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AMENDED BYLAWS
OF
REALNAMES CORPORATION
Adopted on
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ARTICLE I CORPORATE OFFICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 EFFECTIVE DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 REGISTERED OFFICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 OTHER OFFICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES AND STOCKHOLDER
BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE . . . . . . . 4
2.7 QUORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.9 VOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.10 VALIDATION OF MEETINGS; WAIVER OF NOTICE; CONSENT. . . . . 5
2.11 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING
CONSENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.12 PROXIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.13 ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.14 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE. . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE III DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 POWERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.3 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE . . . . . . . . .10
3.6 FIRST MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
3.7 REGULAR MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
3.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
3.9 QUORUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
3.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING. . . . .12
3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.14 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
3.15 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
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ARTICLE IV COMMITTEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES. . . . . . . . . . . . .13
ARTICLE V OFFICERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
5.1 OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS. . . . . . . . . . . .14
5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.7 PRESIDENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.8 VICE PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.9 SECRETARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
5.10 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
5.11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
5.12 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
ARTICLE VI INDEMNITY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
6.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. . . . . . . . .17
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
6.3 INSURANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
6.4 SAVINGS CLAUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
6.5 CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT
OF EXPENSES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
ARTICLE VII RECORDS AND REPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS. . . . . . . . . . .18
7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
7.3 ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
7.4 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS . . . . . .19
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL MATTERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
8.1 CHECKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
8.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS . . . . .20
8.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES . . . . . . . . . .20
8.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES. . . . . . . . . . . .20
8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
8.6 TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
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8.7 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
8.8 DIVIDENDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
8.9 FISCAL YEAR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
8.10 SEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
8.11 TRANSFER OF STOCK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
8.12 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
8.13 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
ARTICLE X DISSOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
ARTICLE XI CUSTODIAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES. . . . . . . .23
11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
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AMENDED BYLAWS
OF
REALNAMES CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
CORPORATE OFFICES
1.1 EFFECTIVE DATE
These bylaws shall become effective upon the effective date of the
registration of any class of securities of the corporation pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Effective
Date").
1.2 REGISTERED OFFICE
The registered office of the corporation shall be at 1209 Orange Street,
in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware. The name of
the registered agent of the corporation at such location is The Corporation
Trust Company.
1.3 OTHER OFFICES
The board of directors may at any time establish other offices at any
place or places where the corporation is qualified to do business.
ARTICLE II
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS
Meetings of stockholders shall be held at any place, within or outside
the State of Delaware, designated by the board of directors. In the absence of
any such designation, stockholders' meetings shall be held at the principal
executive office of the corporation.
2.2 ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year on a date and
at a time designated by the board of directors. In the absence of such
designation, the annual meeting of stockholders shall be held on the 10th of
June in each year at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. However, if such day falls on a
legal holiday, then the meeting shall be held at the same time and place on the
next succeeding
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full business day. At the meeting, directors shall be elected and any other
proper business may be transacted if brought before the meeting in accordance
with Section 2.5 hereof.
2.3 SPECIAL MEETING
A special meeting of the stockholders may be called at any time by the
board of directors, or by the chairman of the board, or by the president.
2.4 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS
Except as otherwise provided by the General Corporation Law of Delaware
or the certificate of incorporation notices of all meetings with stockholders
shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 2.6 of these bylaws
not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the
meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall
specify the place, date and hour of the meeting and (i) in the case of a special
meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and no
business other than that specified in the notice may be transacted or (ii) in
the case of the annual meeting, those matters which the board of directors, at
the time of giving the notice, intends to present for action by the
stockholders. The notice of any meeting at which directors are to be elected
shall include the name of any nominee or nominees who, at the time of the
notice, the board intends to present for election.
2.5 ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES AND STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS
(a) To be properly brought before an annual meeting,
nominations for the election of directors or other business must be (i)
specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at
the direction of the board of directors, (ii) otherwise properly brought before
the meeting by or at the direction of the board of directors or (iii) otherwise
properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder in accordance with
Section 2.5(b). To be properly brought before a special meeting, nominations
for the election of directors or other business must be specified in the notice
of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the board
of directors.
