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Bylaws of Arch Coal, Inc.
ARTICLE I - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Corporation shall be held at such
date, time and place as shall be
designated by the Board of Directors and
stated in the notice of the meeting.
Section 2. Special Meeting.
Special meetings of the stockholders may
be called at any time by the President,
the Chief Executive Officer, any two or
more members of the Board of Directors
or holders of 10% or more of the
outstanding capital stock of the
Corporation entitled generally to vote
for the election of Directors to be held
at such date, time and place within the
United States as shall be designated in
the notice thereof.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings.
Written notice of the place, date and
time of each meeting of the stockholders
shall be given in the manner provided in
Article XII, not less than ten nor more
than sixty days before the date on which
the meeting is to be held, to each
stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting, except as otherwise provided
herein or required by law (meaning, here
and hereinafter, as required from time
to time by the General Corporation Law
of Delaware). The notice of any special
meeting shall state the purpose or
purposes for which the special meeting
is called and shall indicate that such
notice is being issued upon the request
of the person or persons calling the
meeting.
Upon the written request of the person
or persons calling any special meeting,
notice of such meeting shall be given by
the Secretary of the Corporation on
behalf of such person or persons. Every
request to the Secretary for the giving
of notice of a special meeting of
stockholders shall state the purpose or
purposes of such meeting.
If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
to be given when deposited in the United
States mail, postage prepaid, directed
to the stockholder at such stockholder’s
address as it appears on the records of
the Corporation.
Section 4. Quorum.
Subject to the provisions required by
law, the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended from time to
time (hereafter the Certificate of
Incorporation) and these Bylaws in
respect of the vote required for a
specified action, at any meeting of the
stockholders, the holders of a majority
of the outstanding shares of stock
entitled to vote, present in person or
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a
quorum shall fail to attend any meeting,
the presiding person of the meeting or
the holders of a majority of the stock,
present in person or by proxy, may
adjourn the meeting from time to time,
without notice other than announcement
at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present or represented. At such
adjourned meeting at which a quorum
shall be present or represented, any
business may be transacted which might
have been transacted at the meeting as
originally noticed. If the adjournment
is for more than 30 days, or if after
the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, a
notice of the adjourned meeting shall be
given to each stockholder of record
entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 5. Conduct of Business.
The Board of Directors of the
Corporation may adopt by resolution such
rules and regulations for the conduct of
the meeting of stockholders as it shall
deem appropriate. Except to the extent
inconsistent with such rules and
regulations as adopted by the Board of
Directors, the chairman of any meeting
of stockholders shall have the right and
authority to prescribe such rules,
regulations and procedures and to do all
such acts as, in the judgment of such
chairman, are appropriate for the proper
conduct of the meeting. Such rules,
regulations or procedures, whether
adopted by the Board of Directors or
prescribed by the chairman of the
meeting, may include, without
limitation, the following: (i) the
establishment of an agenda or order of
business for the meeting; (ii) rules and
procedures for maintaining order at the
meeting and the safety of those present;
(iii) limitations on attendance at or
participation in the meeting to
stockholders of record of the
Corporation, their duly authorized and
constituted proxies or such other
persons as the chairman of the meeting
shall determine; (iv) restrictions on
entry to the meeting after the time
fixed for the commencement thereof; and
(v) limitations on the time allotted to
questions or comments by participants.
Unless and to the extent determined by
the Board of Directors or the chairman
of the meeting, meetings of stockholders
shall not be required to be held in
accordance with the rules of
parliamentary procedure.
Section 6. Proxies and Voting.
Except as may be otherwise provided by
law, the Certificate of Incorporation or
these Bylaws, (i) each stockholder of
record present in person or by proxy
shall be entitled, at every
stockholders’ meeting, to one vote for
each share of capital stock having
voting power standing in the name of
such stockholder on the books of the
Corporation, and (ii) the affirmative
vote of a majority of the shares voting
thereon at a duly organized meeting and
entitled to vote on the subject matter
shall be the act of the stockholders.
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a
meeting of stockholders or to express
consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting may authorize another
person or persons to act for such person
by proxy. Every proxy must be in writing
and signed by the stockholder or such
stockholder’s attorney in fact or
executed in such other manner as may be
permitted by law and approved by the
Board of Directors. No proxy shall be
voted or acted upon after three years
from its date, unless the proxy provides
for a longer period. A duly executed
proxy shall be irrevocable for the
period stated therein if the proxy
states that it is irrevocable and if,
and only as long as, it is coupled with
an interest sufficient in law to support
an irrevocable power.
Section 7. Waiver of Notice.
Notices of meetings need not be given to
any stockholder who submits a written
waiver of notice, signed in person or by
proxy, whether before or after the
meeting. The purpose or purposes of any
meeting of stockholders shall be
specified in any such waiver of notice.
