展覽3.2
修訂和重申
公司規章
OF
deckers outdoor
一家特拉華州的公司
(截至2024年9月9日修訂)
第一條
辦公室
第1.1節註冊辦公室Deckers Outdoor公司的註冊辦公室地址應位於特拉華州新堡縣威爾明頓市Centre Road 1013號，負責管理註冊辦公室的註冊代理公司名稱爲Corporation Service Company。公司Deckers Outdoor公司的註冊辦公室位於特拉華州新堡縣威明頓市Centre Road 1013號，負責管理該處的註冊代理人名稱應爲Corporation Service Company。
第1.2節 總部公司業務的主要辦公地點應設在董事會（即「董事會」）判斷的地方。董事會特此被授予更改上述主要辦公地點的完全權力和權限。董事會董事會特此被授予更改上述主要辦公地點的完全權力和權限。
第1.3節其他辦公室公司也可以在特定時間，或者公司業務需要的情況下，在特拉華州內外的其他地方設立辦公室，這取決於董事會的決定。
第二條
股東會議
第2.1節 會議地點所有股東年度大會和所有其他股東會議，無論是由董事會指定還是由股東召集，均應在公司總部或董事會確定的境內外其他地點舉行，並由董事會確定的日期和時間。
第2.2節年度股東大會公司股東年度會議旨在選舉董事，並且可以處理其他適當的業務事項。該會議的時間、地點和日期可由董事會確定（或以董事會所確定的方式確定）。
第2.3節特別會議公司股東僅可按照公司章程規定召開股東特別會議，目的僅限於公司章程所規定的目的。
第2.4節會議通知除非本協議另有規定或法律要求（即，此處及之後，按時根據特拉華州普通公司法或公司章程不時要求的意思），無論是年度大會還是特別大會，每次股東大會的通知應在會議日期之前不少於十（10）天，不超過六十（60）天向每位股東發出，記錄日期爲決定有權收到會議通知的股東的股東大會投票權。
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每次股東會議通知應直接發送至該股東在公司記錄中顯示的地址。每次股東會議通知應載明會議地點、日期和時間（如有）、通過遠程通信方式（如有）參加會議的股東和代理持有人應被視爲親自出席或通過代理投票的方式、確定有權在會議上投票的股東的股權登記日（如果該日期與確定有權獲悉會議通知的股東的登記日不同），在召開特別股東會議的情況下，還應載明會議召開的目的。不需要向根據適用的特拉華州法律可省略通知的任何股東發送任何股東會議通知；任何親自出席或通過代理參加這類會議並投票的股東將被視爲已放棄該通知，但親自出席或通過代理參加這類會議的股東中，對於會議在法律上未合法召開的交易提出反對的股東例外。除非法律另有明文規定，不需要向任何股東再次通知股東會議的任何延期會議，如果會議宣佈了延期舉行的時間和地點。
第2.5節法定出席人數除非法律另有規定，公司股票的持有者中所持股份表決權的多數，無論親自出席還是通過代理出席，應構成公司股東大會或其任何延期會議的業務交易法定法定法定法定業務業務進議會議的業務交易業務會議的法定人數。在需要按類別或級別進行單獨表決時，該類別或級別所持表決權的多數，無論親自出席還是通過代理出席，應構成有資格對該事項表決的法定會議議案。除此處或法律規定需要更高比例表決外，出席法定召開或進行的會議的股東在有法定法定人數出席的情況下，可繼續進行業務直至休會，儘管可能有股東撤離而剩餘的人數不足法定法定。在任何會議或其任何延期會議上未達到法定法定人數時，親自出席或通過代理出席並有資格表決的股東的股份表決權的多數，或有權主持或充當秘書的任何官員可不時休會。任何股東大會主席均有權將會議休會至另一地點（如有），日期或時間。在任何延期的會議上，可處理原正式召開會議時可能已處理的任何業務。
第2.6節投票.