(b) For business to be properly brought before an annual
meeting by a stockholder, 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 later than the close of business on the one hundred
twentieth (120th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's
annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the
meeting is advanced more than thirty (30) days prior to or delayed by more than
thirty (30) days after the anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting,
notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the
close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual
meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth
(90th) day prior to such annual meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the
day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. A
stockholder's notice to the secretary shall set forth as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting: (i) a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before
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the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual
meeting, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation's
books, of the stockholder proposing such business, (iii) the class and number
of shares of the corporation which are beneficially owned by the stockholder,
(iv) any material interest of the stockholder in such business and (v) any
other information that is required to be provided by the stockholder pursuant
to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), in his capacity as a proponent to a stockholder proposal.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to include information with respect
to a stockholder proposal in the proxy statement and form of proxy for a
stockholder's meeting, stockholders must provide notice as required by the
regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything in
these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual
meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section
2.5. The chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant,
determine and declare at the meeting that business was not properly brought
before the meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.5,
and, if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the
meeting that any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall
not be transacted.
(c) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this paragraph (c) shall be eligible for election as
directors. Nominations of persons for election to the board of directors of the
corporation may be made at a meeting of stockholders by or at the direction of
the board of directors or by any stockholder of the corporation entitled to vote
in the election of directors at the meeting who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). Such nominations, other than those
made by or at the direction of the board of directors, shall be made pursuant to
timely notice in writing to the secretary of the corporation in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 2.5. Such stockholder's notice
shall set forth (i) as to such stockholder giving notice, the information
required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.5; and (ii)
as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for
election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and
residence address of such person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of
such person, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation which are
beneficially owned by such person, (D) a description of all arrangements or
understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or
persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to
be made by the stockholder and (E) any other information relating to such person
that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for elections of
directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A
under the Exchange Act (including without limitation such person's written
consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to
serving as a director if elected). At the request of the board of directors,
any person nominated by a stockholder for election as a director shall furnish
to the secretary of the corporation that information required to be set forth in
the stockholder's notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No person
shall be eligible for election as a director of the corporation unless nominated
in accordance with the procedures set forth in this paragraph (c). The chairman
of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting
that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by
these bylaws, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare at the meeting,
and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.
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2.6 MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE; AFFIDAVIT OF NOTICE
Written notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given either
personally or by first-class mail or by telegraphic, telefacsimile or other
written communication. Notices not personally delivered shall be sent charges
prepaid and shall be addressed to the stockholder at the address of that
stockholder appearing on the books of the corporation or given by the
stockholder to the corporation for the purpose of notice. Notice shall be
deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in
the mail or sent by telegram, telefacsimile or other means of written
communication. If any notice addressed to a stockholder at the address of that
stockholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the
corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the
United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice to the stockholder
at that address, then all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been
duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available to the
stockholder on written demand of the stockholder at the principal executive
office of the corporation for a period of one (1) year from the date of the
giving of the notice.
An affidavit of the mailing or other means of giving any notice of any
stockholders' meeting, executed by the secretary, assistant secretary or any
transfer agent of the corporation giving the notice, shall be prima facie
evidence of the giving of such notice.
2.7 QUORUM
The holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders for the transaction of
business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the certificate of
incorporation. Where a separate vote by a class or classes is required, a
majority, present in person or by proxy, of the shares of such class or classes
entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter shall
constitute a quorum. If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at
any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the chairman of the meeting or
(ii) the holders of a majority of the shares represented at the meeting and
entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have
power to adjourn the meeting in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof. When a
quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the 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 the laws of the State of Delaware or of the certificate
of incorporation or these bylaws, a different vote is required, in which case
such express provision shall govern and control the decision of the question.
If a quorum be initially present, the stockholders may continue to
transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough
stockholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken is approved by a
majority of the stockholders initially constituting the quorum.
2.8 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
Any stockholders' meeting, annual or special, whether or not a quorum is
present, may be adjourned from time to time by (i) the chairman of the meeting
or (ii) the vote of the holders of a
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majority of the shares represented at that meeting and entitled to vote
thereat, either in person or by proxy. In the absence of a quorum, no other
business may be transacted at that meeting except as provided in Section 2.7
of these bylaws.
When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws
otherwise require, notice need not be given of the 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 that
might have been transacted at the original meeting. 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.
2.9 VOTING
The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws,
subject to the provisions of Sections 217 and 218 of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners
of stock and to voting trusts and other voting agreements).
Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation
or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share
of capital stock held by such stockholder. Any stockholder entitled to vote on
any matter may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal, refrain from
voting the remaining shares, or may vote them against the proposal; but, if the
stockholder fails to specify the number of shares which the stockholder is
voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the stockholder's
approving vote is with respect to all shares which the stockholder is entitled
to vote.
2.10 VALIDATION OF MEETINGS; WAIVER OF NOTICE; CONSENT
The transactions of any meeting of stockholders, either annual or
special, however called and noticed, and wherever held, shall be as valid as
though they had been taken at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice,
if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or
after the meeting, each person entitled to vote, who was not present in person
or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of the
meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. The waiver of notice or consent
or approval need not specify either the business to be transacted or the purpose
of any annual or special meeting of stockholders. All such waivers, consents,
and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the
minutes of the meeting.
2.11 RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDER NOTICE; VOTING; GIVING CONSENTS
In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to
notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof,
or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or
allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect
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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, and in such event only stockholders of record on the date so
fixed are entitled to notice and to vote, notwithstanding any transfer of any
shares on the books of the corporation after the record date.
If the board of directors does not so fix a record date:
(i) 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.
(ii) The record date for determining stockholders for any
other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of
directors adopts the 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.
2.12 PROXIES
Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may
authorize another person or persons to act for him by a written proxy, signed by
the stockholder and filed with the secretary of the corporation, but no such
proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless
the proxy provides for a longer period. A proxy shall be deemed signed if the
stockholder's name is placed on the proxy (whether by manual signature,
typewriting, telegraphic transmission, telefacsimile or otherwise) by the
stockholder or the stockholder's attorney-in-fact. The revocability of a proxy
that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the
provisions of Section 212(e) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
2.13 ORGANIZATION
The president, or in the absence of the president, the chairman of the
board, and in the absence of the chairman of the board, the vice presidents, in
order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors, shall call the meeting
of the stockholders to order, and shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the
absence of the president, the chairman of the board, and all of the vice
presidents, the stockholders shall appoint a chairman for such meeting. The
chairman of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business
and the procedures at the meeting, including such matters as the regulation of
the manner of voting and the conduct of business. The date and time of the
opening and closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders
will vote at the meeting shall be announced at the meeting. The secretary of
the corporation shall act as secretary of all meetings of the stockholders, but
in the absence of the secretary at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman
of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.
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2.14 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE
The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall
prepare and make, at least ten (10) 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 (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 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.
The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the
stockholders entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of stockholders or
the books of the corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
stockholders and of the number of shares held by each such stockholder.
2.15 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION
The corporation may, and to the extent required by law, shall, in advance
of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the
meeting and make a written report thereof. The corporation may designate one or
more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.
If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the
person presiding at the meeting may, and to the extent required by law, shall,
appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before
entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath
faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his ability. Every vote taken by ballots shall be
counted by an inspector or inspectors appointed by the chairman of the meeting.
Such inspectors shall:
(a) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting
power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting, the existence of
a quorum, and the authenticity, validity, and effect of proxies;
(b) receive votes, ballots or consents;
(c) hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way
arising in connection with the right to vote;
(d) count and tabulate all votes or consents;
(e) determine when the polls shall close;
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(f) determine and certify the result; and
(g) do any other acts that may be proper to conduct the
election or vote with fairness to all stockholders.
ARTICLE III
DIRECTORS
3.1 POWERS
Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware and
to any limitations in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws relating
to action required to be approved by the stockholders or by the outstanding
shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all
corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the board of
directors.
3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors shall consist of six (6) members. The number of
directors may be changed by an amendment to this bylaw, duly adopted by the
board of directors or by the stockholders, or by a duly adopted amendment to the
certificate of incorporation. No reduction of the authorized number of
directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director's
term of office expires. If for any cause, the directors shall not have been
elected at an annual meeting, they may be elected as soon thereafter as
convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in
the manner provided in these bylaws.