Attendance of a stockholder at a
meeting, in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except when the stockholder
attends a meeting for the express
purpose of objecting, at the beginning
of the meeting, to the transaction of
any business because the meeting is not
lawfully called or convened.
Section 8. Consent of Stockholders in
Lieu of Meeting.
Any action required to be taken at any
annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, or any
action which may be taken at any annual
or special meeting of the stockholders,
may be taken without a meeting, without
prior notice and without a vote, if a
consent or consents in writing, setting
forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by the holders of outstanding
stock having not less than the minimum
number of votes that would be necessary
to authorize or take such action at a
meeting at which all shares entitled to
vote thereon were present and voted and
shall be delivered to the Corporation by
delivery to its registered office in
Delaware, its principal place of
business, or an officer or agent of the
Corporation having custody of the book
in which proceedings of meetings of
stockholders are recorded. Delivery made
to the Corporation’s registered office
shall be made by hand or by certified or
registered mail, return receipt
requested.
Every written consent shall bear the
date of signature of each stockholder
who signs the consent and no written
consent shall be effective to take the
corporate action referred to therein
unless, within sixty days of the date
the earliest dated consent is delivered
to the Corporation, a written consent or
consents signed by a sufficient number
of holders to take action are delivered
to the Corporation in the manner
prescribed in this Section 8.
Section 9. Adjournments.
Any meeting of stockholders, annual or
special, may adjourn from time to time
to reconvene at the same or some other
place, and notice need not be given of
any such adjourned meeting if the time
and place thereof are announced at the
meeting at which the adjournment is
taken. At the adjourned meeting the
Corporation may transact any business
which might have been transacted at the
original meeting. If the adjournment is
for more than thirty days, or if after
the adjournment a new record date is
fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice
of the adjourned meeting shall be given
to each stockholder of record entitled
to vote at the meeting.
Section 10. Record Date.
In order that the Corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of
stockholders, or to receive payment of
any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights or to exercise
any rights in respect of any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or for
the purpose of any other lawful action,
the Board of Directors may fix a record
date, which record date shall not
precede the date on which the resolution
fixing the record date is adopted and
which record date shall not be more than
sixty nor less than ten days before the
date of any meeting of stockholders, nor
more than sixty days prior to the time
for such other action as hereinbefore
described; provided, however, that if no
record date is fixed by the Board of
Directors, 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 of Directors adopts a
resolution relating thereto.
A determination of stockholders of
record entitled to notice of or to vote
at a meeting of stockholders shall apply
to any adjournment of the meeting;
provided, however, that the Board of
Directors may fix a new record date for
the adjourned meeting.
In order that the Corporation may
determine the stockholders entitled to
consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, the Board of
Directors may fix a record date, which
shall not precede the date upon which
the resolution fixing the record date is
adopted by the Board of Directors, and
which record date shall be not more than
ten days after the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is
adopted. If no record date has been
fixed by the Board of Directors and no
prior action by the Board of Directors
is required by law, the record date
shall be the first date on which a
signed written consent setting forth the
action taken or proposed to be taken is
delivered to the Corporation in the
manner prescribed by Article I, Section
8 hereof. If no record date has been
fixed by the Board of Directors and
prior action by the Board of Directors
is required by law with respect to the
proposed action by written consent of
the stockholders, the record date for
determining stockholders entitled to
consent to corporate action in writing
shall be at the close of business on the
day on which the Board of Directors
adopts the resolution taking such prior
action.
Section 11. Inspectors of Election.
The Corporation may, and shall if
required by law, in advance of any
meeting of stockholders, appoint one or
more inspectors of election, who may be
employees of the Corporation, to act at
the meeting or any adjournment thereof
and to make a written report thereof.
The Corporation may designate one or
more persons as alternate inspectors to
replace any inspector who fails to act.
In the event that no inspector so
appointed or designated is able to act
at a meeting of stockholders, the person
presiding at the meeting shall appoint
one or more inspectors to act at the
meeting. Each inspector, before entering
upon the discharge of such inspector’s
duties, shall take and sign an oath to
execute faithfully the duties of
inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of such
inspector’s ability. The inspector or
inspectors so appointed or designated
shall (i) ascertain the number of shares
of capital stock of the Corporation
outstanding and the voting power of each
such share, (ii) determine the shares of
capital stock of the Corporation
represented at the meeting and the
validity of proxies and ballots, (iii)
count all votes and ballots, (iv)
determine and retain for a reasonable
period a record of the disposition of
any challenges made to any determination
by the inspectors, and (v) certify their
determination of the number of shares of
capital stock of the Corporation
represented at the meeting and such
inspectors’ count of all votes and
ballots. Such certification and report
shall specify such other information as
may be required by law. In determining
the validity and counting of proxies and
ballots cast at any meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation, the
inspectors may consider such information
as is permitted by applicable law. No
person who is a candidate for an office
at an election may serve as an inspector
at such election.
