BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
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STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.
Annual
Meeting
Amendment of
By-Laws
- 3-2-92
RESOLVED, that pursuant to Article VIII, Section 1,
Amendments, which authorizes the Board of Directors to amend or repeal of the
Corporations By-Laws at any meeting, Article I, Section 1, Annual
Meeting of the By-Laws, is amended to provide as follows:
An annual meeting of the stockholders, for the election of directors to
succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business
as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held at the principal office
of Company, or at such other place as may be determined by the Board of
Directors, on the second
Monday in April Amended 1/3/97
commencing August 14, 1992, or on such other day as the Board of Directors
may determine, and convening at 10:00 a.m. or at such time as the Board of
Directors may fix.
date, and at such time as they or he shall
fix.
Section 3.
Notice
of Meetings
Written notice of the place, date and time of all meetings of the
stockholders shall be given, 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 the State of Delaware or the Certificate of Incorporation).
When a meeting is adjourned to another place, date or time, written notice
need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the place, date, and time thereof
are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken; provided,
however, that if the date of any adjourned meeting is more then thirty days
after the date for which the meeting was originally noticed, or if a new record
date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, date, and
time of the adjourned meeting shall be given in conformity herewith. At any adjourned meeting, any business may
be
transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 4.
Quorum
At any meeting of the stockholders, the holders of a majority of all of
the shares of the stock entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or
by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, unless or except as
hereinafter provided or to the extent that the presence of a larger number may
be required by law.
If a quorum shall fail to attend any meeting, the chairman of the
meeting or the holders of a majority of the shares of the stock entitled to
vote who are present, in person or by proxy, may adjourn the meeting to another
place, date or time.
If a notice of any adjourned special
meeting of stockholders is sent to all stockholders entitled to vote thereat,
stating that it will be held with those present constituting a quorum, then
except as otherwise required by law, those present at such adjourned meeting
shall constitute a quorum, and all matters shall be determined by a majority of
the votes cast at such meeting.
Section 5.
Organization
Such person as the Board of Directors may
have designated or, in the absence of such a person, the highest ranking
officer of the corporation who is present shall call to order any meeting of
the stockholders and act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of the Secretary of the corporation, the secretary
of the meeting shall be such person as the chairman appoints.
Section 6.
Conduct of
Business
The
chairman of any meeting of stockholders
shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting,
including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of discussion
as seem to him in order. Action may be
taken by the stockholders without a meeting if all stockholders consent thereto
in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the stockholders.
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Section 7.
Proxies
and Voting
At any meeting of the stockholders, every stockholder entitled to vote
may vote in person or by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing filed in
accordance with the procedure established for the meeting.
Each stockholder shall have one vote for
every share of stock entitled to vote which is registered in his name on the
record date for the meeting, except as otherwise provided herein or required by
law.
All voting, except on the election of
directors and where otherwise required by law, may be by a voice vote;
provided, however, that upon demand therefor by a stockholder entitled to vote
or his proxy, a stock vote shall be taken.
Every stock vote shall be taken by ballots, each of which shall state
the name of the stockholder or proxy voting and such other information as may
be required under the procedure established for the meeting. Every vote taken by ballots shall be counted
by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the chairman of the meeting.
All elections shall be determined by a
plurality of the votes cast, and except as otherwise required by law, all other
matters shall be determined by a majority of the votes cast.
Section 8.
Stock List
A complete list of stockholders entitled to
vote at any meeting of stockholders, arranged in alphabetical order for each
class of stock and showing the address of each such stockholder and the number
of shares registered in his name, shall be open to the examination of any such
stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business
hours for a period of at least ten (10) 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 stock list shall also be kept at the
place of the meeting during the whole time thereof and shall be open to the
examination of any such stockholder who is present. This list shall presumptively determine the identity of the
stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by
each of them.
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ARTICLE II
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BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Section l.