(A)每個股東在股東大會上均有權親自或通過代理投票，每一股擁有表決權的公司股份，應由該股東持有並登記在公司名冊上。
(B)公司股票中的股份如屬於 （i）公司本身、（ii）另一家公司，如果該另一家公司董事選舉中有表決權的股份的大部分由公司本身直接或間接持有，或者（iii）任何其他實體，如果該其他實體表決權的大部分由公司本身直接或間接持有，或者如果該其他實體受公司直接或間接控制。以受託人身份持有公司股份的人應有權表決這些股份。以股份抵押的人應有權表決，除非在公司賬簿上抵押人明確授權抵押權人行使表決權，則只有抵押權人或抵押權人的代理人可以代表這些股份並行使表決權。記名在兩個或更多人名下具有表決權的股票，無論是受託人、合夥關係成員、共同租戶、共有租戶、全部共有人，或者其他情況，或者涉及兩個或多個人的
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相同的信託關係應根據特拉華州一般公司法的規定予以表決。
(C)股東享有的任何表決權可由有權的股東親自行使或通過書面授權的代理人或根據法律允許的傳遞方式行使，並按照為會議設立的程序進行提交。 在股東大會上，只要達到法定人數，所有事項（除非公司章程，法律或任何上市公司證券交易所的規則另有規定）均應由親自出席或代理並有權對該事項進行投票的股東的過半表決權肯定投票來決定。 在任何股東大會上對任何問題的投票不需要透過投票表決，除非主持會議的主席指示。 若通過投票表決，每張選票必須由投票的股東簽名，或由該股東的代理人簽署，如果有代理人，並且必須註明投票的股數。
第2.7節督察員公司可以在股東會議之前，可能且在法律要求的範圍內，任命一名或多名檢查員在會議上行使職權並就此作出書面報告。公司可以指定一名或多名替補檢查員以取代任何未能行使職務的檢查員。如果在股東大會上沒有檢查員或替補檢查員可以行使職權，則主持會議的人可能且在法律要求的範圍內，任命一名或多名檢查員在會議上行使職權。每名檢查員在開始行使職務之前，應該宣誓並簽署一份忠實執行檢查員職責的誓言，並根據自己的最佳能力絕對公正地執行這些職責。每一張以不記名方式進行的投票都應由適當任命的檢查員或檢查員計算。
第2.8節股東提案和股東提名備忘錄.
(A)在股東的任何年會上，只有在會議前適當提交的業務 (i) 由董事會或按董事會指示，或 (ii) 由本公司任何記錄股東遵守本第 2.8 條所載的通知程序的事宜進行。為避免任何疑問，上述第 (ii) 條將為股東提名或提出業務的獨家手段（除根據修訂後的 1934 年證券交易法規第 14a-8 條（該法案及其下公布的規則及其下公布的規則和規例，」交易法」））在股東週年大會上。為了由股東正確提交的業務（根據《交易法》第 14a-8 條所載於本公司代表資料中的業務除外，以及提名人選為董事之人的人士而受以下第 2.8 (B) 條所規管之外）， (i) 股東必須按照本第 2.8 (A) 條的書面向本公司秘書發出通知，不超過一百二十 (120) 天，而不得超過一百二十 (120) 天。 在本公司舉行前一年股東週年大會的一周年紀念日前少於九十 (90) 天；但是，除下列句子另有規定外，如會議在前一年年度大會週年紀念日前二十五 (25) 天或延遲超過二十五 (25) 天後召開或延遲超過二十五 (25) 天，或者在該年度沒有舉行年度年會舉行年會的年度大會之後的二十五 (25) 天以上，或者在該年度沒有舉行年度年會舉行的年度大會之前二十五 (25) 天以上。年份，股東的通知要及時，必須在最晚的營業結束日期內收到。該年會前九十（第九十）天或首次公開該次會議日期公佈之日後的第十（十）天；及 (ii) 該等業務必須作為股東採取適當行動的事項。在任何情況下，任何續會議或其公告，或延期已發出通知的會議，不得開始新的時間，以及時發出通知的時間，如上述。此外，提供該通知的股東必須在發出通知時和業務舉行的會議時都必須是記錄股東
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根據通知中提及的內容將被視為有效。 股東通知秘書處應對股東擬在會議上提議的每項事宜敘述如下：(i)欲在會議上提出的業務簡要說明及舉行該業務會議的理由，(ii)提議該業務的股東及任何股東聯屬公司之姓名及地址，(iii) (A) 股東及任何股東聯屬公司直接或間接持有的公司股份之類別及數量，以及 (B) 該股東及任何股東聯屬公司持有或間接持有的任何衍生頭寸，以及是否及向何程度該股東及任何股東聯屬公司已進入任何對沖交易或其他交易或一連串交易協議、安排或了解（包括但不限於任何衍生頭寸、空倉或任何股份借貸）的影響或意圖在於減輕損失、管控風險、或對股價變動的益虧進行，或對該股東或任何股東聯屬公司增加或減少投票權，(iv) 股東或任何股東聯屬公司與任何其他人之間就提議該業務所締結的所有協議、安排和了解的描述，(v) 股東或任何股東聯屬公司對該業務的任何重大利益，以及 (vi) 該股東或任何股東聯屬公司是否有意進行代理拉票。此外，提供該通知的股東應及時提供公司合理要求的其他所有資訊。儘管章程中的任何規定均相反，但任何會議的業務應按本第2.8條規定的程序進行。任何該等會議主席應指示未經妥善提出的業務不得考慮。
For purposes of this Section 2.8, “public announcement” shall mean an announcement made in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Services, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and “Stockholder Affiliate” means (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, any stockholder providing the notice pursuant to this Section 2.8, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Stockholder Affiliate.
