d) Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 1.9 shall obligate the
Corporation or the Board of Directors to include in any notice of meeting, proxy statement or other
shareholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors
information with respect to any nominee for Director submitted by a shareholder.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.9, if the shareholder (or a
qualified representative of the shareholder) does not appear at the meeting of shareholders to
present a nomination, such nomination shall not be brought before the meeting, notwithstanding that
proxies in respect of such nominee may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this
Section 1.9, to be considered a qualified representative of the shareholder, a person must be
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authorized by a written instrument executed by such shareholder or an electronic transmission
delivered by such shareholder to act for such shareholder as proxy at the meeting of shareholders
and such person must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable
reproduction of the written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of shareholders.
(f) For purposes of this Section 1.9, public disclosure shall include disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones New 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 Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
1.10. Notice of Business at Meetings.
(a) At any meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have
been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before a special meeting, business
must be brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 1.2 or Section 1.9 of these Bylaws.
To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (1) specified in the notice of
meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (2)
otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or
(3) properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder. For business to be properly brought
before an annual meeting by a shareholder, (i) if such business relates to the nomination of a
person for election as a Director of the Corporation, the procedures in Section 1.9 of these Bylaws
must be complied with and (ii) if such business relates to any other matter, the business must (x)
constitute a proper matter under Massachusetts law for shareholder action and (y) be within the
purposes specified in the Corporations notice of meeting and the shareholder must (A) have given
timely notice thereof and provided all required information in writing to the Secretary in
accordance with the procedures in this Section 1.10, (B) be a shareholder of record on the date of
the giving of such notice and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to
vote at such annual meeting and (C) be entitled to vote at such annual meeting.
(b) To be timely, a shareholders notice must be received in writing by the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior
to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting; provided, however, that in the
event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than
60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a shareholders notice
must be so received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than
the close of business on the later of (A) the 90th day prior to such annual meeting and (B) the
seventh day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or
public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. In no event
shall the adjournment or postponement of a shareholders meeting (or the public announcement
thereof) commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a shareholders
notice.
The shareholders notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (A) as to each matter the
shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (1) a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the annual meeting, (2) the reasons for conducting such business at
the annual meeting, and (3) the text of the proposal (including the exact text of any resolutions
proposed for consideration and, if such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the
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exact text of the proposed amendment) and (B) as to the shareholder giving the notice and the
beneficial owner, if any on whose behalf the proposal is being made: (1) the name and address of
such shareholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner, (2) the
class or series and number of shares of stock of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly,
owned, beneficially and of record, by such shareholder and such beneficial owner, (3) a description
of any material interest of such shareholder and such beneficial owner and the respective
affiliates and associates of, or others acting in concert with, such shareholder and such
beneficial owner in such business, (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding
between such shareholder and/or such beneficial owner and any other person or persons (including
their names) in connection with the proposal of such business or who may participate in the
solicitation of proxies in favor of such proposal, (5) a description of any agreement, arrangement
or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, warrants,
stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has
been entered into by, or on behalf of, such shareholder or such beneficial owner, the effect or
intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or
increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder or beneficial owner with respect to
shares of stock of the Corporation, (6) any other information relating to such shareholder and such
beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings
required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for such business proposed pursuant
to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (7) a
representation that such shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting
to bring such business before the meeting and (8) a representation whether such shareholder and/or
such beneficial owner intends or is part of a group which intends (x) to deliver a proxy statement
and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital
stock reasonably believed by such shareholder or such beneficial owner to be sufficient to approve
or adopt the proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such proxy statement and
form of proxy) and/or (y) otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such
proposal (and such representation shall be included in any such solicitation materials). Not later
than 10 days after the record date of the meeting, the information required by Items (A)(3) and
(B)(1)-(6) of the prior sentence shall be supplemented by the shareholder providing updated
information as of the record date. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no
business shall be conducted at any annual meeting of shareholders except in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 1.10; provided that nothing in this Section 1.10 shall be
deemed to affect any rights of shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations
proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or any successor Rule. A shareholder
(or beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made) shall not have complied with this
Section 1.10 if the shareholder (or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made)
solicits proxies in support of such shareholders proposal in contravention of the representations
with respect thereto required by this Section 1.10.
(c) The chairman of any meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether business
was properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.10
(including whether the shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is
made solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be,
proxies in support of such shareholders proposal in compliance with the representation with
respect thereto required by this Section 1.10), and if the chairman should determine that business
was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.10,
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the chairman shall so declare to the meeting and such business shall not be brought before the
meeting.