3.3 ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS
Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, directors shall hold
office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor
has been elected and qualified; except that if any such election shall not be so
held, such election shall take place at a stockholder's meeting called and held
in accordance with the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
The directors of the corporation shall be divided into three classes
as nearly equal in size as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class
II and Class III. The term of office of the initial Class I directors shall
expire at the first regularly-scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders
following the Effective Date, the term of office of the initial Class II
directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders
following the Effective Date and the term of office of the initial Class III
directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders
following the Effective Date. At each annual meeting of stockholders,
commencing with the first regularly-scheduled annual meeting of stockholders
following the Effective Date, each of the successors elected to replace the
directors of a Class whose term shall have expired at such annual meeting
shall be elected to hold office until the third annual meeting next
succeeding his or her election and until his or her respective successor
shall have been duly elected and qualified. If the number of directors is
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hereafter changed, any newly created directorships or decrease in
directorships shall be so apportioned among the classes as to make all
classes as nearly equal in number as is practicable, provided that no
decrease in the number of directors constituting the board of directors shall
shorten the term of any incumbent director.
Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate
of incorporation or these bylaws, wherein other qualifications for directors may
be prescribed.
Elections of directors need not be by written ballot.
3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES
Any director may resign effective on giving written notice to the
chairman of the board, the president, the secretary or the board of directors,
unless the notice specifies a later time for that resignation to become
effective. If the resignation of a director is effective at a future time, only
a majority of the board of directors then in office, including those who have so
resigned (until the effective date of such resignation), shall have the power to
fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such
resignation or resignations shall become effective.
Vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by a majority of the
remaining directors, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining
director; however, a vacancy created by the removal of a director by the vote of
the stockholders or by court order may be filled only by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the shares represented and voting at a duly held meeting at which
a quorum is present (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute a
majority of the required quorum). Each director so elected shall hold office
until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until a successor has been
elected and qualified.
Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these
bylaws:
(i) Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting
from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the
stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled only by a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a
sole remaining director.
(ii) Whenever the holders of any class or classes of
stock or series thereof are entitled to elect one or more directors by the
provisions of the certificate of incorporation, vacancies and newly created
directorships of such class or classes or series may be filled only by a
majority of the directors elected by such class or classes or series thereof
then in office, or by a sole remaining director so elected. In the event that
no directors elected by such class or classes of stock or series remain, the
majority of the other directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or
a sole remaining director may fill such vacancy or vacancies.
If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the
corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any
stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder,
or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate
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of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with
the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, or may apply
to the Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided
in Section 211 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship,
the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of the whole board
(as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), then the Court of
Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at
least ten (10) percent of the total number of the shares at the time outstanding
having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be
held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace
the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid, which
election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the General
Corporation Law of Delaware as far as applicable.
3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE
The board of directors of the corporation may hold meetings, both regular
and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of 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.
3.6 FIRST MEETINGS
The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors 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
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.
3.7 REGULAR MEETINGS
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held without notice at
such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the
board.
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3.8 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE
Special meetings of the board of directors for any purpose or purposes
may be called at any time by the chairman of the board, the president, any vice
president, the secretary or any two (2) directors.
Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered
personally or by telephone to each director or sent by first-class mail or
telegram, charges prepaid, addressed to each director at that director's address
as it is shown on the records of the corporation. If the notice is mailed, it
shall be deposited in the United States mail at least two (2) days before the
time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is delivered personally or by
telephone or by telegram, it shall be delivered personally or by telephone or to
the telegraph company at least four (4) hours before the time of the holding of
the meeting. Any oral notice given personally or by telephone may be
communicated either to the director or to a person at the office of the director
who the person giving the notice has reason to believe will promptly communicate
it to the director. If the meeting is to be held at the principal executive
office of the corporation the notice need not specify the place of the meeting.
Moreover, a notice of special meeting need not state the purpose of such
meeting, and, unless indicated in the notice thereof, any and all business may
be transacted at a special meeting.
3.9 QUORUM
At all meetings of the board of directors, a majority of the authorized
number of directors 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, by the certificate of incorporation
or by these bylaws. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of
directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time
to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum
is present.
3.10 WAIVER OF NOTICE
Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware or of the certificate of incorporation or
these bylaws, a written waiver thereof, signed by the person entitled to notice,
whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to
notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice
of such meeting, except when the person 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. Neither the
business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting
of the directors, or members of a committee of directors, need be specified in
any written waiver of notice unless so required by the certificate of
incorporation or these bylaws.
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3.11 ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE
If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the board of directors, then
the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without
notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.
3.12 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING
Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of 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 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 Such action by written consent shall have the same force
and effect as a unanimous vote of the board of directors.