Section 12. List of Stockholders
Entitled to Vote.
The Secretary shall prepare and make, at
least ten days before every meeting of
stockholders, a complete list of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order,
and showing the address of each
stockholder and the number of shares
registered in the name of each
stockholder. Such list shall be open to
the examination of any stockholder, for
any purpose germane to the meeting,
during ordinary business hours, for a
period of at least ten days prior to the
meeting, either at a place within the
city where the meeting is to be held,
which place shall be specified in the
notice of the meeting, or if not so
specified, at the place where the
meeting is to be held. The list shall
also be produced and kept at the time
and place of the meeting during the
whole time thereof and may be inspected
by any stockholder who is present. Upon
the willful neglect or refusal of the
Directors to produce such a list at any
meeting for the election of Directors,
they shall be ineligible for election to
any office at such meeting. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the stock
ledger shall be the only evidence as to
who are the stockholders entitled to
vote in person or by proxy at any
meeting of stockholders or to examine
the stock ledger, the list of
stockholders or the books of the
Corporation.
Section 13. Advisory Stockholder
Votes.
In order for stockholders to adopt or
approve any precatory proposal submitted
to them for the purpose of requesting
the Board of Directors to take certain
actions, the affirmative vote of the
holders of shares of capital stock
having at least a majority of the vote
which could be cast by the holders of
all shares of capital stock entitled to
vote thereupon, voting as a single
class, must be voted in favor of the
proposal.
ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Power of the Directors.
The business and affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by or under
the direction of the Board of Directors,
which may exercise all the powers of the
Corporation and do all lawful acts and
things which are not conferred upon or
reserved to the stockholders by law or
by the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2. Number and Term of Office;
Election.
Subject to the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation and the
restriction that the number of Directors
shall not be less than the number
required by the laws of the State of
Delaware, the number of Directors shall
be fixed, from time to time, by a
resolution adopted by the affirmative
vote of not less than two-thirds of the
members of the entire Board of
Directors.
Each Director, including any Director
elected to fill a vacancy as set forth
in Section 5 of this Article II, shall
hold office until the earlier of such
Director’s death, resignation, removal
in the manner hereinafter provided, or
the election and qualification of such
Director’s successor.
Section 3. Notice of Stockholder
Business and Nominations.
A. Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
(1) Nominations of persons for election
to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation and the proposal of business
to be considered by the stockholders may
be made at an annual meeting of
stockholders (a) pursuant to the
Corporation’s notice of meeting
delivered pursuant to Section 3 of
Article I of these Bylaws, (b) by or at
the direction of the Chairman or the
Board of Directors, (c) with respect to
those persons to be elected by any class
or classes of Preferred Stock of the
Corporation, by any holder of such class
or classes of Preferred Stock, or (d)
other than with respect to those persons
to be elected by any class or classes of
Preferred Stock of the Corporation, by
any stockholder of the Corporation who
is entitled to vote at the meeting who
complied with the procedures set forth
in this Bylaw and who was a stockholder
of record at the time such notice is
delivered to the Secretary of the
Corporation.
(2) For nominations or other business to
be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a stockholder pursuant to
clause (d) of subparagraph (A) (1) of
this Bylaw, the stockholder must have
given timely notice thereof in writing
to the Secretary of the Corporation. To
be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall
be delivered to the Secretary at the
principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than seventy days
nor more than ninety days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding
year’s Annual Meeting; provided,
however, that in the event that the date
of the Annual Meeting is advanced by
more than twenty days, or delayed by
more than seventy days, from such
anniversary date, notice by the
stockholder to be timely must be so
delivered not earlier than the ninetieth
day prior to such Annual Meeting and not
later than the close of business on the
later of the seventieth day prior to
such Annual Meeting or the tenth day
following the day on which public
announcement of the date of such meeting
is first made. Such stockholder’s notice
shall set forth (a) as to each person
whom the stockholder proposes to
nominate for election or reelection as a
Director all information relating to
such person that is required to be
disclosed in solicitations of proxies
for election of Directors, or is
otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), including
such person’s written consent to being
named in the proxy statement as a
nominee and to serving as a Director if
elected; (b) as to any other business
that the stockholder proposes to bring
before the meeting, a brief description
of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting
and any material interest in such
business of such stockholder and the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as
to the stockholder giving the notice and
the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the nomination or proposal is
made (i) the name and address of such
stockholder, as they appear on the
Corporation’s books, and of such
beneficial owner and (ii) the class and
number of shares of the Corporation
which are owned beneficially and of
record by such stockholder and such
beneficial owner.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the
second sentence of subparagraph (A) (2)
of this Bylaw to the contrary, in the
event that the number of Directors to be
elected to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation is increased and there is no
public announcement naming all of the
nominees for Director or specifying the
size of the increased Board of Directors
made by the Corporation at least eighty
days prior to the first anniversary of
the preceding year’s Annual Meeting, a
stockholder’s notice required by this
Bylaw shall also be considered timely,
but only with respect to nominees for
any new positions created by such
increase, if it shall be delivered to
the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not later
than the close of business on the tenth
day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the
Corporation.
B. Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Only such business shall be conducted at
a Special Meeting of stockholders as
shall have been brought before the
meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s
notice of meeting pursuant to Section 3
of Article I of these Bylaws.
Nominations of persons for election to
the Board of Directors may be made at a
Special Meeting of stockholders at which
Directors are to be elected pursuant to
the Corporation’s notice of meeting (a)
by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (b) by any stockholder of
the Corporation who is entitled to vote
at the meeting, who complies with the
notice procedures set forth in this
Bylaw and who is a stockholder of record
at the time such notice is delivered to
the Secretary of the Corporation.
Nominations by stockholders of persons
for election to the Board of Directors
may be made at such a Special Meeting of
stockholders if the stockholder’s notice
as required by subparagraph (A) (2) of
this Bylaw shall be delivered to the
Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not earlier
than the ninetieth day prior to such
Special Meeting and not later than the
close of business on the later of the
seventieth day prior to such Special
Meeting or the tenth day following the
day on which public announcement is
first made of the date of the Special
Meeting and of the nominees proposed by
the Board of Directors to be elected at
such meeting.
C. General.
(1) Only persons who are nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth
in this Bylaw shall be eligible to serve
as Directors and only such business
shall be conducted at a meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought
before the meeting in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Bylaw.
Except as otherwise provided by law, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, the Chairman of the meeting
shall have the power and duty to
determine whether a nomination or any
business proposed to be brought before
the meeting was made in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Bylaw
and, if any proposed nomination or
business is not in compliance with this
Bylaw, to declare that such defective
proposal or nomination shall be
disregarded.
(2) For purposes of this Bylaw, "public
announcement" shall mean disclosure in a
press release reported by the Dow Jones
News Service, Associated Press or
comparable national news service or in a
document publicly filed by the
Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Section
13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions of this Bylaw, a stockholder
shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder with
respect to the matters set forth in this
Bylaw. Nothing in this Bylaw shall be
deemed to affect any rights of
stockholders to request inclusion of or
the obligation of the Corporation to
include proposals in the Corporation’s
proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a8
under the Exchange Act.
Section 4. Election.
Except as otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation, at each
meeting of the stockholders for the
election of Directors at which a quorum
is present, the persons receiving the
greatest number of votes, up to the
number of Directors to be elected, shall
be the Directors.
Section 5. Vacancies.
Any vacancy on the Board of Directors
(other than a vacancy caused by the
death, resignation or removal of any
Director elected by the holders of any
class or classes of Preferred Stock,
voting separately as a class or classes,
as the case may be) or newly created
directorship shall be filled by a
majority of the Directors then in
office, though less than a quorum, or by
the sole remaining Director.
Section 6. Resignation.
Any Director may resign at any time by
giving written notice of resignation to
the Board of Directors, the Chairman of
the Board, the President or the
Secretary. Any such resignation shall
take effect at the time specified
therein, or, if the time when it shall
become effective shall not be specified
therein, then it shall take effect when
accepted by action of the Board of
Directors. Except as aforesaid, the
acceptance of such resignation shall not
be necessary to make it effective.
Section 7. Removal.
Any or all of the Directors (other than
the Directors elected by the holders of
any class or classes of Preferred Stock
of the Corporation, voting separately as
a class or classes, as the case may be)
may be removed by the stockholders, with
or without cause, by a vote of the
holders of a majority of the shares then
entitled to vote at an election of
Directors, provided that if less than
all the Directors are to be removed, no
one of the Directors may be removed
without cause if the votes cast against
such Director’s removal would be
sufficient to elect such Director if
then cumulatively voted at an election
of the entire Board.
Section 8. Regular Meetings.
Regular meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such place or
places, on such date or dates, and at
such time or times as shall be
established by the Board of Directors
and publicized among all Directors.
Section 9. Special Meetings.
Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by any two of
the Directors, the Chairman of the
Board, the President or Chief Executive
Officer and shall be held at such place
within the United States, on such date
and at such time as the person or
persons calling the meeting shall fix.
Section 10. Notice of Meeting.