(B)Nominations for the election of directors may be made by the Board or by any stockholder entitled to vote in the election of directors; provided, however, that a stockholder may nominate a person for election as a director at a meeting only if written notice of such stockholder’s intent to make such nomination has been given to the Secretary of the Corporation not more than one hundred twenty (120) days and not less than ninety (90) days in advance of the one-year anniversary of the date on which the Corporation held the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that, subject to the following sentence, if the meeting is convened more than twenty-five (25) days prior to or delayed by more than twenty-five (25) days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day before such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event shall any adjournment of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof, or postponement of an annual meeting for which notice has been given, commence a new time period for giving timely notice as described above. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board is increased and there has been no public announcement made by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or indicating the increase in the size of the Board at least ten (10) days before the last day a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination in accordance with the preceding sentence, a stockholder’s notice required by this
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bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation. In addition, the stockholder providing such notice must be a stockholder of record both at the time the notice is given and at the time of the annual meeting at which the directors nominated in the notice will be considered. Each such notice shall set forth: (i) the name and address of the stockholder who intends to make the nomination and of any Stockholder Affiliate; (ii) (A) the class and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned by the stockholder and by any Stockholder Affiliate and (B) any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the stockholder and any Stockholder Affiliate and whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of, or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, but not limited to, any derivative position, short position, or any borrowing or lending of shares) has been made, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to or manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such stockholder or any Stockholder Affiliate with respect to the Corporation’s securities; (iii) the name and address of the person or persons to be nominated; (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting and nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder or any Stockholder Affiliate on the one hand, and any nominee for election as a director on the other hand, pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; (vi) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board; (vii) the consent and commitment of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation; (viii) with respect to each nominee, a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 2.8(D) of these Bylaws; (ix) a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and Stockholder Affiliate and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the director nominee; and (x) whether the stockholder or any Stockholder Affiliate intends to conduct a proxy solicitation. In addition, the stockholder making such nomination shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8(B) or by or at the direction of the Board. The chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall direct that any nomination not made in accordance with these procedures be disregarded.
(C)Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) provided that directors are to be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who (a) is a stockholder of record both at the time the notice is given and at the time of the special meeting, (b) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (c) complies with the notice procedures set forth in Section 2.8(B) as to such nomination. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors to the Board, any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons for election if the stockholder’s notice required by Section 2.8(B) of this Bylaw with respect to any nomination shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation not later than ninety (90) days in advance of such meeting, or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the first public announcement of the date of such meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall an adjournment of a special meeting or the announcement thereof, or the postponement of a special meeting for which notice has been
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given, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(D)To be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director of the Corporation, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.8(B) and (C)) to the Secretary of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to any (1) agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person, 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 (2) Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such person’s fiduciary duties under applicable law; (B) 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 (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination as a director of the Corporation is being made, would be in compliance, if elected as a director of the Corporation, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to matters set forth in this Section 2.8.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SECTION 3.1 General Powers. Subject to any requirements in the Certificate of
Incorporation, these Bylaws, and of the Delaware General Corporation Law as to action which must be authorized or approved by the stockholders, any and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be under the direction of, the Board to the fullest extent permitted by law.
