Portal Software Inc. Contracts
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Bylaws - Portal Software Inc.
BYLAWS
OF
PORTAL SOFTWARE, INC.
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. The registered office shall be in the City of Wilmington,
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County of New Castle, State of Delaware.
Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places
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both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may
from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1. All meetings of the stockholders for the election of
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directors shall be held at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the
Board of Directors, or at such other place either within or without the State
of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors
and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of stockholders for any
other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State
of Delaware, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly
executed waiver of notice thereof.
Section 2. Annual meetings of stockholders shall be held at such date
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and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors
and stated in the notice of the meeting. At each annual meeting, the
stockholders shall elect directors to succeed those directors whose terms
expire in that year and shall transact such other business as may properly be
brought before the meeting.
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Section 3. Written notice of the annual meeting stating the place,
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date and hour of the meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to
vote at such meeting not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days
before the date of the meeting.
Section 4. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the
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corporation shall prepare and make available, 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.
Section 5. Special meetings of the stockholders, for any purpose or
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purposes, may only be called by the Board.
Section 6. Written notice of a special meeting stating the place, date
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and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is
called, shall be given not fewer than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days
before the date of the meeting, to each stockholder entitled to vote at such
meeting.
Section 7. Business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders
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shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.
Section 8. The holders of a majority of the stock issued and
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outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all
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meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of business except as
otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If,
however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the
stockholders, either the Chairman of the Board, or the stockholders entitled
to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power
to 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 that might have been transacted at the meeting
as originally notified. If the adjournment is for more than thirty (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 9. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the
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holders of a majority of the stock having voting power present in person or
represented by proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting,
unless the question is one upon which by express provision of applicable
statute or of the certificate of incorporation, a different vote is required,
in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of
such question.
Section 10. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of
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incorporation each stockholder shall at every meeting of the stockholders be
entitled to one vote in person or by proxy for each share of the capital stock
having voting power held by such stockholder, but no proxy shall be voted on
after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer
period.
Section 11. Nominations for election to the Board of Directors
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must be made by the Board of Directors or by a committee appointed by the Board
of Directors for such purpose
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or by any stockholder of any outstanding class of capital stock of the
corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors. Nominations by
stockholders must be preceded by notification in writing received by the
secretary of the corporation not less than one-hundred twenty (120) days prior
to any meeting of stockholders called for the election of directors. Such
notification shall contain the written consent of each proposed nominee to
serve as a director if so elected and the following information as to each
proposed nominee and as to each person, acting alone or in conjunction with
one or more other persons as a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or
other group, who participates or is expected to participate in making such
nomination or in organizing, directing or financing such nomination or
solicitation of proxies to vote for the nominee:
(a) the name, age, residence, address, and business
address of each proposed nominee and of each such person;
(b) the principal occupation or employment, the
name, type of business and address of the corporation or other organization in
which such employment is carried on of each proposed nominee and of each such
person;
(c) the amount of stock of the corporation owned
beneficially, either directly or indirectly, by each proposed nominee and each
such person; and
(d) a description of any arrangement or
understanding of each proposed nominee and of each such person with each other
or any other person regarding future employment or any future transaction to
which the corporation will or may be a party.
The presiding officer of the meeting shall have the authority to
determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination not preceded by
notification made in accordance with the foregoing procedure shall be
disregarded.
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Section 12. At any meeting of the stockholders, only such business
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shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the meeting (a) pursuant
to the corporation's notice of meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the
Board of Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the corporation who is a
stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice provided for in this
Bylaw, who shall be entitled to vote at such meeting and who complies with the
notice procedures set forth in this Bylaw.
For business to be properly brought before any meeting by a
stockholder pursuant to clause (c) above of this Section 12, the stockholder
must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the
corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the corporation not
less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the date of the meeting. A
stockholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting (a) a brief description of
the business desired to be brought before the meeting and the reasons for
conducting such business at the meeting, (b) the name and address, as they
appear on the corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such business,
and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
proposal is made, (c) the class and number of shares of the corporation which
are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder of record and by the
beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf of the proposal is made and (d) any
material interest of such stockholder of record and the beneficial owner, if
any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business.
Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business
shall be conducted at a meeting except in accordance with the procedures set
forth in this Section 12. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the
facts warrant, determine and declare to the
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meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting and in
accordance with the procedures prescribed by this Section 12, and if such
person should so determine, such person shall so declare to the meeting and
any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be
transacted. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, a
stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 12.
Section 13. Effective upon the closing of the corporation's
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initial public offering of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the stockholders of the
Corporation may not take action by written consent without a meeting but must
take any such actions at a duly called annual or special meeting in accordance
with these Bylaws and the Certificate of Incorporation.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
Section 1. The number of directors of this corporation that shall
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constitute the whole board shall be determined by resolution of the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors
shall have the effect of shortening the term of an incumbent director. The
Board of Directors shall be classified, with respect to the time for which
they severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as
possible, as determined by the Board of Directors, one class to hold office
initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting to be held in 2000,
another class to hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders held in 2001 and another class to hold office
initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held
in 2002, with the members of each
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class to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. At each
annual meeting of stockholders, the successors of the class of directors whose
term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term
expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year
following the year of their election.
Section 2. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from
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any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority
of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole
remaining director, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the
next election of the class for which such directors were chosen and until
their successors are duly elected and qualified or until earlier resignation
or removal. If there are no directors in office, then an election of directors
may be held in the manner provided by statute.
Section 3. The business of the corporation shall be managed by or
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under the direction of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such
powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by
statute or by the certificate of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or
required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 4. The Board of Directors of the corporation may hold
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meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of
Delaware.
Section 5. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors
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shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the
stockholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be
necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the
meeting, provided a quorum shall be present. In the event of the failure of
the stockholders to fix the time or place of such first meeting of the newly
elected Board of Directors, or in the event such meeting is not held at the
time and place so fixed by the
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stockholders, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be
specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of
the Board of Directors, or as shall be specified in a written waiver signed by
all of the directors.
Section 6. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held
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without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be
determined by the board.
Section 7. Special meetings of the board may be called by the Chairman
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of the Board or the president on twelve (12) hours' notice to each director by
phone, fax or electronic mail; special meetings shall be called by the
Chairman of the Board, the president or secretary in like manner and on like
notice on the written request of a majority of the Board unless the Board
consists of only one director, in which case special meetings shall be called
by the Chairman of the Board, the president or secretary in like manner and on
like notice on the written request of the sole director.
Section 8. At all meetings of the board a majority of the directors
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shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the act of a
majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum
shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise
specifically provided by statute or by the certificate of incorporation. If a
quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, the
directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be
present.
Section 9. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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incorporation or these bylaws, 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, if all members of the board or
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committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or
writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the board or committee.
Section 10. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors, or any
committee designated by the Board of Directors, may participate in a meeting
of the Board of Directors, or any committee, by means of conference telephone
or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a
meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
Section 11. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a
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majority of the whole board, designate one (1) or more committees, each
committee to consist of one (1) or more of the directors of the corporation.
The board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any
committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of
the committee.
In the absence of disqualification of a member of a committee, the
member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from
voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint
another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of
any such absent or disqualified member.
Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the
Board of Directors, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of
the Board of Directors 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 that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or
authority in reference to amending the certificate of incorporation, adopting an
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agreement of merger or consolidation, recommending to the stockholders the sale,
lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the corporation's property and
assets, recommending to the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a
revocation of a dissolution, or amending the bylaws of the corporation; and,
unless the resolution or the certificate of incorporation expressly so provide,
no such committee shall have the power or authority to declare a dividend or to
authorize the issuance of stock. Such committee or committees shall have such
name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by
the Board of Directors.
Section 12. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings
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and report the same to the Board of Directors when required.
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Section 13. Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of
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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, of 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. 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 IV
NOTICES
Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the
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certificate of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given
to any director or
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stockholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice (except as
provided in Section 7 of Article III of these Bylaws), but such notice may be
given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or stockholder, at his
address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon
prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same
shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be
given by telephone, telegram or facsimile.
Section 2. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the
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provisions of the statutes or of the certificate of incorporation or of these
bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to
said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed
equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the Board
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of Directors and shall be a president, a chief financial officer and a
secretary. The Board of Directors may elect from among its members a Chairman of
the Board. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more vice-presidents,
assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Any number of offices may be
held by the same person, unless the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws
otherwise provide.