3.13 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if
any, for their services and such reimbursement of expenses as may be fixed or
determined by resolution of the board of directors. This Section 3.13 shall not
be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other
capacity as an officer, agent, employee or otherwise and receiving compensation
for those services. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed
like compensation for attending committee meetings.
3.14 APPROVAL OF LOANS TO OFFICERS
The corporation may lend money to, or guarantee any obligation of, or
otherwise assist any officer or other employee of the corporation or of its
subsidiary, including any officer or employee who is a director of the
corporation or its subsidiary, whenever, in the judgment of the directors, such
loan, guaranty or assistance may reasonably be expected to benefit the
corporation. The loan, guaranty or other assistance may be with or without
interest and may be unsecured, or secured in such manner as the board of
directors shall approve, including, without limitation, a pledge of shares of
stock of the corporation. Nothing in this Section 3.14 shall be deemed to deny,
limit or restrict the powers of guaranty or warranty of the corporation at
common law or under any statute.
3.15 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
Unless otherwise restricted by statute, by the certificate of
incorporation or by these bylaws, any director or the entire board of directors
may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the
shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors.
No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect
of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director's term of
office.
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ARTICLE IV
COMMITTEES
4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS
The board of directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the
whole board, designate one or more committees, with each committee to consist
of one or more of the directors of the corporation. 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. In the
absence or 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 or in the bylaws of the corporation,
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
to (i) amend the certificate of incorporation (except that a committee may,
to the extent authorized in the resolution or resolutions providing for the
issuance of shares of stock adopted by the board of directors as provided in
Section 151(a) of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, fix any of the
preferences or rights of such shares relating to dividends, redemption,
dissolution, any distribution of assets of the corporation or the conversion
into, or the exchange of such shares for, shares of any other class or
classes or any other series of the same or any other class or classes of
stock of the corporation), (ii) adopt an agreement of merger or consolidation
under Sections 251 or 252 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, (iii)
recommend to the stockholders the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the corporation's property and assets, (iv) recommend to
the stockholders a dissolution of the corporation or a revocation of a
dissolution or (v) amend the bylaws of the corporation; and, unless the board
resolution establishing the committee, the bylaws or the certificate of
incorporation expressly so provide, no such committee shall have the power or
authority to declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to
adopt a certificate of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware.
4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES
Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report
the same to the board of directors when required.
4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES
Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by, and held and
taken in accordance with, the provisions of Article III of these bylaws,
Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone), Section 3.7
(regular meetings), Section 3.8 (special meetings and notice), Section 3.9
(quorum), Section 3.10 (waiver of notice), Section 3.11 (adjournment and
notice of adjournment), and Section 3.12 (action without a meeting), with
such changes in the context of those bylaws as are
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necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the board of
directors and its members; provided, however, that the time of regular
meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the board of
directors and that notice of special meetings of committees shall also be
given to all alternate members, who shall have the right to attend all
meetings of the committee. The board of directors may adopt rules for the
government of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these
bylaws.
ARTICLE V
OFFICERS
5.1 OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation shall be a president, one or more vice
presidents, a secretary, and a chief financial officer. The corporation may
also have, at the discretion of the board of directors, a chairman of the
board, one or more assistant vice presidents, assistant secretaries, and any
such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.3 of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same
person.
5.2 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The officers of the corporation, except such officers as may be
appointed in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.3 or 5.5 of these
bylaws, shall be chosen by the board of directors, subject to the rights, if
any, of an officer under any contract of employment.
5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS
The board of directors may appoint, or empower the president to
appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the corporation
may require, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such
authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the
board of directors may from time to time determine.
5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS
Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of
employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an
affirmative vote of the majority of the board of directors at any regular or
special meeting of the board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by
the board of directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be
conferred by the board of directors.
Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the
corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of
that notice or at any later time specified in that notice; and, unless
otherwise specified in that notice, the acceptance of the resignation shall
not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice
to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which the
officer is a party.
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5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES
Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled
by the board of directors.
5.6 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The chairman of the board, if such an officer be elected, shall, if
present, preside at meetings of the board of directors and exercise and
perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to
him by the board of directors or as may be prescribed by these bylaws. If
there is no president, then the chairman of the board shall also be the chief
executive officer of the corporation and shall have the powers and duties
prescribed in Section 5.7 of these bylaws.