SECTION 3.2 Number and Term of Office. The authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be no less than one (1) and no more than eleven (11), as fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board, until this Section 3.2 is amended by a resolution duly adopted by the Board or by the stockholders of the Corporation, in either case in accordance with the provisions of Article XI of the Certificate of Incorporation. For purposes of these Bylaws, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directors whether or not there exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships. Directors need not be stockholders. Each of the directors of the Corporation shall hold office until the annual meeting of stockholders at which such director’s term expires as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and shall qualify or until such director shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner provided in these Bylaws and in accordance with law.
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SECTION 3.3 Election of Directors.
(A)In an uncontested election of directors, each director of the Corporation shall be elected by a majority of the votes cast by the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors (a “majority vote”); provided, however, that, in a contested election, the directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. For purposes of this Section 3.3, (i) an “uncontested election” is an election in which the number of nominees for director is not greater than the number of directors to be elected, (ii) a “contested election” is an election in which the number of nominees for director nominated by (a) the Board or (b) any stockholder or (c) a combination of the Board and any stockholder, exceeds the number of directors to be elected, and (iii) a “majority of the votes cast” means that the number of votes “for” a nominee for director must exceed fifty percent (50%) of the votes cast. Votes “against” a nominee for director will count as votes cast, but “abstentions” will not count as votes cast. Prior to the meeting, the Board (or its designee) shall determine whether an election constitutes a contested election, and such determination shall remain effective from the date of such determination regardless of any change in the number of nominees for director or the number of directors to be elected.
(B)In order for any incumbent director to become a nominee for further service on the Board, such person must submit an irrevocable letter of resignation to the Board, which offer of resignation shall become effective (i) upon that incumbent director not receiving a majority vote in an uncontested election, and (ii) upon acceptance of the offer of resignation by the Board as set forth in this Section 3.3.
Within sixty (60) days following certification of the stockholder vote, the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”) shall recommend to the Board the action to be taken with respect to such offer of resignation. In determining whether or not to recommend that the Board accept any resignation offer, the Committee shall be entitled to consider all factors believed relevant by the Committee’s members, including, without limitation: (i) any stated reasons for the incumbent director not receiving the required majority vote and whether the underlying cause or causes are curable; (ii) the factors, if any, set forth in the guidelines or other policies that are to be considered by the Committee in evaluating potential candidates for the Board as such factors relate to each incumbent director who has so offered his or her resignation; (iii) the length of service of such incumbent director; (iv) the effect of such resignation on the Corporation’s compliance with any law, rule, regulation, stock exchange listing standards or contractual obligations; (v) such incumbent director’s contributions to the Corporation; and (vi) any other factors that the Committee believes are in the best interests of the Corporation.
The Board shall act on the Committee’s recommendation within ninety (90) days following certification of the stockholder vote and shall notify the incumbent director concerned of its decision. In determining whether or not to accept any resignation offer, the Board shall take into account the factors considered by the Committee and any additional information and factors that the Board believes to be relevant. If any director’s resignation offer is not accepted by the Board, the Board shall, within four (4) business days after reaching its decision, publicly disclose the decision, including the reasons for not accepting an offer of resignation, by a press release, a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other broadly disseminated means of communication.
Any director who tenders his or her offer to resign shall not participate in either the Committee’s or the Board’s consideration or other actions regarding whether to accept the offer of resignation. If each member of the Committee did not receive the required majority vote, a majority of the Board shall appoint a special committee
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of independent directors for such purpose of making a recommendation to the Board. If no independent directors received the required majority vote, the Board shall act on the resignation offers.
(C)If any incumbent director’s resignation offer is not accepted by the Board, such incumbent director shall continue to serve on the Board for the term for which he or she would have been elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until the incumbent director’s earlier death, resignation, or removal. If an incumbent director’s offer of resignation is accepted by the Board pursuant to this Section 3.3, or if a nominee for director is not elected by a majority vote and the nominee is not an incumbent director, then the Board, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 hereof.
SECTION 3.4 Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board or to the Secretary of the Corporation. A resignation is effective when delivered unless the resignation specifies a later date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events.
SECTION 3.5 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may, unless the Board determines otherwise, only be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director; provided, however, that if the holders of any class or classes of stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors, vacancies and newly created directorships of such class or classes or series may only be filled by a majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. Each director chosen to fill a vacancy shall hold office until such director’s successor shall have been elected and shall qualify or until such director shall resign or shall have been removed. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.