Number and
Term of Office
The number of original directors who shall
constitute the whole board shall be two (2); thereafter, the number of
directors shall be as the Board of Directors shall at the time have
designated. Each director shall be
elected for a term of one year and until his successor is elected and
qualified, except as otherwise provided herein or required by law.
Whenever the authorized number of directors
is increased between annual meetings of the stockholders, a majority of the
directors then in office shall have the power to elect such new directors for
the balance of a term and until their successors are elected and qualified. Any decrease in the authorized number of
directors shall not become effective until the expiration of the term of the
directors then in office unless, at the time of such decrease, there shall be
vacancies on the board which are being eliminated by the decrease.
Section 2.
Vacancies
If the office of any director becomes
vacant by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other
cause, a majority of the directors remaining in office, although less than a
quorum, may elect a successor for the unexpired term and until his successor is
elected and qualified.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that pursuant to
ARTICLE II, Section 3, Annual Meeting (of directors) be amended to
read in its
entirety as follows:
3-2-92
Commencing on August 14, 1992, the annual
meeting of directors shall be held immediately following the annual meeting of
stockholders at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders. No notice shall be required as to the annual
meeting of the directors.
shall be given to all directors by the
Secretary, but no notice shall be required as to the annual
August meeting.
Section 4.
Special
Meetings
Special meetings of the Board of Directors
may be called by one-third of the directors then in office or by the Chairman
of the Board or the President and shall be held at such place, on such date,
and at such time as they or he
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shall fix. Notice of the place,
date, and time of each such special meeting shall be given each director by whom
it is not waived by mailing written notice not less than three days before the
meeting or by telegraphing the same not less than eighteen hours before the
meeting. The business to be transacted
at any special meeting shall be prescribed in the notice, but any and all other
business may also be transacted if all directors are present.
Section 5.
Quorum
At any meeting of the Board of Directors,
one-half of the total number of the whole board shall constitute a quorum for
all purposes. If a quorum shall fail to
attend any meeting, a majority of those present may adjourn the meeting to
another place, date or time, without further notice or waiver thereof.
Section 6.
Participation
in Meetings by Conference Telephone
Members of the Board of Directors may
participate in a meeting of such board by means of conference telephone or
similar communications equipment that enables all persons participating in the
meeting to hear each other. Such
participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 7.
Conduct of
Business
At any meeting of the Board of Directors,
business shall be transacted in such order and manner as the board may from
time to time determine, and all matters shall be determined by the vote of a
majority of the directors present, except as otherwise provided herein or
required by law. Action may be taken by
the Board of Directors without a meeting if all members thereof consent thereto
in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of
proceedings of the Board of Directors.
Section 8.
Powers
The Board of
Directors may, except as otherwise required by law, exercise all such powers
and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the corporation,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the unqualified
power:
(1)
To declare
dividends from time to time in accordance with law;
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(2)
To
purchase or otherwise acquire any property, rights or privileges on such terms
as it shall determine;
(3)
To
authorize the creation, making and issuance, in such form as it may determine,
of written obligations of every kind, negotiable or non- negotiable, secured or
unsecured, and to do all things necessary in connection therewith;
(4)
To remove
any officer of the corporation with or without cause, and from time to time to
devolve the powers and duties of any officer upon any other person for the time
being;
(5)
To confer
upon any officer of the corporation the power to appoint, remove and suspend
subordinate officers and agents;
(6)
To adopt
from time to time such stock, option, stock purchase, bonus or other
compensation plans for directors, officers, agents and employees of the
corporation and its subsidiaries as it may determine;
(7)
To adopt
from time to time such insurance, retirement, and other benefit plans for
directors, officers, agents and employees of the corporation and its
subsidiaries as it may determine; and,
(8)
To adopt
from time to time regulations, not inconsistent with these by-laws, for the
management of the corporations business and affairs.
Section 9.
Compensation
of Directors
Directors, as such, may receive, pursuant to resolution of the Board of
Directors, fixed fees and other compensation for their services as directors.
ARTICLE III - OFFICERS
Section 1.