Notice of the date, place, time and
purpose or purposes of each meeting of
the Directors shall be given to each
Director in the manner provided in
Article XII at such Director’s usual
place of business at least three
business days before the day on which
the meeting is to be held. Upon written
request of the person or persons calling
any special meeting, notice of such
meeting shall be given by the Secretary
on behalf of such person or persons and
shall indicate the person or persons
calling the meeting.
Section 11. Quorum.
At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, the presence of a majority of
the whole Board of Directors fixed by or
in the manner provided in these Bylaws
shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
Section 12. Manner of Acting.
A. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection B of this Section 12, the
vote of a majority of the Directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum
is present shall be necessary for the
passage of any resolution or act of the
Board of Directors.
B. The vote of not less than two-thirds
of the entire Board of Directors shall
be necessary for the passage of any
resolution or act of the Board of
Directors in respect of the following:
(i) the declaration of a dividend or
distribution on any capital stock of the
Corporation not otherwise entitled to
such dividend or distribution pursuant
to the terms thereof;
(ii) the approval of the Corporation’s
annual budget or operating plan and any
material modification thereof, including
any capital expenditure in excess of Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000) not
provided for in the annual budget;
(iii) the election or removal of the
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer or Chief Operating Officer (if
any) of the Corporation;
(iv) except for the issuance of Common
Stock pursuant to a compensation plan
approved by the Board of Directors, the
issuance of more than One Million
(1,000,000) shares of Common Stock or
any shares of Preferred Stock in any one
transaction or a series of related
transactions;
(v) the adoption of a share purchase
rights plan of a nature commonly
referred to as a “poison pill”;
(vi) the repurchase or redemption of any
capital stock of the Corporation;
(vii) an establishment or change in the
number of Directors of the Corporation;
(viii) the appointment of members to or
dissolution of the Executive Committee;
or
(ix) the amendment of this Section 12 of
these Bylaws.
Section 13. Participation in Meetings
by Conference Telephone.
Members of the Board of Directors, or of
any committee thereof, may participate
in a meeting of such Board or committee
by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment by
means of which all persons participating
in the meeting can hear and speak to
each other, and such participation shall
constitute the presence in person at
such meeting.
Section 14. Action by Consent.
Any action required or permitted to be
taken at any meeting of the Board of
Directors, or of any committee thereof,
may be taken without a meeting, prior
notice, or vote if a consent in writing,
which writing may be in counterparts
which may bear telecommunicated
facsimile signatures, setting forth the
action so taken, is signed by all
members of the Board or committee, and
such writing is filed with the minutes
of the proceedings of the Board or
committee.
Section 15. Organization.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall
be presided over by the Chairman of the
Board or in the Chairman’s absence by
the Chief Executive Officer, or in their
absence by a chairman chosen at the
meeting. The Secretary shall act as
secretary of the meeting, but in the
Secretary’s absence the chairman of the
meeting may appoint any person to act as
secretary of the meeting.
Section 16. Executive Committee.
The Board of Directors may establish an
Executive Committee to consist of such
Directors as the Board shall from time
to time designate. The Executive
Committee shall to the extent permitted
by law have and may exercise such powers
and authority as the Board shall from
time to time determine. The Executive
Committee shall record minutes of each
of its meetings and shall submit the
same to the Board at the first meeting
of the Board held subsequent to such
meeting of the Executive Committee. At
all meetings of the Executive Committee,
a majority of the total number of the
members thereof shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
A majority vote of the members of the
Executive Committee who are present
shall be the act of the Executive
Committee.
Section 17. Audit Committee.
The Board may by resolution designate an
Audit Committee consisting of three or
more Directors. Vacancies on the Audit
Committee may be filled by the Board at
any time and any member of the Audit
Committee shall be subject to removal,
with or without cause, at any time by
resolution passed by the Board.
The Audit Committee shall review with
the independent public accountants for
the Corporation the scope of their
examination, receive copies of the
reports of such accountants, meet with
representatives of such accountants for
the purpose of reviewing and considering
questions relating to such accountants’
examination and such reports, review,
either directly or through such
accountants, the internal accounting and
auditing procedures of the Corporation,
report the results of the foregoing to
the Board and act upon such other
matters as may be referred to it by the
Board.
At each meeting of the Board the Audit
Committee shall make a report of all
action taken by it since its last report
to the Board.
The Audit Committee shall meet as often
as may be deemed necessary and expedient
at such times and places as shall be
determined by the members of the Audit
Committee. A majority of the members of
the Audit Committee shall constitute a
quorum. In the absence of the Chairman
of the Audit Committee, the Audit
Committee may appoint any member to
preside at meetings thereof.
Section 18. Other Committees.
