AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
IDENTIV, INC.
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
(as amended June 10, 2025)
Exhibit 3.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
BYLAWS
OF
IDENTIV, INC.
A DELAWARE CORPORATION
(as amended June 10, 2025)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE 1 Offices |
1 |
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1.1 |
Registered Office |
1 |
1.2 |
Other Offices |
1 |
ARTICLE 2 Meeting of Stockholders |
1 |
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2.1 |
Place of Meeting |
1 |
2.2 |
Annual Meeting. |
1 |
2.3 |
Advance Notice of Business to be Brought before a Meeting. |
1 |
2.4 |
Advance Notice of Nominations for Election of Directors at a Meeting. |
6 |
2.5 |
Additional Requirements for Valid Nomination of Proposed Nominees to Serve as Directors and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors. |
8 |
2.6 |
Special Meetings |
11 |
2.7 |
Notice of Meetings |
11 |
2.8 |
List of Stockholders |
12 |
2.9 |
Organization and Conduct of Business |
12 |
2.10 |
Quorum |
13 |
2.11 |
Adjournments |
13 |
2.12 |
Voting Rights |
13 |
2.13 |
Majority Vote |
13 |
2.14 |
Record Date for Stockholder Notice and Voting |
14 |
2.15 |
Proxies |
14 |
2.16 |
Inspectors of Election |
14 |
2.17 |
No Action Without a Meeting |
15 |
2.18 |
Delivery |
15 |
ARTICLE 3 Directors |
15 |
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3.1 |
Number of Directors |
15 |
3.2 |
Director Nominations |
15 |
3.3 |
Enlargement and Vacancies |
15 |
3.4 |
Resignation and Removal |
15 |
3.5 |
Powers |
15 |
3.6 |
Chair of the Board of Directors |
16 |
3.7 |
Place of Meetings |
16 |
3.8 |
Regular Meetings |
16 |
3.9 |
Special Meetings |
16 |
3.10 |
Quorum, Action at Meeting, Adjournments |
16 |
3.11 |
Action Without Meeting |
16 |
3.12 |
Remote Meetings |
17 |
3.13 |
Committees |
17 |
3.14 |
Fees and Compensation of Directors |
17 |
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ARTICLE 4 Officers |
17 |
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4.1 |
Officers Designated |
17 |
4.2 |
Election |
18 |
4.3 |
Tenure |
18 |
4.4 |
The Chief Executive Officer |
18 |
4.5 |
The President |
18 |
4.6 |
The Vice President |
18 |
4.7 |
The Secretary |
18 |
4.8 |
The Assistant Secretary |
19 |
4.9 |
The Chief Financial Officer |
19 |
4.10 |
The Treasurer and Assistant Treasurers |
19 |
4.11 |
Bond |
19 |
4.12 |
Delegation of Authority |
19 |
ARTICLE 5 Notices |
19 |
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5.1 |
Notice to Stockholders |
19 |
5.2 |
Waiver of Notice |
20 |
ARTICLE 6 Indemnification of Directors and Officers |
20 |
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6.1 |
Right to Indemnification |
20 |
6.2 |
Right to Advancement of Expenses |
20 |
6.3 |
Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit |
21 |
6.4 |
Non-Exclusivity of Rights |
21 |
6.5 |
Insurance |
21 |
6.6 |
Indemnification of Employees and Agents of the Corporation |
21 |
6.7 |
Nature of Rights |
22 |
6.8 |
Severability |
22 |
ARTICLE 7 Capital Stock |
22 |
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7.1 |
Certificates for Shares |
22 |
7.2 |
Signatures on Certificates |
22 |
7.3 |
Transfer of Stock |
23 |
7.4 |
Registered Stockholders |
23 |
7.5 |
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates |
23 |
ARTICLE 8 General Provisions |
23 |
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8.1 |
Dividends |
23 |
8.2 |
Checks |
23 |
8.3 |
Corporate Seal |
23 |
8.4 |
Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments |
23 |
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8.5 |
Representation of Shares or Interests of Other Entities |
24 |
ARTICLE 9 Forum for Adjudication of Disputes |
24 |
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9.1 |
Exclusive Forum; Delaware Chancery Court |
24 |
9.2 |
Exclusive Forum; Federal District Courts |
24 |
9.3 |
Failure to Enforce Exclusive Forum |
25 |
ARTICLE 10 Amendments |
25 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
B Y L A W S
OF
identiv, INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
(a) Annual meetings of stockholders, for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting, shall be held each year on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by or in the manner determined by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Except as otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation of the corporation or applicable law, the Board of Directors may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders.