(d) Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 1.10 shall obligate the
Corporation or the Board of Directors to include in its notice of meeting, proxy statement or other
shareholder communication distributed on behalf of the Corporation or the Board of Directors
information with respect to any proposal submitted by a shareholder.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.10, if the shareholder (or a
qualified representative of the shareholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of shareholders
to present business, such business shall not be considered, notwithstanding that proxies in respect
of such proposal may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.10, to
be considered a qualified representative of the shareholder, a person must be authorized by a
written instrument executed by such shareholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such
shareholder to act for such shareholder as a proxy at the meeting of shareholders and such person
must produce such written instrument or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the
written instrument or electronic transmission, at the meeting of shareholders.
(f) For purposes of this Section 1.10, public disclosure shall include disclosure in a press
release reported by the Dow Jones New 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.
1.11. Conduct of Meetings. The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules,
regulations and procedures for the conduct of any meeting of shareholders 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 shareholders 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 shareholders 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: (a) the establishment
of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order
at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation
in the meeting to shareholders, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or attorneys or such
other persons as shall be determined; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed
for the commencement thereof; and (e) 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 shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of
parliamentary procedure.
1.12. Action Without Meeting by Written Consent.
(a) Action taken at a shareholders meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is
taken by all shareholders entitled to vote on the action. The action shall be evidenced by one or
more written consents that describe the action taken, are signed by shareholders having the
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requisite votes, bear the date of the signatures of such shareholders, and are delivered to the
Corporation for inclusion with the records of meetings within 60 days of the earliest dated consent
delivered to the Corporation as required by this Section 1.12. A consent signed under this Section
1.12 has the effect of a vote at a meeting.
(b) If action is to be taken pursuant to the consent of voting shareholders without a
meeting, the Corporation, at least seven days before the action pursuant to the consent is taken,
shall give notice, which complies in form with the requirements of Article III of these Bylaws, of
the action to nonvoting shareholders in any case where such notice would be required by law if the
action were to be taken pursuant to a vote by voting shareholders at a meeting. The notice shall
contain, or be accompanied by, the same material that would have been required by law to be sent to
shareholders in or with the notice of a meeting at which the action would have been submitted to
the shareholders for approval.
1.13. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix the record date in order to determine the
shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote or
to take any other action. If a record date for a specific action is not fixed by the Board of
Directors, and is not supplied by law, the record date shall be (a) the close of business either on
the day before the first notice is sent to shareholders, or, if no notice is sent, on the day
before the meeting or (b) in the case of action without a meeting by written consent, the date the
first shareholder signs the consent or (c) for purposes of determining shareholders entitled to
demand a special meeting of shareholders, the date the first shareholder signs the demand or (d)
for purposes of determining shareholders entitled to a distribution, other than one involving a
purchase, redemption or other acquisition of the Corporations shares, the date the Board of
Directors authorizes the distribution. A record date fixed under this Section 1.13 may not be more
than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. A
determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders meeting is
effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date,
which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for
the original meeting.
1.14. Meetings by Remote Communication. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of
Organization, if authorized by the Board of Directors: subject to such guidelines and procedures as
the Board of Directors may adopt, shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting
of shareholders may, by means of remote communication: (a) participate in a meeting of
shareholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of shareholders, provided
that: (1) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed
present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder or
proxyholder; (2) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such shareholders
and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters
submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the
meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and (3) if any shareholder or proxyholder
votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote
or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.
1.15. Form of Shareholder Action.
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(a) Any vote, consent, waiver, proxy appointment or other action by a shareholder or by the
proxy or other agent of any shareholder shall be considered given in writing, dated and signed, if,
in lieu of any other means permitted by law, it consists of an electronic transmission that sets
forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (1) that the
electronic transmission was transmitted by the shareholder, proxy or agent or by a person
authorized to act for the shareholder, proxy or agent; and (2) the date on which such shareholder,
proxy, agent or authorized person transmitted the electronic transmission. The date on which the
electronic transmission is transmitted shall be considered to be the date on which it was signed.
The electronic transmission shall be considered received by the Corporation if it has been sent to
any address specified by the Corporation for the purpose or, if no address has been specified, to
the principal office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary or other officer or agent
having custody of the records of proceedings of shareholders.
(b) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a vote, consent, waiver, proxy
appointment or other action by a shareholder or by the proxy or other agent of any shareholder may
be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any purpose for which the original
writing could be used, but the copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete
reproduction of the entire original writing.
1.16. Shareholder List for Meeting.
(a) After fixing a record date for a shareholders meeting, the Corporation shall prepare an
alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders who are entitled to notice of the meeting.