Section 2. The Board of Directors at its first meeting after each annual
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meeting of stockholders shall choose a president, a chief financial officer, and
a secretary and may choose vice presidents.
Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and
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agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms
and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined
from time to time by the board.
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Section 4. The salaries of all officers of the corporation shall be
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fixed by the Board of Directors or any committee established by the Board of
Directors for such purpose. The salaries of agents of the corporation shall,
unless fixed by the Board of Directors, be fixed by the president or any
vice-president of the corporation.
Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their
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successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board
of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation
shall be filled by the Board of Directors.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Section 6. The Chairman of the Board, if any, shall preside at all
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meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders at which he/she shall
be present. He/she shall have and may exercise such powers as are, from time to
time, assigned to him/her by the Board and as may be provided by law.
Section 7. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, the president,
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shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and of the stockholders
at which he shall be present. He shall have and may exercise such powers as are,
from time to time, assigned to him by the Board and as may be provided by law.
THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS
Section 8. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the
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corporation; and in the absence of the Chairman of the Board he/she shall
preside at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board of Directors; he/she
shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation and
shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried
into effect.
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Section 9. The president or any vice president shall execute bonds,
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mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the
corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be
expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of
the corporation.
Section 10. In the absence of the president or in the event of his
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inability or refusal to act, the vice-president, if any, (or in the event there
be more than one vice-president, the vice-presidents in the order designated by
the directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their
election) shall perform the duties of the president, and when so acting, shall
have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
president. The vice-presidents shall perform such other duties and have such
other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe.
THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Section 11. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of
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Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all the proceedings of
the meetings of the corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be
kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees
when required. He/she shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall
perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or
president, under whose supervision he/she shall be. He/she shall have custody of
the corporate seal of the corporation and he/she, or an assistant secretary,
shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it and when
so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such
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assistant secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by
his signature.
Section 12. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the
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assistant secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors (or if
there be no such determination, then in the order of their election) shall, in
the absence of the secretary or in the event of his inability or refusal to act,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from
time to time prescribe.
THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Section 13. The chief financial officer shall be the chief financial
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officer of the corporation, shall have the custody of the corporate funds and
securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and
disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys
and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in
such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors.
Section 14. He/she shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be
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ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such
disbursements, and shall render to the president and the Board of Directors, at
its regular meetings, or when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of
all his transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition
of the corporation.
Section 15. If required by the Board of Directors, he/she shall give the
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corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with
such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for
the faithful performance of the duties of his/her office and for the restoration
to the corporation, in case of his/her death,
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resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers,
vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under
his/her control belonging to the corporation.
Section 16. The treasurer or an assistant treasurer, in the order
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determined by the Board of Directors (or if there be no such determination, then
in the order of their election) shall, in the absence of the Chief Financial
Officer or in the event of his inability or refusal to act, perform the duties
and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such
other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time
to time prescribe.
ARTICLE VI
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
Section 1. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to
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have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the president or a vice-president and the
treasurer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary
of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him/her in the
corporation.
Certificates may be issued for partly paid shares and in such case upon
the face or back of the certificates issued to represent any such partly paid
shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor, and the
amount paid thereon shall be specified.
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 qualification, limitations or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or
summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the corporation shall
issue to represent
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such class or series of stock, provided that, except as otherwise provided in
section 202 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, in lieu of the
foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the
certificate that the corporation shall 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 the 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 he/she were
such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
LOST CERTIFICATES
Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or
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certificates to be issued 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. When authorizing such
issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the
owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his/her
legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require
and/or to give the corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against the corporation with respect to the
certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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TRANSFER OF STOCK
Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of
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the corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by
proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer, it shall be
the duty of the corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled
thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books.
FIXING RECORD DATE
Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders
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entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any
adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing
without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled 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, in advance, a record date,
which 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 other action. 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.
REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
Section 5. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive
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right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive
dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and
assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares and shall
not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such
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share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have
express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of
Delaware.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
DIVIDENDS
Section 1. Dividends upon the capital stock of the corporation, subject
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to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation, if any, may be declared
by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the capital stock,
subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation.
Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of
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any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the
directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a
reserve or reserves to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for
repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other
purposes as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the
corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the
manner in which it was created.
CHECKS
Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation
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shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as
the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
FISCAL YEAR
Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by
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resolution of the Board of Directors.
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SEAL
Section 5. The Board of Directors may adopt a corporate seal having
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inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and
the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." The seal may be used by causing it or a
facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or reproduced or otherwise.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent authorized under
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the laws of the State of Delaware, as those laws may be amended and supplemented
from time to time, indemnify any director made, or threatened to be made, a
party to an action or proceeding, whether criminal, civil, administrative or
investigative, by reason of being a director of the corporation or a predecessor
corporation or, at the corporation's request, a director or officer of another
corporation, provided, however, that the corporation shall indemnify any such
agent in connection with a proceeding initiated by such agent only if such
proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. The
indemnification provided for in this Section 6 shall: (i) not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any bylaw, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, both as to action in their official capacities and as to action in
another capacity while holding such office, (ii) continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director, and (iii) inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors
and administrators of such a person. The corporation's obligation to provide
indemnification under this Section 6 shall be offset to the extent of any other
source of indemnification or any otherwise applicable insurance coverage under a
policy maintained by the corporation or any other person.
Expenses incurred by a director of the corporation in defending a civil
or criminal action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director of the corporation (or
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was serving at the corporation's request as a director or officer of another
corporation) shall be paid by the corporation in advance of the final
disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking
by or on behalf of such director to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as
authorized by relevant sections of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the corporation shall not be required to
advance such expenses to an agent who is a party to an action, suit or
proceeding brought by the corporation and approved by a majority of the Board
of Directors of the corporation which alleges willful misappropriation of
corporate assets by such agent, disclosure of confidential information in
violation of such agent's fiduciary or contractual obligations to the
corporation or any other willful and deliberate breach in bad faith of such
agent's duty to the corporation or its stockholders.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 6 shall be deemed to be a
contract between the corporation and each director who serves in such capacity
at any time while this bylaw is in effect, and any repeal or modification
thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing with respect to
any state of facts then or theretofore existing or any action, suit or
proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought based in whole or in part upon any
such state of facts.
The Board of Directors in its discretion shall have power on behalf of
the corporation to indemnify any person, other than a director, made a party to
any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he, his testator or
intestate, is or was an officer or employee of the corporation.
To assure indemnification under this Section 6 of all directors,
officers and employees who are determined by the corporation or otherwise to be
or to have been
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"fiduciaries" of any employee benefit plan of the corporation which may exist
from time to time, Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
shall, for the purposes of this Section 6, be interpreted as follows: an
"other enterprise" shall be deemed to include such an employee benefit plan,
including without limitation, any plan of the corporation which is governed by
the Act of Congress entitled "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974," as amended from time to time; the corporation shall be deemed to have
requested a person to serve an employee benefit plan where the performance by
such person of his duties to the corporation also imposes duties on, or
otherwise involves services by, such person to the plan or participants or
beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to
an employee benefit plan pursuant to such Act of Congress shall be deemed
"fines."
ARTICLE VIII
AMENDMENTS
Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new
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bylaws may be adopted by the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66-2/3%
vote of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation. These bylaws may also
be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by the Board of
Directors, when such power is conferred upon the Board of Directors by the
certificate of incorporation. The foregoing may occur at any regular meeting of
the stockholders or of the Board of Directors or at any special meeting of the
stockholders or of the Board of Directors if notice of such alteration,
amendment, repeal or adoption of new bylaws be contained in the notice of such
special meeting. If the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws is conferred upon
the Board of Directors by the certificate of incorporation it shall not divest
or limit the power of the stockholders to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION BY THE
SECRETARY OF
PORTAL SOFTWARE, INC.
The undersigned, Jack L. Acosta, hereby certifies that he is the duly
elected and acting Secretary of Portal Software, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation"), and that the Bylaws attached hereto constitute the Bylaws
of said Corporation as duly adopted by the Board of Directors on February 24,
1999 and the Stockholders on ________, 1999.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his name
this _____ day of _______, 1999.
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Jack L. Acosta
Secretary
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