(a) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before the annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given
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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 any committee thereof to do so by the Board of Directors, or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who (A) was a stockholder of record (and, with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such business is proposed, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.3 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 2.3 as to such business. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”), and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board of Directors must comply with Sections 2.4 and 2.5 and this Section 2.3 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5.
(b) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the corporation and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to the information contained in such notice at the time and in the forms required by this Section 2.3. To be timely, the stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the corporation not earlier than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the ninetieth (90th) day before the anniversary of the date the corporation’s proxy statement was first released to stockholders in connection with the previous year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or the annual meeting is called for a date that is more than thirty (30) days before or after the anniversary date of the previous year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder must be received by the Secretary of the corporation not later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the later of (x) the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting and (y) the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). For the purposes of these bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement (or the public announcement thereof) of an annual meeting for which notice has been given, or the public announcement of the date thereof has been made, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.3, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary of the corporation shall set forth:
(i) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (1) the name and address of each Proposing Person who is a record stockholder as such name and address appear on the corporation’s books and records, and the name and address of each other Proposing Person; and (2) the number of shares of each class or series of stock of the corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of
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Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by each Proposing Person, except that, for purposes of this Section 2.3(c)(i), such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own all shares of any class or series of stock of the corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership, whether immediately or at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (1) and (2) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);
(ii) As to each Proposing Person,
(1) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of stock of the corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person’s business as a derivatives dealer,
(2) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of stock of the corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the corporation,
(3) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the corporation,
(4) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the corporation or any affiliate of the corporation, on the other hand,
(5) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the corporation or any affiliate of the corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement),
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(6) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of shares of the corporation at the time of giving notice, will be entitled to vote at the meeting and that such stockholder (or a qualified representative thereof) intends to appear at the meeting to propose the business that is specified in the notice;
(7) a representation whether any Proposing Person or any other participant (as defined in Item 4 of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act) will engage in a solicitation with respect to such proposal and, if so, the name of each participant in such solicitation and the amount of the cost of solicitation that has been and will be borne, directly or indirectly, by each participant in such solicitation and a representation as to whether the Proposing Person intends or is part of a group that intends (x) to deliver, or make available, a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required to approve or adopt the business, and/or (y) to otherwise solicit proxies or votes from stockholders in support of such business;
(8) a certification regarding whether each Proposing Person has complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with such Proposing Person’s acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the corporation and/or such Proposing Person’s acts or omissions as a stockholder or beneficial owner of the corporation; and
(9) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (1) through (9) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and
(iii) As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (1) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (2) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), (3) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including the names of such other holder(s), person(s) or entity(ies)) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and (4) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this Section 2.3(c) shall not include any disclosures with respect
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to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.
(d) For purposes of this Section 2.3, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean each of (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made and (iii) any affiliate (used herein as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”)) of either of the foregoing.
(e) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement the information contained in its notice to the corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the later of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation (i) not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and (ii) not later than eight (8) business days prior to the later of the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the later of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these bylaws shall not limit the corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.3. The Board of Directors and, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether business proposed to be brought before the meeting was proposed in accordance with this Section 2.3 and to declare that any such business not properly proposed shall be disregarded and shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such vote may have been solicited or received by the corporation.
(g) This Section 2.3 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the corporation’s proxy statement. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.3 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business, and any failure to comply therewith shall be
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deemed a failure to comply with this Section 2.3. Nothing in this Section 2.3 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
(a) Subject to the rights, if any, of holders of preferred stock to vote separately to elect directors, nominations of any person for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but, in the case of a special meeting, only if such meeting is called for the purpose of electing directors) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or any committee thereof authorized to do so by the Board of Directors, or (ii) by a stockholder present in person who (A) was a stockholder of record of the corporation (and with respect to any beneficial owner, if different, on whose behalf such nomination is proposed to be made, only if such beneficial owner was the beneficial owner of shares of the corporation) both at the time of giving the notice provided for in Section 2.4(b) and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting and (C) has complied with this Section 2.4 and Section 2.5 as to such notice and nomination. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at any annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders.