SECTION 3.6 Place of Meeting. The Board or any committee thereof may hold any of its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board or such committee may from time to time by resolution designate or as shall be designated by the person or persons calling the meeting or in the notice. Directors may participate in any regular or special meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment pursuant to which all persons participating in the meeting of the Board or such committee can hear each other, and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
SECTION 3.7 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such times as the Board shall from time to time by resolution determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday at the place where the meeting is to be held, then the meeting shall be held at the same hour and place on the next succeeding business day not a legal holiday. Except as provided by law, notice of regular meetings need not be given.
SECTION 3.8 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes shall be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board or, if the Chairman of the Board is absent or unable or refuses to act, by the Chief Executive Officer and President, and may also be called by a majority of the Whole Board. Except as otherwise required by law or by these Bylaws, written notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally or by facsimile or electronic transmission to each director, or sent to each director by mail or
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by other form of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to such director at such director’s address as it is shown upon the records of the Corporation. In case such notice is mailed or telegraphed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least 48 hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is delivered personally or by facsimile or electronic transmission as above provided, it shall be delivered at least 24 hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is sent in writing through an overnight delivery service in circumstances to which such service guarantees next day delivery, it shall be sent such that such next day delivery is guaranteed for delivery at least 24 hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Such mailing, telegraphing, delivery, facsimile transmission or electronic transmission as above provided shall be due, legal and personal notice to such director. Except where otherwise required by law or by these Bylaws, notice of the purpose of a special meeting need not be given. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a director shall attend such 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.
SECTION 3.9 Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, the presence of a majority of the total number of the Whole Board shall be required to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, and all matters shall be decided at any such meeting, a quorum being present, by the affirmative votes of a majority of the directors present. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, provided any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of directors present at any meeting may adjourn the same from time to time until a quorum shall be present. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.
SECTION 3.10 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if consent in writing or by electronic transmission is given thereto by all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, and such consent is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or of such committee.
SECTION 3.11 Compensation. Directors, whether or not employees of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, may receive an annual fee for their services as directors in an amount fixed by resolution of the Board, and, in addition, a fixed fee, with or without expenses of attendance, may be allowed by resolution of the Board for attendance at each meeting, including each meeting of a committee of the Board. Such fees may be in the form of cash or other lawful consideration.
Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor.
SECTION 3.12 Committees. The Board may, by resolution passed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each such committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board and subject to any restrictions or limitations on the delegation of power and authority imposed by applicable law, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. Any such committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings. Unless the Board or these Bylaws shall otherwise prescribe the manner of proceedings of any such committee, meetings of such committee may be regularly scheduled in advance and may be called at any time by
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the chairman of the committee or by any two members thereof; otherwise, the provisions of these Bylaws with respect to notice and conduct of meetings of the Board shall govern committees of the Board and their actions.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
SECTION 4.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer and President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (the number thereof and their respective titles to be determined by or in the manner determined by the Board), a Secretary, and such other officers as may be appointed at the discretion of the Board in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.3 hereof.
SECTION 4.2 Election. The officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed or elected in accordance with the provisions of Sections 4.3 or 4.5 hereof, shall be chosen annually by (or in the manner determined by) the Board at the first meeting thereof, and each officer shall hold office until such officer shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or until such officer’s successor shall be elected and qualified.
SECTION 4.3 Other Officers. In addition to the officers chosen annually by (or in the manner determined by) the Board at its first meeting, the Board (or its designee) also may appoint or elect such other officers as the business of the Corporation may require, each of whom shall have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board (or its designee) may from time to time specify, and shall hold office until such officer shall resign or shall be removed or otherwise disqualified to serve, or until such officer’s successor shall be elected and qualified.
SECTION 4.4 Removal. Any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by resolution of the Board, at any regular or special meeting of the Board, or except in case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board.
SECTION 4.5 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular appointments to such office.
SECTION 4.6 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of stockholders and at all meetings of the Board. The Chairman shall exercise and perform such powers and duties with respect to the business and affairs of the Corporation as may be assigned to the Chairman by the Board or such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the Board or these Bylaws.