The Board of Directors may, by
resolution passed by a majority of the
whole Board, designate one or more other
committees, each of which shall consist
of one or more Directors. The Board may
designate one or more Directors as
alternate members of any committee, who
may replace any absent or disqualified
member at any meeting of the committee.
Each such committee shall have and may
exercise such powers and authority of
the Board of Directors in the management
of the business and affairs of the
Corporation as the Board shall provide
in the resolution designating such
committee, except as otherwise provided
by statute.
Section 19. Waiver of Notices.
Notice of a meeting need not be given to
any Director who submits a written
waiver of notice signed by such
Director, including a telecommunicated
facsimile waiver, whether before or
after the meeting. The purpose or
purposes of any meeting of the Directors
must be specified in any such waiver of
notice. Attendance of a Director at a
meeting shall constitute a waiver of
notice of such meeting, except when the
Director attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting, at the
beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business because the
meeting is not lawfully called or
convened.
Section 20. Compensation of
Directors.
Unless otherwise restricted by the
Certificate of Incorporation or these
Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall
have the authority to fix the
compensation of Directors. The Directors
may be paid their expenses, if any, for
attendance at each meeting of the Board
of Directors and may be paid a fixed sum
for attendance at each meeting of the
Board of Directors or a stated salary as
Director, or both. No such payment shall
preclude any Director from serving the
Corporation in any other capacity and
receiving compensation therefor. Members
of special or standing committees may be
allowed like compensation for attending
committee meetings.
ARTICLE III – OFFICERS
Section 1. Election and Appointment;
Term of Office.
The officers of the Corporation shall be
a Chairman of the Board, a President,
one or more Vice Presidents (the number
thereof to be determined from time to
time by the Board), a Treasurer, a
Secretary and a Controller. The Board
shall designate either the Chairman of
the Board or the President as the Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation.
Each such officer shall be elected by
the Board at its annual meeting to serve
at the will and pleasure of the Board
and shall hold office until the next
annual meeting of the Board and until
such officers’ successor is elected or
until such officer’s earlier death,
resignation or removal in the manner
hereinafter provided. The Board may
elect or appoint such other officers
(including one or more Assistant
Treasurers and one or more Assistant
Secretaries) as it deems necessary who
shall have such authority and shall
perform such duties as the Board may
prescribe. If additional officers are
elected or appointed during the year,
each of them shall hold office until the
next annual meeting of the Board at
which officers are regularly elected or
appointed and until such officer’s
successor is elected or appointed or
until such officer’s earlier death,
resignation or removal in the manner
hereinafter provided. To the extent the
Board shall deem appropriate, more than
one of the offices authorized herein may
be held by the same person.
Section 2. Resignation; Removal;
Vacancies.
A. Resignation. Any officer may resign
at any time by giving written notice to
the Chief Executive Officer or the
Secretary of the Corporation, and such
resignation shall take effect upon
receipt unless specified therein to be
effective at some other time (subject
always to the provisions of Section
2.B). No acceptance of any such
resignation shall be necessary to make
it effective.
B. Removal. All officers and agents
elected or appointed by the Board shall
be subject to removal at any time by the
Board with or without cause.
C. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office
may be filled for the unexpired portion
of the term in the same manner as
provided for election or appointment to
such office.
Section 3. Duties and Functions.
A. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman
of the Board shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and
directors and shall perform such other
duties as the Board may prescribe.
B. President. In the absence, refusal or
incapacity of the Chairman of the Board,
or the Chief Executive Officer (if the
President shall not be designated as
such) the President shall perform the
duties of such office, except those of
presiding at meetings of directors. If
the President shall not be designated as
the Chief Executive Officer by the Board
pursuant to Section 1, the President
shall act under the control of the Chief
Executive Officer.
C. Chief Executive Officer. Subject to
the direction and control of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer shall have
responsibility for the management and
control of the affairs and business of
the Corporation and shall perform all
duties and have all powers which are
commonly incident to the office of the
Chief Executive Officer, including the
power to enter into commitments, execute
and deliver contracts and do and perform
all such other acts and things as are
necessary and appropriate to accomplish
the Corporation’s business and
operations and to manage the business
and affairs of the Corporation. The
Chief Executive Officer may assign such
duties to other officers of the
Corporation as the Chief Executive
Officer deems appropriate.
D. Chief Operating Officer. In the event
the President is not designated as Chief
Executive Officer pursuant to Section 1,
the President may, in the Board’s
discretion, be designated as the Chief
Operating Officer of the Corporation and
shall have such powers and duties as the
Board, or Chief Executive Officer, may
prescribe.