(b) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting or, subject to the limitations set forth in these bylaws, at a special meeting of the stockholders, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.3(b) of these bylaws) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the corporation; (ii) have acted in accordance with the representations set forth in the Solicitation Statement required by these bylaws; (iii) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such stockholder and its proposed nominee as required to be set forth by this Section 2.4 and Section 2.5; and (iv) provide any updates or supplements to the information contained in such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.4 and Section 2.5. The number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting or special meeting (or in the case of a stockholder giving the notice on behalf of a beneficial owner, the number of nominees a stockholder may nominate for election at the annual meeting or special meeting on behalf of such beneficial owner) shall not exceed the number of directors to be elected at such annual meeting or special meeting. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors at an annual meeting is increased and there has been no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or indicating the increase in the size of the Board of Directors made by the corporation at least ten (10) days before the last day a Nominating Person may deliver Timely Notice, a Nominating Person’s notice required by this bylaw shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the corporation.
(c) In no event shall an adjournment or postponement (or the public announcement thereof) of an annual meeting for which notice has been given, or the public announcement of the
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date thereof has been made, or of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
(d) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.4, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:
(i) As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.3(c)(i), except that for purposes of this Section 2.4, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.3(c)(i));
(ii) As to each Nominating Person, (A) any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.3(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 2.4, the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.3(c)(ii), and the Disclosable Interests in Section 2.3(c)(ii) shall be made with respect to nomination of each person for election as a director at the meeting); (B) a representation as to whether such person intends, or is part of a group that intends, to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least sixty-seven percent (67%) of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors and file a definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act (such statement, a “Solicitation Statement”); and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other person or entity (including the names of such other holder(s), person(s) or entity(ies)) in connection with the nomination; and
(iii) As to each proposed nominee whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.4 and Section 2.5 if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee or his or her respective associates (used herein as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; provided that, for purposes of these bylaws, the term “partner” as used in the definition of “associate” thereunder shall not include any limited partner that is not involved in the management of the relevant partnership) or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as “Nominee Information”), and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 2.5(a).
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(e) For purposes of this Section 2.4, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean each of (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made and (iii) any affiliate of either of the foregoing.
(f) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement the information contained in such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the later of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation (i) not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and (ii) not later than eight (8) business days prior to the later of the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the later of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these bylaws shall not limit the corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any nomination or to submit any new nomination.
(g) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.4 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations, and any failure to comply therewith shall be deemed a failure to comply with this Section 2.4.
(a) To be eligible to be a proposed nominee for election as a director of the corporation at an annual meeting or a special meeting, a proposed nominee must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Section 2.4 and the proposed nominee, whether nominated by the Board of Directors or by a stockholder of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed for delivery in a notice to such proposed nominee given by or on behalf of the Board of Directors), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation, (i) a completed written questionnaire (in the form provided by the corporation upon written request therefor) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the corporation upon written request therefor) that such proposed nominee (A) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether oral or in writing) with, and has not given and will not give any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as
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a director of the corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed in the questionnaire, or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a director of the corporation that has not been disclosed in the questionnaire, and (C) if elected as a director of the corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the corporation applicable to directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any proposed nominee, the Secretary of the corporation shall provide to such proposed nominee all such policies and guidelines then in effect) that are publicly disclosed or which were provided by the Secretary with the written representation and agreement required by this Section (the “Guidelines”).
(b) The Board of Directors may also require any proposed nominee as a director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board of Directors in writing prior to the meeting of stockholders at which such proposed nominee’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board of Directors to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to be an independent director of the corporation under the listing requirements or rules of any stock exchange upon which the corporation’s securities are listed and the Guidelines.
(c) A proposed nominee as a director shall further update and supplement the materials delivered pursuant to this Section 2.5, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the later of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation (or any other office specified by the corporation in any public announcement) (i) not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and (ii) not later than eight (8) business days prior to the later of the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the later of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these bylaws shall not limit the corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder or information provided by a proposed nominee, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any nomination or to submit any new nomination.