SECTION 4.7 Chief Executive Officer and President. The Chief Executive Officer and President shall exercise and perform such powers and duties with respect to the administration of the business and affairs of the Corporation as may from time to time be assigned to the Chief Executive Officer and President by the Board, or as may be prescribed by these Bylaws. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board, or in the event and during the period of a vacancy in that office, the Chief Executive Officer and President shall perform all the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and when so acting shall have all of the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 4.8 Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the general responsibility for maintaining the financial records of the Corporation and such other powers and duties with respect
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to the administration of the business and affairs of the Corporation as may from time to time be assigned to the Chief Financial Officer by the Board or the Chief Executive Officer and President or as may be prescribed by these Bylaws.
SECTION 4.9 Vice President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties with respect to the administration of the business and affairs of the Corporation as may from time to time be assigned to such Vice President by the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer and President or as may be prescribed by these Bylaws. In the absence or disability of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer and President, the Vice Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the Board, or if not ranked, any Vice President designated by the Board, shall perform all of the duties of the Chairman of the Board, and when so acting shall have all the powers of, and be subject to all the restrictions upon, the Chairman of the Board.
SECTION 4.10 Secretary. The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal office of the Corporation or such other place as the Board may order, a book of minutes of all meetings of directors and stockholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and if special, how authorized and the notice thereof given, the names of those present at meetings of directors, the number of shares present or represented at meetings of stockholders, and the proceedings thereof.
ARTICLE V
CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
SECTION 5.1 Execution of Contracts. The Board, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
SECTION 5.2 Checks, Drafts, Etc. All checks, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidence of indebtedness, issued in the name of or payable to the Corporation, shall be signed or endorsed by such person or persons and in such manner as, from time to time, shall be determined by resolution of the Board. Each such officer, assistant, agent or attorney shall give such bond, if any, as the Board may require.
SECTION 5.3 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 may select, or as may be selected by any officer or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation to whom such power shall have been delegated by the Board. For the purpose of deposit and for the purpose of collection for the account of the Corporation, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President (or any other officer or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation who shall from time to time be determined by the Board) may endorse, assign and deliver checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money which are payable to the order of the Corporation.
SECTION 5.4 General and Special Bank Accounts. The Board may from time to time authorize the opening and keeping of general and special bank accounts with such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Board may select or as may be selected by any officer or officers, assistant or assistants, agent or agents, or attorney or attorneys of the Corporation to whom such power shall have been delegated by the Board. The Board may make such special rules and regulations with respect to such bank accounts, not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws, as it may deem expedient.
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ARTICLE VI
SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
SECTION 6.1 Certificates for Stock. Every owner of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate or certificates, certifying the number and class or series of shares of the stock of the Corporation owned by such owner. The certificates representing shares of such stock shall be numbered in the order in which they shall be issued. Each holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by any two of the President, a Vice President, the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, an Assistant Treasurer or any other authorized officers of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him or her. Any or all of the signatures on the certificates may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, any such certificate, shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as though the person who signed such certificate, or whose facsimile signature shall have been placed thereupon, were such an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. A record shall be kept of the respective names of the persons, firms or corporations owning the stock represented by such certificates, the number and class or series of shares represented by such certificates, respectively, and the respective dates thereof, and in case of cancellation, the respective dates of cancellation. Every certificate surrendered to the Corporation for exchange or transfer shall be canceled, and no new certificate or certificates shall be issued in exchange for any existing certificate until such existing certificate shall have been so canceled, except in cases provided for in Section 6.4 hereof.
SECTION 6.2 Transfers of Stock. Transfers of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by such holder’s attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary, or with a transfer clerk or a transfer agent appointed as provided in Section 6.3 hereof, and upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes thereon. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the person in whose name shares of stock stand on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation. Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security, and not absolutely, such fact shall be so expressed in the entry of transfer if, when the certificate or certificates shall be presented to the Corporation for transfer, both the transferor and the transferee request the Corporation to do so.
SECTION 6.3 Regulations. The Board may make such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with these Bylaws, concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificates for shares of the stock of the Corporation. It may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer clerks or one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates for stock to bear the signature or signatures of any of them.