5.7 PRESIDENT
Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the
board of directors to the chairman of the board, if there be such an officer,
the president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and
shall, subject to the control of the board of directors, have general
supervision, direction, and control of the business and the officers of the
corporation. He shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in
the absence or nonexistence of a chairman of the board, at all meetings of
the board of directors. He shall have the general powers and duties of
management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation and
shall have such other powers and duties as may be prescribed by the board of
directors or these bylaws.
5.8 VICE PRESIDENT
In the absence or disability of the president, the vice presidents, if
any, in order of their rank as fixed by the board of directors or, if not
ranked, a vice president designated by the board of directors, shall perform
all 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 have such other powers and perform such other duties as from
time to time may be prescribed for them respectively by the board of
directors, these bylaws, the president or the chairman of the board.
5.9 SECRETARY
The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the corporation or such other place as the board of
directors may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings and actions of
directors, committees of directors, and shareholders. The minutes shall show
the time and place of each meeting, whether regular or special (and, if
special, how authorized and the notice given), the names of those present at
directors' meetings or committee meetings, the number of shares present or
represented at shareholders' meetings, and the proceedings thereof.
The secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal
executive office of the corporation or at the office of the corporation's
transfer agent or registrar, as determined by resolution of the board of
directors, a share register, or a duplicate share register, showing the names
of all
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shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by
each, the number and date of certificates evidencing such shares, and the
number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for
cancellation.
The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings
of the shareholders and of the board of directors required to be given by law
or by these bylaws. He shall keep the seal of the corporation, if one be
adopted, in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or by these
bylaws.
5.10 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
The chief financial officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be
kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and records of accounts of
the properties and business transactions of the corporation, including
accounts of its assets, liabilities, receipts, disbursements, gains, losses,
capital, retained earnings, and shares. The books of account shall at all
reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.
The chief financial officer shall deposit all money and other
valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such
depositaries as may be designated by the board of directors. He shall
disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of
directors, shall render to the president and directors, whenever they request
it, an account of all of his transactions as chief financial officer and of
the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers
and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors
or these bylaws.
5.11 ASSISTANT SECRETARY
The assistant secretary, or, if there is more than one, the assistant
secretaries in the order determined by the stockholders or 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 or her
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 or the stockholders may from time to time prescribe.
5.12 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
In addition to the foregoing authority and duties, all officers of the
corporation shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in
the management of the business of the corporation as may be designated from
time to time by the board of directors or the stockholders.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNITY
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6.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The corporation shall, to the maximum extent and in the manner
permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now exists
or may hereafter be amended, indemnify any person against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually
and reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit, or proceeding in which such person was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is
or was a director or officer of the corporation. For purposes of this
Section 6.1, a "director" or "officer" of the corporation shall mean any
person (i) who is or was a director or officer of the corporation, (ii) who
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
or (iii) who was a director or officer of a corporation which was a
predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the
request of such predecessor corporation.
The corporation shall be required to indemnify a director or officer
in connection with an action, suit, or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated
by such director or officer only if the initiation of such action, suit, or
proceeding (or part thereof) by the director or officer was authorized by the
board of directors of the corporation.
The corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorney's fees)
incurred by a director or officer of the corporation entitled to
indemnification hereunder in defending any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in this Section 6.1 in advance of its final disposition;
provided, however, that payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer
of the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
or proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the
director or officer to repay all amounts advanced if it should ultimately be
determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified
under this Section 6.1 or otherwise.
The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be
exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the corporation's Certificate of
Incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of the stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article
shall not adversely affect any right or protection hereunder of any person in
respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or
modification.
6.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS
The corporation shall have the power, to the maximum extent and in the
manner permitted by the General Corporation Law of Delaware as the same now
exists or may hereafter be amended, to indemnify any person (other than
directors and officers) against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit, or proceeding, in which such person was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
employee or agent of the corporation. For purposes of this Section 6.2, an
"employee" or "agent" of
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the corporation (other than a director or officer) shall mean any person
(i) who is or was an employee or agent of the corporation, (ii) who is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or (iii)
who was an employee or agent of a corporation which was a predecessor
corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of
such predecessor corporation.
6.3 INSURANCE
The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who 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, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred
by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such,
whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
6.4 SAVINGS CLAUSE
If this Article VI or any portion thereof shall be invalidated on any
ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the corporation shall
nevertheless indemnify each director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation against expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit, proceeding
or investigation, whether civil, criminal or administrative, and whether
internal or external, including a grand jury proceeding and an action or suit
brought by or in the right of the corporation, to the full extent permitted
by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have been
invalidated, or by any other applicable law.