The list shall be arranged by voting group, and within each voting group by class or series of
shares, and show the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder, but need not include
an electronic mail address or other electronic contact information for any shareholder.
(b) The list of shareholders shall be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning
two business days after notice is given of the meeting for which the list was prepared and
continuing through the meeting: (1) at the Corporations principal office or at a place identified
in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held; or (2) on a reasonably accessible
electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided
with the notice of the meeting.
(c) A shareholder or his or her agent or attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect
and, subject to the requirements of Section 6.2(c) of these Bylaws, to copy the list, during
regular business hours and at his or her expense, during the period it is available for inspection.
(d) The Corporation shall make the list of shareholders available at the meeting, and any
shareholder or his or her agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the
meeting or any adjournment.
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ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
2.1. Powers. All corporate power shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the
business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, its Board of
Directors.
2.2. Number and Election. The Board of Directors shall consist of not less than the minimum
number of individuals permitted by law. Subject to the foregoing requirements and applicable law,
the Board of Directors may, from time to time, fix the number of Directors, provided that any such
action does not operate to remove a Director elected by the shareholders or the Directors other
than in the manner specified in the Articles of Organization or these Bylaws.
2.3. Vacancies. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock,
vacancies and newly created directorships, whether resulting from an increase in the size of the
Board of Directors, from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of a Director or
otherwise, may be filled by the shareholders or the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. A vacancy that
will occur at a specific later date may be filled before the vacancy occurs, but the new Director
may not take office until the vacancy occurs. If the vacant office was held by a director elected
by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of that voting group or, unless the
Articles of Organization or these Bylaws provide otherwise, the Directors elected by that voting
group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy.
2.4. Change in Size of Board of Directors. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or
series of Preferred Stock, the number of Directors may be fixed or changed from time to time by the
Board of Directors.
2.5. Tenure. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Preferred Stock to
elect Directors, each Director shall serve for a term ending on the date of the annual meeting following the one at which such Director was elected; provided, however, that the term of each
Director shall continue until the election and qualification of a successor and be subject to such
Directors earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of Directors
constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director. Any Director
elected to fill a vacancy shall hold office until the next shareholders meeting at which Directors
are elected and until such Directors successor shall have been elected and qualified.
2.6. Resignation. A Director may resign at any time by delivering written notice of
resignation to the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board or the Corporation. A resignation
is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
2.7. Removal. A Director may be removed from office (a) with or without cause by vote of a
majority of the stockholders entitled to vote in the election of Directors, provided that the
Directors of a class elected by a particular class of stockholders may be removed only by the vote
of the holders of a majority of the shares of such class or (b) for cause by vote of a majority of
the Directors then in office. A Director may be removed for cause only after reasonable notice and
opportunity to be heard before the body proposing to remove him. To the extent that any of the
provisions in this Section 2.7 conflicts or is inconsistent with any of the provisions of Section
8.06 of the MBCA, as amended from time to time, the provisions of Section 8.06 shall govern and
control.
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2.8. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at such times
and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board of Directors without notice of the
date, time, place or purpose of the meeting. A regular meeting may be held without a call or notice
at the same place as the annual meeting of shareholders, or the special meeting held in lieu
thereof, following such meeting of shareholders.
2.9. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary, any two Directors
or one Director in the event that there is only one Director.
2.10. Notice. Special meetings of the Board of Directors must be preceded by at least two
days notice of the date, time and place of the meeting. The notice need not describe the purpose
of the special meeting. All notices to Directors shall conform to the requirements of Article III
of these Bylaws.
2.11. Waiver of Notice. A Director may waive any notice before or after the date and time of
the meeting. The waiver shall be in writing, signed by the Director entitled to the notice, or in
the form of an electronic transmission by the Director to the Corporation, and filed with the
minutes or corporate records. A Directors attendance at or participation in a meeting waives any
required notice to him or her of the meeting unless the Director at the beginning of the meeting,
or promptly upon his or her arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the
meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.
2.12. Quorum. Unless otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Organization or these Bylaws,
a quorum of the Board of Directors consists of a majority of the Directors then in office, provided
always that any number of Directors (whether one or more and whether or not constituting a quorum)
constituting a majority of Directors present at any meeting or at any adjourned meeting may make an
adjournment thereof.