Generally
(Amended
1/3/97)
The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Chairman of the
Board, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and such other
subordinate officers as may from time to time be appointed by the Board of
Directors. Officers shall be elected by
the Board of Directors, which shall consider that subject at its first
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meeting after every annual meeting of stockholders. Each officer shall hold his office until his
successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier resignation or
removal. The Chairman of the Board
shall be a member of the Board of Directors.
Any number of offices may be held by the same person.
Section 2.
Chairman
of the Board
The Chairman of the Board shall preside at meetings of the shareholders
and of the Board of Directors and shall perform all duties and have all powers
which are delegated to him by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.
President
Subject to the provisions of these by-laws and to the direction of the
Board of Directors, the President shall have the responsibility for the general
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 President or which are delegated to him by the Board of
Directors. He shall have power to sign
all stock certificates, contracts and other instruments of the corporation
which are authorized. He shall have
general supervision and direction of all of the other officers and agents of
the corporation.
Section 4.
Vice-Presidents
Each Vice-President shall perform such
duties as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. In the absence or disability of the President, the Vice-President
who has served in such capacity for the longest time shall perform the duties
and exercise the powers of the President.
Section 5.
Treasurer
The Treasurer shall have the custody of all
monies and securities of the corporation and shall keep regular books of
account. He shall make such
disbursements of the funds of the corporation as are proper and shall render
from time to time an account of all such transactions and of the financial
condition of the corporation.
Section 6.
Secretary
The Secretary shall issue all authorized
notices for, and shall keep minutes of, all meetings of the stockholders
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and the Board of Directors. He
shall have charge of the corporate books.
Section 7.
Delegation
of Authority
The Board of Directors may from time to
time delegate the powers or duties of any officer to any other officers or
agents, notwithstanding any provision hereof.
Section 8.
Removal
Any officer of the corporation may be removed at any time, with or
without cause, by the Board of Directors.
Section 9.
Action
with Respect to Securities of Other Corporations
Unless otherwise directed by the Board of
Directors, the President shall have power to vote and otherwise act on behalf
of the corporation, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of stockholders of or
with respect to any action of stockholders of any other corporation in which
this corporation may hold securities and otherwise to exercise any and all
rights and powers which this corporation may possess by reason of its ownership
of securities in such other corporation.
ARTICLE IV
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INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS
Section 1
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Right to
Indemnification
Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a
party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (proceeding), by reason of the fact
that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is
or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as
a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless
by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended
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(but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such
amendment permits the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights
than said Law permitted the corporation to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expenses, liability and loss (including attorneys fees, judgments,
fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in
settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith; provided, however, that the corporation shall indemnify any such
person seeking indemnity in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or
part thereof) initiated by such person only if such action, suit or proceeding
(or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. Such right shall be a contract right and
shall include the right to be paid by the corporation in advance of its final
disposition; provided, however, that, the payment of such expenses incurred by
a director, officer, employee or agent in his or her capacity as a director,
officer, employee or agent (and not in any other capacity in which service was
or is rendered by such person while a director, officer, employee or agent of
the corporation, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit
plan) in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding, shall be made
only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of
such person to repay all amounts so advanced if it should be determined
ultimately that such person is not entitled to be indemnified under this
Article or otherwise. The
determination shall be made by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a
quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or
proceeding, or if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even if obtainable a
quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or by the shareholders.
Section 2
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Right of
Claimant to Bring Suit
If a claim under Section 1 is not paid in full by the corporation
within ninety days after a written claim has been received by the corporation,
the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part,
the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such
claim. It shall be a defense to any
such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses
incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where
the required undertaking has been tendered to the corporation) that the
claimant has not met the standards of conduct which
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make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the
corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of
proving such defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of
the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation
Law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant
had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the
action or create a presumption that claimant had not met the applicable
standard of conduct.