6.5 CONTINUATION OF INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or
granted pursuant to, this Article VI shall, unless otherwise prided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
ARTICLE VII
RECORDS AND REPORTS
7.1 MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS
The corporation shall, either at its principal executive office or at
such place or places as designated by the board of directors, keep a record
of its shareholders listing their names and addresses and the number and
class of shares held by each shareholder, a copy of these bylaws as amended
to date, accounting books, and other records.
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Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent,
shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the
right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose
the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other
books and records and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose
shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a
stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the
person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be
accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing that authorizes the
attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand
under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in
Delaware or at its principal place of business.
7.2 INSPECTION BY DIRECTORS
Any director shall have the right to examine the corporation's stock
ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records for a
purpose reasonably related to his position as a director. The Court of
Chancery is hereby vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to determine
whether a director is entitled to the inspection sought. The Court may
summarily order the corporation to permit the director to inspect any and all
books and records, the stock ledger, and the stock list and to make copies or
extracts therefrom. The Court may, in its discretion, prescribe any
limitations or conditions with reference to the inspection, or award such
other and further relief as the Court may deem just and proper.
7.3 ANNUAL STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS
The board of directors shall present at each annual meeting, and at
any special meeting of the stockholders when called for by vote of the
stockholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the
corporation.
7.4 REPRESENTATION OF SHARES OF OTHER CORPORATIONS
The chairman of the board, the president, any vice president, the
chief financial officer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this
corporation, or any other person authorized by the board of directors or the
president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise
on behalf of this corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of
any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of this
corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such
person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power
of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL MATTERS
8.1 CHECKS
From time to time, the board of directors shall determine by
resolution which person or persons may sign or endorse all checks, drafts,
other orders for payment of money, notes or other
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evidences of indebtedness that are issued in the name of or payable to the
corporation, and only the persons so authorized shall sign or endorse those
instruments.
8.2 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS
The board of directors, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws,
may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any
contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Unless so authorized or ratified by the board of directors or within the
agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any
power or authority to bind the corporation by any contract or engagement or
to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.
8.3 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES
The shares of a corporation shall be represented by certificates,
provided that the board of directors of the corporation may provide by
resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of
its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not
apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is
surrendered to the corporation. Notwithstanding the adoption of such a
resolution by the board of directors, every holder of stock represented by
certificates and upon request every holder of uncertificated shares shall be
entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the corporation
by the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, or the president
or vice-president, and by the chief financial officer, or the secretary or an
assistant secretary of such corporation representing the number of shares
registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the
certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a
certificate has 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 were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of
issue.
The corporation may issue the whole or any part of its shares as
partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be
paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to
represent any such partly paid shares, upon the books and records of the
corporation in the case of uncertificated partly paid shares, the total
amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon
shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully paid shares,
the corporation shall declare a dividend upon partly paid shares of the same
class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration
actually paid thereon.
8.4 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES
If the corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock
or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the
preferences, and the 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 the certificate that the
corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of
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stock; provided, however, 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, the designations, the preferences,
and the 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.
8.5 LOST CERTIFICATES
Except as provided in this Section 8.5, no new certificates for shares
shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is
surrendered to the corporation and canceled at the same time. The corporation
may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of
any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or
destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a
bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on
account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the
issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.
8.6 TRANSFER AGENTS AND REGISTRARS
The board of directors may appoint one or more transfer agents or
transfer clerks, and one or more registrars, each of which shall be an
incorporated bank or trust company, either domestic or foreign, which shall be
appointed at such times and places as the requirements of the corporation may
necessitate and the board of directors may designate.
8.7 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS
Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of
construction, and definitions in the Delaware General Corporation Law shall
govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of
this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number
includes the singular, and the term "person" includes both a corporation and a
natural person.
8.8 DIVIDENDS
The directors of the corporation, subject to any restrictions contained
in the certificate of incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the
shares of its capital stock pursuant to the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the corporation's
capital stock.
The directors of the corporation may set apart out of any of the funds of
the corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper
purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be
limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the
corporation, and meeting contingencies.