2.13. Action at Meeting. If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, the affirmative vote of
a majority of Directors present is the act of the Board of Directors unless the Articles of
Organization or these Bylaws require the vote of a greater number of Directors. A Director who is
present at a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors when
corporate action is taken is considered to have assented to the action taken unless: (a) he or she
objects at the beginning of the meeting, or promptly upon his or her arrival, to holding it or
transacting business at the meeting; (b) his or her dissent or abstention from the action taken is
entered in the minutes of the meeting; or (c) he or she delivers written notice of his or her
dissent or abstention to the presiding officer of the meeting before its adjournment or to the
Corporation immediately after adjournment of the meeting. The right of dissent or abstention is not
available to a Director who votes in favor of the action taken.
2.14. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Directors
may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by the unanimous consent of the members of
the Board of Directors. The action must be evidenced by one or more consents describing the action
taken, in writing, signed by each Director, or delivered to the Corporation by electronic
transmission, to the address specified by the Corporation for the purpose or, if no address has
been specified, to the principal office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary or
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other officer or agent having custody of the records of proceedings of Directors, and included in
the minutes or filed with the corporate records reflecting the action taken. Action taken under
this Section 2.14 is effective when the last Director signs or delivers the consent, unless the
consent specifies a different effective date. A consent signed or delivered under this Section 2.14
has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.
2.15. Telephone Conference Meetings. The Board of Directors may permit any or all Directors
to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any
means of communication by which all Directors participating may simultaneously hear each other
during the meeting. A Director participating in a meeting by this means is considered to be present
in person at the meeting.
2.16. Committees. The Board of Directors may create one or more committees and appoint
members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Each committee may have one or more members,
who serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The creation of a committee and appointment
of members to it must be approved by a majority of all the Directors in office when the action is
taken. Article III and Sections 2.10 through 2.15 of these Bylaws shall apply to committees and
their members. To the extent specified by the Board of Directors, each committee may exercise the
authority of the Board of Directors to the extent permitted by law. The creation of, delegation of
authority to, or action by a committee does not alone constitute compliance by a Director with the
standards of conduct described in Section 2.18 of these Bylaws.
2.17. Compensation. The Board of Directors may fix the compensation of Directors.
2.18. Standard of Conduct for Directors.
(a) A Director shall discharge his or her duties as a Director, including his or her duties
as a member of a committee: (1) in good faith; (2) with the care that a person in a like position
would reasonably believe appropriate under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner the Director
reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation. In determining what the
Director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the Corporation, a Director may
consider the interests of the Corporations employees, suppliers, creditors and customers, the
economy of the state, the region and the nation, community and societal considerations, and the
long-term and short-term interests of the Corporation and its shareholders, including the
possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the
Corporation.
(b) In discharging his or her duties, a Director who does not have knowledge that makes
reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including
financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: (1) one or more
officers or employees of the Corporation whom the Director reasonably believes to be reliable and
competent with respect to the information, opinions, reports or statements presented; (2) legal
counsel, public accountants or other persons retained by the Corporation, as to matters involving
skills or expertise the Director reasonably believes are matters (i) within the particular persons
professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits confidence; or
(3) a committee of the Board of Directors of which the Director is not a member if the Director
reasonably believes the committee merits confidence.
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(c) A Director is not liable for any action taken as a Director, or any failure to take any
action, if he or she performed the duties of his or her office in compliance with this Section
2.18.
2.19. Conflict of Interest.
(a) A conflict of interest transaction is a transaction with the Corporation in which a
Director of the Corporation has a material direct or indirect interest. A conflict of interest
transaction is not voidable by the Corporation solely because of the Directors interest in the
transaction if any one of the following is true:
(1) the material facts of the transaction and the Directors interest were disclosed or known
to the Board of Directors or a committee of the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors or
committee authorized, approved or ratified the transaction;
(2) the material facts of the transaction and the Directors interest were disclosed or known
to the shareholders entitled to vote and they authorized, approved or ratified the transaction; or
(3) the transaction was fair to the Corporation.
(b) For purposes of this Section 2.19, and without limiting the interests that may create
conflict of interest transactions, a Director of the Corporation has an indirect interest in a
transaction if: (1) another entity in which he or she has a material financial interest or in which
he or she is a general partner is a party to the transaction; or (2) another entity of which he or
she is a director, officer or trustee or in which he or she holds another position is a party to
the transaction and the transaction is or should be considered by the Board of Directors.
(c) For purposes of clause (1) of subsection (a) of this Section 2.19, a conflict of interest
transaction is authorized, approved or ratified if it receives the affirmative vote of a majority
of the Directors on the Board of Directors (or on the committee) who have no direct or indirect
interest in the transaction, but a transaction may not be authorized, approved or ratified under
this Section 2.19 by a single Director. If a majority of the Directors who have no direct or
indirect interest in the transaction vote to authorize, approve or ratify the transaction, a quorum
is present for the purpose of taking action under this Section 2.19. The presence of, or a vote
cast by, a Director with a direct or indirect interest in the transaction does not affect the
validity of any action taken under clause (1) of subsection (a) of this Section 2.19 if the
transaction is otherwise authorized, approved or ratified as provided in that subsection.