E. Vice Presidents. The Vice Presidents
shall have such powers and perform such
duties as the Board or the Chief
Executive Officer may prescribe. One or
more Vice Presidents may be given and
shall use as part of the title such
other designations, including, without
limitation, the designations "Executive
Vice President" and "Senior Vice
President," as the Board or the Chief
Executive Officer may designate from
time to time. One of the Vice Presidents
may also be given and shall use as part
of the title such other designations as
may be descriptive of descriptive
responsibilities, including, without
limitation, designations such as "Chief
Financial Officer" or "General Counsel,"
as the Board or the Chief Executive
Officer may designate from time to time.
In the absence, refusal or incapacity of
the Chairman of the Board and the
President, the powers and duties of the
Chief Executive Officer shall be vested
in and performed by such Vice Presidents
as have the designation "Executive Vice
President," in the order of their
seniority or as otherwise established by
action of the Board from time to time,
or by such other officer as the Board or
the Chief Executive Officer shall have
most recently designated for that
purpose in a writing filed with the
Secretary.
F. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall act
under the direction of the Chief
Executive Officer. The Treasurer shall
have charge and custody of and be
responsible for all funds and securities
of the Corporation and the deposit
thereof in the name and to the credit of
the Corporation in such depositories as
may be designated by the Board or by the
Treasurer pursuant hereto. The Treasurer
shall be authorized at any time, and
from time to time, by a writing
countersigned by the Chief Executive
Officer, to open bank accounts in the
name of the Corporation in any bank or
trust company for the deposit therein of
any funds, drafts, checks or other
orders for the payment of money to the
Corporation; and the Treasurer shall be
authorized at any time, and from time to
time, by a writing countersigned by the
Chairman of the Board, to authorize and
empower any representative or agent of
the Corporation to draw upon or sign for
the Corporation either manually or by
the use of facsimile signature, any and
all checks, drafts or other orders for
the payment of money against such bank
accounts which any such bank or trust
company may pay without further inquiry.
G. Secretary. The Secretary shall act
under the direction of the Chairman of
the Board. The Secretary shall attend
all meetings of the Board, the Executive
Committee and the stockholders and
record the proceedings in a book to be
kept for that purpose and shall perform
like duties for committees designated by
the Board. The Secretary shall duly give
or cause to be given, in accordance with
the provisions of these Bylaws or as
required by law, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and special meetings
of the Board. The Secretary shall be the
custodian of the records and the
corporate seal or seals of the
Corporation and shall cause the
corporate seal to be affixed to all
documents, the execution of which, on
behalf of the Corporation, under its
seal, is duly authorized and when so
affixed may attest to same. The
Secretary may sign, with the Chief
Executive Officer or with the President,
certificates of stock of the
Corporation.
H. Controller. The Controller shall act
under the direction of the Chief
Financial Officer of the Corporation,
or, if none, the Chief Executive
Officer. Subject to the direction of the
Chief Financial Officer of the
Corporation or, if none, the Chairman of
the Board, the Controller shall have
charge of the accounting records of the
Corporation, shall keep full and
accurate accounts of all receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the
Corporation, shall maintain adequate
internal control of the Corporation’s
accounts, and may perform such other
duties as may be prescribed by the Chief
Financial Officer of the Corporation or,
if none, the Chief Executive Officer,
and by the Board.
ARTICLE IV NOTES, LOAN AGREEMENTS,
CHECKS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
Section 1. Execution of Documents.
The Board shall from time to time by
resolution authorize the officers,
employees and agents of the Corporation
to execute and deliver checks and other
orders for the payment of money and
notes, bonds and other securities,
together with mortgages, loan agreements
and other instruments securing or
relating thereto and other contracts and
commitments for and in the name of the
Corporation and may authorize such
officers, employees and agents to
delegate such power (including authority
to redelegate) by written instrument to
other officers, employees or agents of
the Corporation.
Section 2. Deposits.
All funds of the Corporation not
otherwise employed shall be deposited
from time to time to the credit of the
Corporation or otherwise as the Board or
any officer of the Corporation to whom
power in that respect shall have been
delegated by the Board shall select.
ARTICLE V INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.
A. Every person who is or was a Director
or officer of the Corporation, or of any
other corporation or entity which such
person served as such at the request of
the Corporation shall in accordance with
Section 2 of this Article V be
indemnified by the corporation against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection
with any claim, action, suit or
proceeding (other than any claim,
action, suit or proceeding brought by or
in the right of the Corporation), civil
or criminal, administrative or
investigative, or in connection with an
appeal relating thereto, in which such
person may be involved, as a party or
otherwise, by reason of such person
being or having been a Director or
officer of the Corporation or such other
corporation or entity, or by reason of
any action taken or not taken in such
capacity as such Director or officer,
whether or not such person continues to
be such at the time such liability or
expense shall have been incurred,
provided that such person acted, in good
faith, and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe that such
conduct was unlawful. The termination of
any claim, action, suit or proceeding,
civil or criminal, by judgment, order,
settlement (whether with or without
court approval), conviction or upon a
plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or
its equivalent shall not create a
presumption that a Director or officer
did not meet the standards of conduct
set forth in this Section l.A.