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8.9 FISCAL YEAR
The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the
board of directors and may be changed by the board of directors.
8.10 SEAL
This corporation may have a corporate seal which may be adopted or
altered at the pleasure of the Board of directors, and may use the same by
causing it or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed or affixed or in any
manner reproduced.
8.11 TRANSFER OF STOCK
Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of 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 in
its books.
8.12 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS
The corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any
agreement with any number of shareholders of any one or more classes of stock
of the corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the
corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any
manner not prohibited by the General Corporation Law of Delaware.
8.13 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS
The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of
a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends
and to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and
assessments the 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 share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it
shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by
the laws of Delaware.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
The original or other bylaws of the corporation may be adopted,
amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however,
that the corporation may, in its certificate of incorporation, confer the
power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws upon the directors. The fact that
such power has been so conferred upon the directors shall not divest the
stockholders of the power, nor limit their power to adopt, amend or repeal
bylaws.
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ARTICLE X
DISSOLUTION
If it should be deemed advisable in the judgment of the board of
directors of the corporation that the corporation should be dissolved, the
board, after the adoption of a resolution to that effect by a majority of the
whole board at any meeting called for that purpose, shall cause notice to be
mailed to each stockholder entitled to vote thereon of the adoption of the
resolution and of a meeting of stockholders to take action upon the
resolution.
At the meeting a vote shall be taken for and against the proposed
dissolution. If a majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation
entitled to vote thereon votes for the proposed dissolution, then a
certificate stating that the dissolution has been authorized in accordance
with the provisions of Section 275 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware
and setting forth the names and residences of the directors and officers
shall be executed, acknowledged, and filed and shall become effective in
accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Upon
such certificate's becoming effective in accordance with Section 103 of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, the corporation shall be dissolved.
Whenever all the stockholders entitled to vote on a dissolution
consent in writing, either in person or by duly authorized attorney, to a
dissolution, no meeting of directors or stockholders shall be necessary. The
consent shall be filed and shall become effective in accordance with Section
103 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Upon such consent's becoming
effective in accordance with Section 103 of the General Corporation Law of
Delaware, the corporation shall be dissolved. If the consent is signed by an
attorney, then the original power of attorney or a photocopy thereof shall be
attached to and filed with the consent. The consent filed with the Secretary
of State shall have attached to it the affidavit of the secretary or some
other officer of the corporation stating that the consent has been signed by
or on behalf of all the stockholders entitled to vote on a dissolution; in
addition, there shall be attached to the consent a certification by the
secretary or some other officer of the corporation setting forth the names
and residences of the directors and officers of the corporation.
ARTICLE XI
CUSTODIAN
11.1 APPOINTMENT OF A CUSTODIAN IN CERTAIN CASES
The Court of Chancery, upon application of any stockholder, may
appoint one or more persons to be custodians and, if the corporation is
insolvent, to be receivers, of and for the corporation when:
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(i) at any meeting held for the election of directors
the stockholders are so divided that they have failed to elect successors to
directors whose terms have expired or would have expired upon qualification
of their successors; or
(ii) the business of the corporation is suffering or
is threatened with irreparable injury because the directors are so divided
respecting the management of the affairs of the corporation that the required
vote for action by the board of directors cannot be obtained and the
stockholders are unable to terminate this division; or
(iii) the corporation has abandoned its business and
has failed within a reasonable time to take steps to dissolve, liquidate or
distribute its assets.
11.2 DUTIES OF CUSTODIAN
The custodian shall have all the powers and title of a receiver
appointed under Section 291 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware, but
the authority of the custodian shall be to continue the business of the
corporation and not to liquidate its affairs and distribute its assets,
except when the Court of Chancery otherwise orders and except in cases
arising under Sections 226(a)(3) or 352(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law
of Delaware.
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CERTIFICATE OF ADOPTION OF AMENDED BYLAWS
OF
REALNAMES CORPORATION
CERTIFICATE BY SECRETARY OF ADOPTION BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS' VOTE
The undersigned hereby certifies that she is the duly elected,
qualified, and acting Secretary of RealNames Corporation and that the
foregoing Amended Bylaws, comprising of 24 pages, were submitted to the Board
of Directors on ________ __, 1999, and recorded in the minutes thereof and
were ratified by the unanimous vote of all of the members of the Board of
Directors.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this ____
day of ________ 1999.
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Richard Steele
Secretary
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