(d) For purposes of clause (2) of subsection (a) of this Section 2.19, a conflict of interest
transaction is authorized, approved or ratified if it receives the vote of a majority of the shares
entitled to be counted under this subsection (d). Shares owned by or voted under the control of a
Director who has a direct or indirect interest in the transaction, and shares owned by or voted
under the control of an entity described in clause (1) of subsection (b) of this Section 2.19, may
not be counted in a vote of shareholders to determine whether to authorize, approve or ratify a
conflict of interest transaction under clause (2) of subsection (a) of this Section 2.19. The vote
of those shares, however, is counted in determining whether the transaction is approved under other
provisions of these Bylaws. A majority of the shares, whether or not present, that are entitled to
be counted in a vote on the transaction under this subsection constitutes a quorum for the purpose
of taking action under this Section 2.19.
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ARTICLE III
MANNER OF NOTICE
All notices provided for under these Bylaws shall conform to the following requirements:
(a) Notice shall be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances.
Notice by electronic transmission is written notice.
(b) Notice may be communicated in person; by telephone, voice mail, telegraph, teletype or
other electronic means; by mail; by electronic transmission; or by messenger or delivery service.
If these forms of personal notice are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of
general circulation in the area where published; or by radio, television or other form of public
broadcast communication.
(c) Written notice, other than notice by electronic transmission, if in a comprehensible
form, is effective upon deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly
addressed to the addressees address shown in the Corporations current records.
(d) Written notice by electronic transmission, if in comprehensible form, is effective: (1)
if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number furnished by the addressee for the
purpose; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address furnished by the
addressee for the purpose; (3) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate
notice to the addressee of such specific posting, directed to an electronic mail address furnished
by the addressee for the purpose, upon the later of (i) such posting and (ii) the giving of such
separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the
addressee in such manner as the addressee shall have specified to the Corporation. An affidavit of
the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, the transfer agent or other agent of
the Corporation that the notice has been given by a form of electronic transmission shall, in the
absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(e) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this Article III, written notice, other than
notice by electronic transmission, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the
following: (1) when received; (2) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed
postpaid and correctly addressed; (3) on the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested; or if sent by messenger or delivery
service, on the date shown on the return receipt signed by or on behalf of the addressee; or (4) on
the date of publication if notice by publication is permitted.
(f) Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
4.1. Enumeration. The Corporation shall have a President, a Treasurer, a Secretary and such
other officers as may be appointed by the Board of Directors from time to time in accordance
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with these Bylaws, including, but not limited to, a Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the
Board, a Chief Executive Officer and one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Treasurers and
Assistant Secretaries.
4.2. Appointment. The officers shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. A duly appointed
officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the Board of
Directors. Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties set forth in these Bylaws
or, to the extent consistent with these Bylaws, the duties prescribed by the Board of Directors or
by direction of an officer authorized by the Board of Directors to prescribe the duties of other
officers. The appointment of an officer shall not itself create contract rights.
4.3. Qualification. The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in the
Corporation. No officer need be a shareholder.
4.4. Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Articles of Organization or these
Bylaws, each officer shall hold office until his or her successor is duly appointed, unless a
different term is specified in the vote appointing him or her, or until his or her earlier death,
resignation or removal.
4.5. Resignation. An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice of the resignation
to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice
specifies a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the
Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board of Directors may fill the pending vacancy
before the effective date if the Board of Directors provides that the successor shall not take
office until the effective date. An officers resignation shall not affect the Corporations
contract rights, if any, with the officer.
4.6. Removal. The Board of Directors may remove any officer at any time with or without
cause. An officers removal shall not affect the officers contract rights, if any, with the
Corporation.
4.7. Vacancies. The Board of Directors may fill any vacancy occurring in any office for any
reason and may, in its discretion, leave unfilled for such period as it may determine any offices
other than those of President, Treasurer and Secretary. Each such successor shall hold office for
the unexpired term of his or her predecessor and until his or her successor is duly appointed, or
until he or she sooner dies, resigns or is removed.