B. Every person who is or was a Director
or officer of the Corporation, or of any
other corporation or entity which such
person served as such at the request of
the Corporation, shall in accordance
with Section 2 of Article V be
indemnified by the Corporation against
expenses (including attorneys’ fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or
settlement of any claim, action, suit or
proceeding brought by or in the right of
the Corporation, or in connection with
an appeal or otherwise, by reason of
such person being or having been a
Director or officer of the Corporation
or such other corporation or entity, or
by reason of any action taken or not
taken in such person’s capacity as such
Director or officer, whether or not such
person continues to be such at the time
such expense shall have been incurred,
provided that such person acted in good
faith, and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be the best
interests of the Corporation, and
provided further, that no
indemnification shall be made in respect
of any claim, action, suit or proceeding
as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Corporation
unless and only to the extent that the
court in which such claim, action, suit
or proceeding was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the
case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for
such expenses which the court shall deem
proper.
Section 2. Right to Indemnification.
Every person referred to in Section 1 or
Section 2 of this Article V who has been
wholly successful, on the merits or
otherwise, with respect to any claim,
action, suit or proceeding of the
character described in said Sections
shall be entitled to indemnification as
of right. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, any indemnification
under Section 1 or Section 2 of this
Article V may be made by the Board of
Directors, in its discretion, but only
if (a) the Board of Directors, acting by
a quorum consisting of Directors who are
not parties to such claim, action, suit
or proceeding, shall have found that the
Director or officer has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth
in Section 1 or Section 2, as the case
may be, of this Article V or (b) there
be no such disinterested quorum,
independent legal counsel (who may be
the regular outside counsel of the
Corporation) shall have delivered to the
Corporation written advice to the effect
that in their judgment such applicable
standard has been met, or (c) by the
stockholders of the Corporation.
Section 3. Expenses.
Expenses incurred with respect to any
claim, action, suit or proceeding of the
character described in Section 1 of this
Article V may be paid by the Corporation
prior to the final disposition thereof
upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of the Director or officer to
repay such amount unless it shall
ultimately be determined that such
person is entitled to indemnification by
the Corporation.
Section 4. Other Rights.
The rights of indemnification provided
in this Article V shall be in addition
to any other rights to which a Director
or officer of the Corporation or such
other corporation or entity may
otherwise be entitled by contract, vote
of disinterested stockholders or
Directors or otherwise or as a matter of
law; and in the event of such person’s
death, such rights shall extend to such
person’s heirs and legal
representatives.
ARTICLE VI SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER
Section 1. Certificates for Shares.
The interests of each stockholder of the
Corporation shall be represented by
certificates signed in the name of the
Corporation by (a) either the Chairman
of the Board of Directors or the
President or a Vice President and (b)
either the Treasurer or an Assistant
Treasurer, or the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Corporation
or by registration in book-entry
accounts without certificates for shares
of stock in such form as the appropriate
officers of the Corporation may from
time to time proscribe.
If the Corporation shall be authorized
to issue more than one class of stock or
more than one series of any class, the
powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or
other special rights of each class of
stock or series thereof and the
qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of any
certificate which the Corporation may
issue to represent such class or series
of stock, provided that, except as
otherwise provided in Section 202 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, or
in any act amending, supplementing or
substituted for such Section, in lieu of
the foregoing requirements, there may be
set forth on the face or back of the
certificate which the Corporation may
issue to represent such class or series
of stock, a statement that the
Corporation will furnish without charge
to each stockholder who so requests the
powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or
other special rights of each class of
stock or series thereof and the
qualifications, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or
rights.
Any of or all the signatures on a
certificate may be facsimile. In case
any officer, transfer agent or registrar
who has signed or whose facsimile
signature has been placed upon a
certificate shall have ceased to be such
officer, transfer agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued, it
may be issued by the Corporation with
the same effect as if such person were
such officer, transfer agent or
registrar at the date of issue.
The Board of Directors may direct a new
certificate or certificates to be
issued, or a book-entry account be
established or adjusted, in place of any
certificate or certificates theretofore
issued by the Corporation alleged to
have been lost, stolen or destroyed,
upon the making of an affidavit of that
fact by the person claiming the
certificate of stock to be lost, stolen
or destroyed.
Section 2. Transfer.
Upon surrender to the Corporation or its
transfer agent of a certificate for
shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession,
assignation or authority to transfer, or
by appropriate book-entry procedures,
and upon payment of any applicable
transfer taxes as the Corporation or its
agents may reasonably require, it shall
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