Section 3
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Non-Exclusivity
of Rights
The rights conferred on any person by Sections 1 and 2 shall not be
exclusive of any other right which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, by-law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
Section 4
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Insurance
The corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any such director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the corporation
would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability
or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Section 5
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Consolidation
or Merger
For the purposes of this Article, references to the corporation
include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as
well as the resulting or surviving corporation so that any person who is or was
a director, officer, employee or agent of such a constituent corporation or is
or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise shall stand in the same position under the provisions
of this Article with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as
he would if he had
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served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
ARTICLE V
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STOCK
Section 1.
Certificates
of Stock
Each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate signed by, or in
the name of the corporation by, the President or a vice-president, and by the
secretary or an assistant secretary, or the treasurer or an assistant
treasurer, certifying the number of shares owned by him. Any of or all the signatures on the
certificate may be facsimile.
Section 2.
Transfers of
Stock
Transfers of stock shall be made only upon the transfer books of the
corporation kept at an office of the corporation or by transfer agents
designated to transfer shares of the stock of the corporation. Except where a certificate is issued in accordance
with Section 4 of Article V of these by-laws, an outstanding
certificate for the number of shares involved shall be surrendered for
cancellation before a new certificate is issued therefor.
Section 3.
Record
Date
The Board of Directors may fix a record date, which 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 the other action
hereinafter described, as of which there shall be determined the stockholders
who are entitled: to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof; to express consent to corporate action in writing without
a meeting; to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights; or to exercise any rights with respect to any change,
conversion or exchange of stock or with respect to any other lawful action.
Section 4.
Lost,
Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
In the event of the loss, theft or destruction of any certificate of
stock, another may be issued in its place pursuant to such regulations as the
Board of Directors may establish concerning proof of such loss, theft or
destruction and concerning the giving of a satisfactory bond or bonds of
indemnity.
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Section 5.
Regulations
The issue, transfer, conversion and registration of certificates of
stock shall be governed by such other regulations as the Board of Directors may
establish.
ARTICLE VI
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NOTICES
Section 1.
Notices
Whenever notice is required to be given to any stockholder, director,
officer, or agent, such requirement shall not be construed to mean a personal
notice. Such notice may in every
instance be effectively given by depositing a writing in a post office or
letter box, in a postpaid, sealed wrapper, or by dispatching a prepaid
telegram, addressed to such stockholder, director, officer, or agent at his or
her address as the same appears on the books of the corporation. The time when such notice is dispatched
shall be the time of the giving of the notice.
Section 2.
Waivers
A
written
waiver of
any notice, signed by a stockholder, director, officer, or agent, whether
before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be
deemed equivalent to the notice required to be given to such stockholder,
director, officer, or agent. Neither
the business nor the purpose of any meeting need be specified in such a waiver.
ARTICLE VII
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MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1.
Facsimile
Signatures
In addition to the provisions for the use of facsimile signatures
elsewhere specifically authorized in these by-laws, facsimile signatures of any
officer or officers of the corporation may be used whenever and as authorized
by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.
Section 2.
Corporate
Seal
The Board of Directors may provide a
suitable seal, containing the name of the corporation, which seal shall be
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in charge of the secretary. If
and when so directed by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof,
duplicates of the seal may be kept and used by the treasurer or by the
assistant secretary or assistant treasurer.
Section 3.
Reliance
upon Books, Reports and Records
Each director and each officer of the corporation shall, in the
performance of his duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the
books of account or other records of the corporation, including reports made to
the corporation by any of its officers, by an independent certified public
accountant, or by an appraiser selected with reasonable care.
Section 4.
Fiscal Year
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year unless
otherwise fixed by the Board of Directors.
Section 5.
Time Periods
In applying any provision of these by-laws which re quire that an act
be done or not done a specified number of days prior to an event or that an act
be done during a period of a specified number of days prior to an event,
calendar days shall be used, the day of the doing of the act shall be excluded
and the day of the event shall be included.
ARTICLE VIII
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AMENDMENTS
Section 1.
Amendments
These by-laws may be amended or repealed by the Board of Directors at
any meeting or by the stockholders at any meeting.
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