4.8. Chairman of the Board and Vice Chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors may appoint
from its members a Chairman of the Board, who need not be an employee or officer of the
Corporation. If the Board of Directors appoints a Chairman of the Board, he or she shall perform
such duties and possess such powers as are assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors and, if
the Chairman of the Board is also designated as the Corporations Chief Executive Officer, shall
have the powers and duties of the Chief Executive Officer prescribed in Section 4.9 of these
Bylaws. Unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shareholders.
If the Board of Directors appoints a Vice Chairman of the Board, he or she shall, in the event
of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform the duties
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and exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board and shall perform such other duties and
possess such other powers as may from time to time be vested in him or her by the Board of
Directors.
4.9. President; Chief Executive Officer. Unless the Board of Directors has designated the
Chairman of the Board or another person as Chief Executive Officer, the President shall be the
Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general charge and supervision of
the business of the Corporation, subject to the direction of the Board of Directors. The President
shall perform such other duties and shall have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the
Chief Executive Officer (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer) may from time to time
prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer
or the President (if the President is not the Chief Executive Officer), the Vice President (or, if
there shall be more than one, the Vice Presidents in the order determined by the Board of
Directors) shall perform the duties of the Chief Executive Officer and, when so performing such
duties, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chief
Executive Officer.
4.10. Vice Presidents. Any Vice President shall perform such duties and shall possess such
powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may from time to
time prescribe. The Board of Directors may assign to any Vice President the title Executive Vice
President, Senior Vice President or any other title selected by the Board of Directors.
4.11. Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers. The Treasurer shall perform such duties and shall
have such powers as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board of Directors, the
Chief Executive Officer or the President. In addition, the Treasurer shall perform such duties and
have such powers as are incident to the office of treasurer, including without limitation the duty
and power to keep and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation, to deposit
funds of the Corporation in depositories, to disburse such funds as ordered by the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President, to make proper accounts of such funds, and
to render as required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President
statements of all such transactions and of the financial condition of the Corporation.
Any Assistant Treasurer shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Treasurer may from time to time
prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Treasurer, the Assistant
Treasurer (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by
the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer.
4.12. Secretary and Assistant Secretaries. The Secretary shall perform such duties and shall
possess such powers as the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may
from time to time prescribe. In addition, the Secretary shall perform such duties and shall have
such powers as are incident to the office of the secretary, including without limitation the duty
and power to give notices of all meetings of shareholders and Directors, to attend all meetings of
shareholders and Directors, to prepare minutes of the meetings of shareholders and Directors, to
authenticate the records of the Corporation, to maintain a stock ledger and prepare lists of
shareholders and their addresses as required, to be custodian of corporate records and the
corporate seal and to affix and attest to the same on documents.
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Any Assistant Secretary shall perform such duties and possess such powers as the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary may from time to time
prescribe. In the event of the absence, inability or refusal to act of the Secretary, the Assistant
Secretary (or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by
the Board of Directors) shall perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.
In the absence of the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary at any meeting of shareholders or
Directors, the person presiding at the meeting shall designate a temporary secretary to prepare the
minutes of the meeting.
4.13. Salaries. Officers of the Corporation shall be entitled to such salaries, compensation
or reimbursement as shall be fixed or allowed from time to time by the Board of Directors.
4.14. Standard of Conduct for Officers. An officer shall discharge his or her duties: (a) in
good faith; (b) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under
similar circumstances; and (c) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best
interests of the Corporation. In discharging his or her duties, an officer who does not have
knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or
statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by:
(1) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be
reliable and competent with respect to the information, opinions, reports or statements presented;
or (2) legal counsel, public accountants or other persons retained by the Corporation as to matters
involving skills or expertise the officer reasonably believes are matters (i) within the particular
persons professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits
confidence. An officer shall not be liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for any decision
to take or not to take any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as an officer, if the
duties of the officer are performed in compliance with this Section 4.14.
ARTICLE V
PROVISIONS RELATING TO SHARES
5.1. Issuance and Consideration. The Board of Directors may issue the number of shares of each
class or series authorized by the Articles of Organization. The Board of Directors may authorize
shares to be issued for consideration consisting of any tangible or intangible property or benefit
to the Corporation, including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to
be performed, or other securities of the Corporation. Before the Corporation issues shares, the
Board of Directors shall determine that the consideration received or to be received for shares to
be issued is adequate. The Board of Directors shall determine the terms upon which the rights,
options or warrants for the purchase of shares or other securities of the Corporation are issued
and the terms, including the consideration, for which the shares or other securities are to be
issued.
5.2. Share Certificates. If shares are represented by certificates, at a minimum each share
certificate shall state on its face: (a) the name of the Corporation and that it is organized under
the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts; (b) the name of the person to whom issued; and (c)
the number and class of shares and the designation of the series, if any, the certificate
represents.