(d) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.5 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if any Nominating Person (i) provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the
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Exchange Act with respect to any proposed nominee and (ii) subsequently (x) fails to comply with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act (or fails to timely provide reasonable evidence sufficient to satisfy the corporation that such Nominating Person has met the requirements of Rule14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act in accordance with the following sentence) or (y) fails to inform the corporation that such Nominating Person no longer plans to solicit proxies in accordance with the requirements of Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act by delivering a written notice to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation within two (2) business days after the occurrence of such change, then the nomination of each such proposed nominee shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or re-election), notwithstanding that the nominee is included (as applicable) as a nominee in the corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials for any stockholder meeting (or any supplement thereto) and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of the election of such proposed nominee may have been received by the corporation. If any Nominating Person provides notice pursuant to Rule 14a-19(b) promulgated under the Exchange Act, such Nominating Person shall deliver to the corporation, no later than five (5) business days prior to the applicable meeting, reasonable evidence that it has met the requirements of Rule 14a-19(a)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
(e) For any nomination to be properly brought before a meeting, the information provided by any Nominating Person or proposed nominee, including the information contained in any questionnaire, shall not contain any false or misleading information or omit any material information that has been requested, and the Nominating Person or proposed nominee shall have acted in accordance with all representations required by Section 2.4 or this Section 2.5. In the event of a failure to meet the requirements of Section 2.4 and Section 2.5, (1) the corporation may omit or, to the extent feasible, remove the information concerning the nomination from its proxy materials and/or otherwise communicate to its stockholders that the nominee is not eligible for election at the annual meeting, (2) the corporation shall not be required to include in its proxy materials any successor or replacement nominee proposed by the party and (3) the chairperson of the meeting shall declare such nomination to be invalid and such nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the corporation. The Board of Directors, and, subject to the supervision, direction and control of the Board of Directors, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the power to determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with Section 2.4 or this Section 2.5 (including, without limitation, compliance with Rule 14a-19 promulgated under the Exchange Act) and to declare that the defective nomination shall be disregarded (and such nominee shall be disqualified from standing for election or re-election), notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such vote may have been solicited or received by the corporation.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in these bylaws to the contrary, no proposed nominee by a Nominating Person shall be eligible for nomination or to be seated as a director of the corporation unless nominated and elected in accordance with Section 2.4 and this Section 2.5.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, unless otherwise required by applicable law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting of stockholders of the corporation to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded (and such nominee disqualified from standing for election or
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re-election) and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that such nomination or proposed business is set forth in (as applicable) the corporation’s proxy statement, notice of meeting or other proxy materials and notwithstanding that proxies or votes in respect of such vote may have been solicited or received by the corporation. For purposes of these Bylaws, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager, trustee or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders, which writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, shall be provided to the Secretary of the corporation at least five (5) business days prior to the meeting of stockholders.
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The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of the stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with these Bylaws or such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board of Directors, the chairperson of the meeting shall have the authority to adopt and enforce such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all acts as, in the judgment of such chairperson, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting. Rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders, whether adopted by the Board of Directors or by the chairperson of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the authority to: (i) determine when the polls will open and close on items submitted for stockholder action and matters which are to be voted on by ballot (if any); (ii) establish an agenda or order of business for the meeting and fix the time allotted for consideration of each agenda item and for questions and comments by persons in attendance; (iii) adopt rules for determining who may pose questions and comments during the meeting; (iv) adopt rules for determining who may attend or participate in the meeting, including, without limitation, so limiting such attendees or participants to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly
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authorized and constituted proxies, qualified representatives and such other persons as the chairperson of the meeting shall permit; (v) adopt procedures, if any, requiring attendees to provide the corporation advance notice of their intent to attend the meeting; (vi) adopt rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (vii) adopt restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (viii) adopt any additional procedures or requirements for proponents submitting a proposal pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.
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(a) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and 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. 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 determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this subsection (a).
(b) In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders 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 a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.
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Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the corporation shall send or cause to be sent to the registered owner thereof a written notice or electronic transmission containing the information required by Section 151(f) of the DGCL or 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.
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Subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the corporation, without any action on the part of the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board of Directors. In addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the corporation required by law, by the certificate of incorporation of the corporation, the bylaws may also be adopted, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66-2/3%) of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class.
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