SECTION 6.4 Lost, Stolen, Destroyed, and Mutilated Certificates. In any case of loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation of any certificate of stock, another may be issued in its place upon proof of such loss, theft, destruction, or mutilation and upon the giving of a bond of indemnity to the Corporation in such form and in such sum as the Corporation may direct; provided, however, that a new certificate may be issued without requiring any bond when, in the judgment of the Corporation, it is proper so to do.
SECTION 6.5 Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to
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exercise any rights in respect of any other change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may, except as otherwise required by law, fix, in advance, a record date, which record date shall not precede the date on which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any such other action. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting, unless the Board determines that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held, and, for determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of rights or to exercise any rights of change, conversion or exchange of stock or for any other purpose, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts a resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting in the manner provided by law.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 7.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the “Delaware Law”), and by the Certificate of Incorporation, any person (or the estate of any person) who is or was a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (a “proceeding”), whether or not by or in the right of the Corporation, and whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or trustee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”); provided, however, that 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 The Corporation may, to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any such person against any liability which may be asserted against such person. The Corporation may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including without limitation a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect the indemnification as provided herein. The indemnification provided herein shall not be deemed to limit the right of the Corporation to indemnify any other person for any such expenses to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware Law, nor shall it be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification from the Corporation may be entitled under any agreement, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
SECTION 7.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 7.1 of this Article VII, an indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses (including attorney’s fees) incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and
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not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a “final adjudication”) that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 7.2 or otherwise.
SECTION 7.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 7.1 or 7.2 of this Article VII 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. To the fullest extent permitted by law, 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 of conduct for indemnification set forth in Section 145(a) or (b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law to the fullest extent permitted by law. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an indemnitee is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any proceeding (or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein), indemnitee shall be indemnified for his or her expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in such defense, and the Corporation may not assert the failure to satisfy a standard of conduct as a basis to deny indemnification, or as a basis to recover amounts advanced, in connection with such defense.
SECTION 7.4 Indemnification of Employees and Agents. The Corporation may, but only to the extent that the Board may (but shall not be obligated to) authorize from time to time, 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 VII as they apply to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
SECTION 7.5 Indemnification Agreement. The Corporation may enter into indemnification agreements with any one or more directors, officers, employees and agents upon resolution duly adopted by the Board. Such agreements may indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware law, the Certificate of Incorporation and this Article VII.
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SECTION 7.6 Nature of Rights. The rights conferred upon indemnitees in this Article VII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer or trustee and shall inure to the benefit of the indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of this Article VII that adversely affects any right of an indemnitee or its successors shall be prospective only and shall not limit or eliminate any such right with respect to any proceeding involving any occurrence or alleged occurrence of any action or omission to act that took place prior to such amendment or repeal.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 8.1 Seal. The Board shall adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the name of the Corporation and words showing that the Corporation was incorporated in the State of Delaware.
SECTION 8.2 Waiver of Notices. Whenever notice is required to be given by these Bylaws or the Certificate of Incorporation or by law, the person entitled to said notice may waive such notice in writing or by electronic transmission, either before or after the time stated therein, and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver. Attendance at any meeting shall constitute waiver of notice except attendance for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
SECTION 8.3 Amendments. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or any of them may be altered, amended, repealed or rescinded and new Bylaws may be adopted by the Board or by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting of stockholders. In addition to any affirmative vote required by applicable law and any voting rights granted to or held by the holders of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, any amendment, alteration, repeal or rescission of any provision of the Bylaws of the Corporation must be approved either (A) by a majority of the Whole Board, or (B) by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 66 2/3% of the voting power then outstanding.
SECTION 8.4 Representation of Other Corporations and Other Entities. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Secretary or any Vice President of the Corporation is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all equity interests or shares of any other entity or entities standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority herein granted to said officers to vote or represent on behalf of the Corporation any and all equity interests or shares held by the Corporation in any other entity or entities may be exercised either by such officers by written consent or in person or by any person authorized so to do by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such officers.
ARTICLE
IX FORUM
SECTION 9.1 Forum Selection. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all Internal Corporate Claims shall be brought solely and exclusively in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if such other court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware). “Internal Corporate Claims” means claims, including claims in the right of the Corporation, brought by a stockholder (including a beneficial owner) (i) that are based upon a violation of a duty by
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a current or former director or officer or stockholder in such capacity or (ii) as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction upon the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.
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