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Every certificate for shares of stock that are subject to any restriction on the transfer or
registration of transfer of such shares pursuant to the Articles of Organization, these Bylaws, an
agreement among shareholders or an agreement among shareholders and the Corporation, shall have
conspicuously noted on the front or back of such certificate the existence of such restrictions.
If different classes of shares or different series within a class are authorized, then the
variations in rights, preferences and limitations applicable to each class and series, and the
authority of the Board of Directors to determine variations for any future class or series, must be
summarized on the front or back of each certificate. Alternatively, each certificate may state
conspicuously on its front or back that the Corporation will furnish the shareholder this
information on request in writing and without charge. Each share certificate shall be signed,
either manually or in facsimile, by the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President
and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or any
two officers designated by the Board of Directors, and may bear the corporate seal or its
facsimile. If the person who signed, either manually or in facsimile, a share certificate no longer
holds office when the certificate is issued, the certificate shall be nevertheless valid.
5.3. Uncertificated Shares. The Board of Directors may authorize the issue of some or all of
the shares of any or all of the Corporations classes or series without certificates. The
authorization shall not affect shares already represented by certificates until they are
surrendered to the Corporation. Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares
without certificates, the Corporation shall send the shareholder a written statement of the
information required by the MBCA to be on certificates.
5.4. Transfers; Record and Beneficial Owners. Subject to the restrictions, if any, stated or
noted on the stock certificates, shares of stock may be transferred on the books of the Corporation
by the surrender to the Corporation or its transfer agent of the certificate representing such
shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a written assignment or power of attorney properly
executed, and with such proof of authority or the authenticity of signature as the Corporation or
its transfer agent may reasonably require. The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the record
holder of shares as shown on its books as the owner of such shares for all purposes, including the
payment of dividends and other distributions and the right to vote with respect thereto, regardless
of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such shares until the shares have been transferred
on the books of the Corporation in accordance with the requirements of these Bylaws.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent the Board of Directors has
established a procedure by which the beneficial owner of shares that are registered in the name of
a nominee will be recognized by the Corporation as a shareholder, the Corporation shall be entitled
to treat the beneficial owner of shares as the shareholder to the extent of the rights granted by a
nominee certificate on file with the Corporation.
5.5. Replacement of Certificates. The Board of Directors may, subject to applicable law,
determine the conditions upon which a new share certificate may be issued in place of any
certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken. The Board of Directors may,
in its discretion, require the owner of such share certificate, or his or her legal representative,
to give a bond, sufficient in its opinion, with or without surety, to indemnify the Corporation
against any loss or claim which may arise by reason of the issue of the new certificate.
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ARTICLE VI
CORPORATE RECORDS
6.1. Records to be Kept.
(a) The Corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its
shareholders and Board of Directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or Board of
Directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the Board of
Directors in place of the Board of Directors on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall
maintain appropriate accounting records. The Corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of
its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all
shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held
by each. The Corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of
conversion into written form within a reasonable time.
(b) The Corporation shall keep within The Commonwealth of Massachusetts a copy of the
following records at its principal office or an office of its transfer agent or of its Secretary or
Assistant Secretary or of its registered agent:
(1) its Articles or Restated Articles of Organization and all amendments to them currently in
effect;
(2) its Bylaws or Restated Bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;
(3) resolutions adopted by its Board of Directors creating one or more classes or series of
shares, and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to
those resolutions are outstanding;
(4) the minutes of all shareholders meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders
without a meeting, for the past three years;
(5) all written communications to shareholders generally within the past three years,
including the financial statements furnished under Section 16.20 of the MBCA, or any successor
Section thereto, for the past three years;
(6) a list of the names and business addresses of its current Directors and officers; and
(7) its most recent annual report delivered to the Massachusetts Secretary of State.
6.2. Inspection of Records by Shareholders.
(a) A shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the office
where they are maintained pursuant to Section 6.1(b) of these Bylaws, copies of any of the records
of the Corporation described in said Section 6.1(b) if he or she gives the Corporation written
notice of his or her demand at least five business days before the date on which he or she wishes
to inspect and copy.
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(b) A shareholder is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a
reasonable location specified by the Corporation, any of the following records of the Corporation
if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection (c) of this Section 6.2 and gives the
Corporation written notice of his or her demand at least five business days before the date on
which he or she wishes to inspect and copy:
(1) excerpts from minutes reflecting action taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors,
records of any action of a committee of the Board of Directors while acting in place of the Board
of Directors on behalf of the Corporation, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders, and records
of action taken by the shareholders or Board of Directors without a meeting, to the extent not
subject to inspection under subsection (a) of this Section 6.2;
(2) accounting records of the Corporation, but if the financial statements of the Corporation
are audited by a certified public accountant, inspection shall be limited to the financial
statements and the supporting schedules reasonably necessary to verify any line item on those
statements; and
(3) the record of shareholders described in Section 6.1(a) of these Bylaws.
(c) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records described in subsection (b) of this Section
6.2 only if:
(1) his or her demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;
(2) he or she describes with reasonable particularity his or her purpose and the records he or
she desires to inspect;
(3) the records are directly connected with his or her purpose; and
(4) the Corporation shall not have determined in good faith that disclosure of the records
sought would adversely affect the Corporation in the conduct of its business or, in the case of a
public corporation, constitutes material non-public information at the time when the shareholders
notice of demand to inspect and copy is received by the Corporation.
(d) For purposes of this Section 6.2, shareholder includes a beneficial owner whose shares
are held in a voting trust or by a nominee on his or her behalf.
6.3. Scope of Inspection Right.
(a) A shareholders agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the
shareholder represented.
(b) The Corporation may, if reasonable, satisfy the right of a shareholder to copy records
under Section 6.2 of these Bylaws by furnishing to the shareholder copies by photocopy or other
means chosen by the Corporation, including copies furnished through an electronic transmission.
(c) The Corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor, material,
transmission and delivery, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge
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may not exceed the estimated cost of production, reproduction, transmission or delivery of the
records.
(d) The Corporation may comply at its expense with a shareholders demand to inspect the
record of shareholders under clause (3) of subsection (b) of Section 6.2 of these Bylaws by
providing the shareholder with a list of shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of
the shareholders demand.
(e) The Corporation may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of records
by the demanding shareholder.
6.4. Inspection of Records by Directors. A Director is entitled to inspect and copy the books,
records and documents of the Corporation at any reasonable time to the extent reasonably related to
the performance of the Directors duties as a Director, including duties as a member of a
committee, but not for any other purpose or in any manner that would violate any duty to the
Corporation.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
7.1. Fiscal Year. Except as otherwise determined from time to time by the Board of Directors,
the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the 52 or 53 week period, as the case may be, ending on
the Saturday which is closest to the last day in October.
7.2. Seal. The seal of the Corporation shall, subject to alteration by the Board of Directors,
bear the Corporations name, the word Massachusetts and the year of its incorporation.
7.3. Voting of Securities. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise designate, the Chief
Executive Officer, President or Treasurer may waive notice of, and act as, or appoint any person or
persons to act as, proxy or attorney-in-fact for the Corporation (with or without power of
substitution) at, any meeting of shareholders of any other corporation or organization, the
securities of which may be held by the Corporation.
7.4. Evidence of Authority. A certificate by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or a
temporary Secretary as to any action taken by the shareholders, Directors, any committee or any
officer or representative of the Corporation shall as to all persons who rely on the certificate in
good faith be conclusive evidence of such action.
7.5. Articles of Organization. All references in these Bylaws to the Articles of Organization
shall be deemed to refer to the Articles of Organization of the Corporation, as amended and in
effect from time to time.
7.6. Severability. Any determination that any provision of these Bylaws is for any reason
inapplicable, illegal or ineffective shall not affect or invalidate any other provision of these
Bylaws.
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7.7. Pronouns. All pronouns used in these Bylaws shall be deemed to refer to the masculine,
feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons may require.
7.8. Massachusetts Control Share Acquisition Act. The provisions of Chapter 110D of the
Massachusetts General Laws shall not apply to any control share acquisition of the Corporation
(as such term is defined in such Chapter 110D).
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
These By-Laws may be amended by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
shares of each class of capital stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote at any annual or
special meeting of stockholders, provided that notice of the substance of the proposed amendment is
stated in the notice of such meeting. If authorized by the Articles of Organization, the Directors,
by a majority of their number then in office, may also make, amend or repeal these By-Laws, in
whole or in part, except with respect to (a) the provisions of these By-Laws governing (i) the
removal of Directors, (ii) the indemnification of Directors and (iii) the amendment of these
By-Laws and (b) any provision of these By-Laws which by law, the Articles of Organization or these
By-Laws requires action by the stockholders.
Not later than the time of giving notice of the meeting of stockholders next following the
making, amending or repealing by the Directors of any By-Law, notice thereof stating the substance
of such change shall be given to all stockholders entitled to vote on amending the By-Laws.
Any By-Law adopted by the Directors may be amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to
vote on amending the By-Laws.
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